Pre 1980’s domestic gardening in Ireland had with hindsight quite a unique style, if I may even call it that.
Plants planted were sometimes in straight lined beds, but also individually within the lawn; hedges, though they do seem to be making somewhat of a comeback, were a thing of spirit levelling pride and the lawn at times a measure of how well you may be spoke about in society.
This I should add was all at a time just before the log roll epidemic and an almost decade of “dwarf” conifers and heathers taking over minute areas of Irelands gardens. In the music analogy department, think Cliff Richard and Englebert Humperdink and about as exciting as watching Peig Sayers frown at Mark Bolan and T-Rex. Of note, the last time I planted conifers and heathers collectively was 25 years, just before I started horticultural college. Read more
Temple Street Childrens Hospital, 2018
/0 Comments/in All Posts, Good Life /by Peter DoneganBank Holiday Monday, April 2nd 2018 there will be a mug of coffee, some cake and a bit of chat with friends to raise a few bob for Temple Street Childrens Hospital.
Year 8 now of doing it, the week following I’ll head to Inis Mór to complete (as versus compete) the half marathon for a charity that I hold close to my heart. Read more
Donegan Landscaping: Garden Project, Howth Dublin
/0 Comments/in All Posts, Donegan Gardens, Landscaping Dublin /by Peter DoneganI never really liked showing the before photos or works in progress. That maybe is something that has come from my time in show and television garden building, in that there was always something left to the imagination irrespective of the hard work that went in behind the scenes.
The Chelsea’s of this world can be particularly good for that and it’s not until one gets talking to the gardens makers that you really appreciate that what might appear as the simplest of builds was one of that really required careful planning in order to make it for all including the client, seamless.
This phase 2 of this garden project was very much one of them.
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Landscaping Dublin: Front of House
/0 Comments/in All Posts, Donegan Gardens, Landscaping Dublin /by Peter DoneganPre 1980’s domestic gardening in Ireland had with hindsight quite a unique style, if I may even call it that.
Plants planted were sometimes in straight lined beds, but also individually within the lawn; hedges, though they do seem to be making somewhat of a comeback, were a thing of spirit levelling pride and the lawn at times a measure of how well you may be spoke about in society.
This I should add was all at a time just before the log roll epidemic and an almost decade of “dwarf” conifers and heathers taking over minute areas of Irelands gardens. In the music analogy department, think Cliff Richard and Englebert Humperdink and about as exciting as watching Peig Sayers frown at Mark Bolan and T-Rex. Of note, the last time I planted conifers and heathers collectively was 25 years, just before I started horticultural college. Read more
Dublin Landscaping: Quartz Raised Planters and Raised Planters
/0 Comments/in All Posts, Donegan Gardens, Landscaping Dublin /by Peter DoneganAs additions to gardens go or in fact as doing anything goes, I’ve always lived by the do it once and do it very right rule.
This may well be considered a (raised) garden wall, but there a few things of note before taking everything into consideration: Read more
National Botanical Garden of Georgia
/0 Comments/in All Posts, Parks, Places, Camping /by Peter DoneganThis has to be one of the most unusual Botanic Gardens I’ve ever accessed in my life. From the Monte Palace Gardens, Madeira to South Africa at Kirstenbosch, this tops them by a million miles. And, every step of the way is worth it. Grab a cuppa, you’re gonna love love this one.
From the first side of the road, cross the Kura River over the Peace Bridge. Read more