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Watering cans at the ready. There are many rain barrels/water butts, which can be easily sourced from good garden centres and local authorities. Photo Credit Richard Johnston

Harvest water: the garden will thank you

Gardens
Fionnuala Fallon
August 18, 2018, 06:00

No amount of watering is going to be as good for plants as sweet, clean, cool Irish rain

Tomatoes ripening in an Irish glasshouse in late summer. Photograph: Richard Johnston

Prune, sow and eat tomatoes: 8 things to do in the August garden

Gardens
Fionnuala Fallon
August 11, 2018, 06:00

It's a busy month in the gardening year. Time to tidy the summer pots and start planting for winter greens

A Peacock butterfly feeding on the nectar-rich flowers of oregano growing in Ashtown Walled Garden in the Phoenix Park. Photograph: Richard Johnston

Let your garden be a bonanza for butterflies

Gardens
Fionnuala Fallon
August 4, 2018, 00:00

Late-summer flowers like marigolds, lavender, phlox and daisies are all a valuable source of food for butterflies

The Dublin garden of Olive and Alan Fitzpatrick. Photograph: Richard Johnston

How a lush and leafy Churchtown garden is weathering the drought

Gardens
Fionnuala Fallon
July 28, 2018, 00:00

No herbicides, fungicides or pesticides are used, not even organically-approved kinds

Many novice gardeners overlook hugely ornamental, floriferous species in favour of prettier-looking pot-grown specimens. Photograph: Getty Images

For flower power and staying power you can’t beat these summer climbers

Gardens
Fionnuala Fallon
July 21, 2018, 00:00

They might not look much in the garden centre but clematis and climbing roses will flower for you all summer long

View along the double herbaceous border at Altamont’s walled garden in Co Carlow, which is managed by nurseryman Robert Miller. Photograph: Richard Johnston

Down the garden path to Altamont’s walled wonder

Gardens
Fionnuala Fallon
July 14, 2018, 00:00

The walled garden and nursery at Altamont in Co Carlow is horticultural heaven

Freshly picked ruby chard. Photograph: Richard Johnston

How to beat the drought and keep the garden producing food

Gardens
Fionnuala Fallon
July 7, 2018, 00:00

Even with the hosepipe ban, you can coax a decent harvest over the coming months

27/06/2018- Home and Design .. One of the country’s best known gardeners Helen Dillon pictured in the garden of her new home in Monkstown, Co.Dublin . Photograph: Bryan O'Brien / The Irish TimesKeywords: garden flower plant planting property

First look at Helen Dillon’s new seaside garden in Monkstown

Gardens
Fionnuala Fallon
June 30, 2018, 06:00

After 45 years in her Ranalegh show garden, the celebrated TV gardener started from scratch at nearly 80, in a walled garden that's now open to the public

It’s tempting to water everything in sight, but you need to prioritise. Photograph: Getty

What to do in the garden this week

Gardens
Fionnuala Fallon
June 30, 2018, 00:00

Don’t cut that parched lawn and resist the urge to sprinkle every plant in sight

How to plant a perfect window box – and then keep it alive

Gardens
Fionnuala Fallon
June 23, 2018, 06:00

If you’re something of a serial killer when it comes to window box plants, then you’re probably not watering them enough

Astrantia ‘Gill Richardson’. Photograph: Richard Johnston

Eight great long-flowering plants for the June garden

Gardens
Fionnuala Fallon
June 16, 2018, 06:00

Some hard-working flowers and shrubs will last all the way to September

The peony in Jennifer Barrett’s garden

"Each plant in my garden holds a story - a connection to the Dad I miss every day"

Gardens
Jennifer Barrett
June 16, 2018, 00:00

A long dormant plant came back to life, just in time for Father's Day

Photograph: Richard Johnston

No garden of your own? Join a community and get growing

Gardens
Fionnuala Fallon
June 9, 2018, 06:00

You could join people of of all ages, creeds and backgrounds who have come together to create beautiful, tranquil, biodiverse gardens

Time to get the garden ready for summer. Getty

Cheat’s guide to getting your garden ready for summer

Gardens
Fionnuala Fallon
June 2, 2018, 06:00

Follow these steps then sit back and relax with a good (gardening) book

Diarmuid Gavin at his own garden in Kilmacanogue, Co Wicklow. Photograph: Nick Bradshaw

Diarmuid Gavin’s Dunnes deal: How the seed was sown

Gardens
Alanna Gallagher
June 2, 2018, 06:00

The TV gardener’s plantation-style home and American travels inspired a joint venture

Something for every garden enthusiast at Bloom in the Phoenix Park, Dublin. Photograph: Brenda Fitzsimons/The Irish Times

Bloom 2018: everything you need to know about the garden festival

Gardens
Fionnuala Fallon
May 30, 2018, 10:53

Pick of the prize winning gardens and don't forget to try gins laced with botanicals in a new distillery zone

Wisteria: make sure to buy a well-grafted plant rather than one raised from a cutting, seed or layering. Photograph: Getty

A way with wisteria: how to grow this magnificent hardy climber

Gardens
Fionnuala Fallon
May 26, 2018, 06:00

Wisteria is in magnificent bloom in many Irish gardens and now is the time to buy it in garden centres

So you want all the plants? Photograph: Getty

Pot luck: What to buy – and what not to buy – at the garden centre

Gardens
Fionnuala Fallon
May 19, 2018, 06:00

The pots to choose, the best way to fill them, and those neglected plants? Don’t be soft-hearted; choose those in peak health

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