Yesterday, Eugene Higgins of The Irish Mail On Sunday did a great Piece on The Garden Group with the tagline How a Bloom maverick is taking bloggers on tours of our ‘secret’ gardens and titled it A www.walk on the wild side
The main picture is of Dena [@curlydena], Mom Vena [@VenaW] and Dad Andrew Walker. [And to think I spent so long brushing my hair that day 😀 ] The other two images are courtesy Jennifer Farley Photography [@laughing_lion]. I’ve asked Eugene for the main text of the piece and will post it below as soon as I get it. For now…..
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https://doneganlandscaping.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Peter-Donegan-Garden-Design-1030x213.png00Peter Doneganhttps://doneganlandscaping.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Peter-Donegan-Garden-Design-1030x213.pngPeter Donegan2010-05-24 16:20:402010-05-24 16:41:40Irish Mail On Sunday 23rd May 2010
Wednesday 3rd March was a nice day. I’d had a really great chat with Susan Daly over the phone last week and awoke to a clatter of texts and messages all singing Carly Simon on the answering machine 😉 Great to have humorous friends…
I must say it is a great article. Extremely well written by Susan and it was an absolute honour to speak with her. One of life’s really nice people.
‘People ask why I don’t charge for my expertise — where’s the fun in that?
Wednesday March 03 2010
“I’m not stupid with the euro in my pocket, but some of the things I most enjoy I do for free. “Recently I took a group of people around the war memorial gardens in Islandbridge. “My wife made country apple pie and we had coffee in flasks, and we have another trip coming up to Ireland’s Eye. “But what people kept bouncing back to me afterwards was: Why didn’t you charge for it?
“I don’t get that. I competed at the Irish Conker Championships last year just for fun. “It’s like I won’t put a shop on my blog (doneganlandscaping.com), because that’s not why I do it.
“I’d say 50pc of the phone calls I get are for free gardening advice, and I’ve been on the garden side of things on the Niall Mellon trips. “I’m going to sound like a martyr, but for me, it’s just not the point of life to always have to tie in everything you do to paying the bills.”
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https://doneganlandscaping.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Peter-Donegan-Garden-Design-1030x213.png00Peter Doneganhttps://doneganlandscaping.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Peter-Donegan-Garden-Design-1030x213.pngPeter Donegan2010-03-04 00:45:372010-03-04 10:40:34Irish Independent March 3rd 2010