Blake June
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Gardening women: meet Fionnuala Fallon’s horticultural heroes
- Gardens
- March 7, 2020, 00:00
We all have our heroes and it’s not surprising so many of mine belong in one way or another to the world of plants. They include gardeners, de(...)

Supergrass: transform your patch into a prairie with these elegant grasses
- Gardens
- March 24, 2018, 06:00
If I had to single out a particular group of plants that shouts 21st-century gardening, it would be ornamental grasses. Just think of all those dreamy(...)

A foolproof planting recipe for the perfect summer container
- Gardens
- May 21, 2016, 06:00
Tired of the same old ideas as regards the perfect summer container? Trying to think of a more perennial, sustainable solution to the challenge of pr(...)

Grow: brighten up your diet with edible flowers
- Homes & Property
- August 15, 2015, 07:00
I’ve spent the summer eating flowers. Sweet William, aquilegia, cornflowers, elderflowers, scarlet broad bean and runner bean blooms, peppery nastu(...)

Grow: Wade into a sea of vibrant spring flowers
- Life & Style
- April 19, 2015, 09:00
There are moments, such as in the middle of an ice-cold, stone-hard winter, when it feels as if time has slowed to a frozen standstill in the garde(...)

Anything but the shamrock: gardening experts name their Irish favourites
- Homes & Property
- March 15, 2015, 15:00
What is your favourite Irish plant? And no, you’re not allowed to say shamrock … Instead, I’m thinking of the thousands of wonderful garden plants (...)

Grow: Time for tulips
- Gardens
- April 28, 2014, 01:00
It’s the flower that was introduced into Europe by the charismatic Flemish diplomat Augier Ghislain de Busbecq, the flower that supposedly almost b(...)

Seat success
- Gardens
- August 31, 2013, 01:00
What a wonderful summer it’s been for sitting outdoors, savouring the almost forgotten feeling of warm sunlight on our faces. But the next time you se(...)