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Sarah Price’s RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2018 garden. Photograph: Clare Takacs

A Chelsea winner's guide to creating a tranquil garden

Gardens
Fionnuala Fallon
February 22, 2020, 00:00

There are many ways to create a beautiful slice of nature in the smallest of spaces

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Sow delicous: Five great veg and fruit crops to grow this month

Gardens
Fionnuala Fallon
February 15, 2020, 00:00

Itching to get going in the kitchen garden or allotment? Here’s a handful of crops to start growing now

Box hedging in an Irish garden. Photograph: Richard Johnston

Dig in, it’s bare-root planting season

Gardens
Fionnuala Fallon
February 8, 2020, 00:00

Bush fruit, nut trees, hedging and specimen trees can be planted now, while they are in winter hibernation

Snowdrops.

Finding magic in the February garden

Gardens
Fionnuala Fallon
February 1, 2020, 00:00

Fragrant, flowering shrubs herald the start of a new growing season

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Don’t hibernate: there’s plenty to do in the January garden

Gardens
Fionnuala Fallon
January 25, 2020, 00:00

It may be cold and muddy but there’s pruning, planting and planning to be done

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And sow it begins: Fionnuala Fallon’s picks her favourite seed packs for summer

Gardens
Fionnuala Fallon
January 18, 2020, 00:00

Frilly flowers, tasty potatoes and onions worth waiting for can all be grown from seed

A wildlife-friendly pond. Photograph: Richard Johnston

Ditch the peat, keep the lawn: Ten steps to a greener garden in 2020

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Fionnuala Fallon
January 11, 2020, 00:00

Stop using pesticides, allow weeds to grow and go for pro-pollinator planting

Horticultural entertainment and inspiration for gardeners. Photograph: Getty Images

My top 10 gardening podcasts: Fionnuala Fallon’s pick of the best

Gardens
Fionnuala Fallon
January 4, 2020, 00:00

These inspiring shows will take you all over the gardening world

Freshly harvested produce in the walled kitchen garden of Burtown House in Co Carlow. Photograph: Richard Johnston

Gardening 2020: even the smallest patch can help fight climate change

Gardens
Fionnuala Fallon
December 28, 2019, 00:00

The kind of gardens we want to create will radically evolve over the coming decade

Wild about Weeds, Garden Design with Rebel Plants by Jack Wallington

The best gardening books to give this Christmas

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Fionnuala Fallon
December 14, 2019, 00:00

Winter has its icy grip on the garden leaving little for the gardener to do except pick up a good book

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Spread a little garden love this Christmas

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Fionnuala Fallon
December 7, 2019, 00:00

From “Brexit” seeds to hanging pots – what to give the green fingered person in your life

A litter of fox cubs emerging from their den in Delgany, Wicklow. Photograph Nick Bradshaw/The Irish Times

Urban foxes: love them or loathe them, your garden is their den

Gardens
Fionnuala Fallon
November 30, 2019, 00:00

Some argue that we feed birds, hedgehogs and other wild animals, so why not foxes?

A handful of homemade leafmould. Photograph: Richard Johnston

Mould glory: the rotten heart of gardening

Gardens
Fionnuala Fallon
November 23, 2019, 00:00

One of nature’s great gifts to gardeners is a simple free way to lavish love on your plants

Freshly harvested Irish plums. Photo Credit Richard Johnston

Eat better fruit without it costing the earth

Gardens
Fionnuala Fallon
November 16, 2019, 00:00

Supermarkets are piled high with fruit imports but it’s not hard to grow your own

Avoid putting out very salty, stodgy or highly processed foods in the feeder.

Feed the birds by opening a bird cafe in your garden

Gardens
Fionnuala Fallon
November 9, 2019, 00:00

Set your bird table and feeders at least two metres from ground cover so they can’t be ambushed easily by cats

Pinus mugo ‘Carsten’s Wintergold’ a slow-growing conifer that is a great choice for a winter container. Photograph: Richard Johnston

Gardening: Go lush, go dense with winter evergreens

Gardens
Fionnuala Fallon
November 2, 2019, 00:00

A generous pot of trailing and upright evergreens will create a pleasing lushness in the winter garden

The lipstick-pink and orange fruits of the native spindle tree, Euonymus europaeus, in their autumn glory. Photograph: Richard Johnston

Berry good: Fight the flu or fill a vase with these autumn berries

Gardens
Fionnuala Fallon
October 26, 2019, 00:00

These six shrubs and trees feed birds and make tonics and syrups for humans

Kick up some leaves: five great Irish gardens to visit before winter arrives

Gardens
Fionnuala Fallon
October 19, 2019, 00:00

Some of Ireland’s loveliest gardens put on a fine display of autumn foliage

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