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August 7, 2025

News from Russborough

Back in 2013 volunteer Joe used recycled pallets to build 16 compost bays in the walled garden. Now ...

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August 7, 2025

What to do In August

August is a funny month in the Irish garden - high summer one minute, monsoon the next! But there’s ...

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August 7, 2025

Salvia cuttings

There’s something quietly satisfying about snipping a cutting and knowing you’ve just created a whol...

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July 24, 2025

Carlow Garden Festival

The Carlow Garden Festival is bursting with inspiration this year and honestly, there’s something fo...

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July 24, 2025

Yellow Rattle…nature’s lawnmover

In late summer, if you’re lucky and standing in just the right kind of field on a warm, breezy day, ...

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April 10, 2025

News from RHSI Walled garden at Russborough

Last year we decided to design, layout and plant an “Urban Garden” in an area of the walled garden w...

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April 10, 2025

Ericaceous Spring Garden Visting

This is all you need to get going on some great garden visits! Spring is literally bursting out all ...

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Festival of Gardens and Nature
March 27, 2025

Festival of Gardens and Nature

Ballintubbert House and Gardens will host a two-day celebration of gardens, nature, and sustainabili...

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March 27, 2025

Jeff Lowenfels – Live from Alaska

As every good gardener knows… soil is king!  And smart gardeners know that soil isn’t just dirt—it’s...

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March 13, 2025

LEITRIM FLOWERS – Cut Flower Growers

Courses at Leitrim Flowers are informative, enjoyable and interactive. Decades of horticultural and ...

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March 13, 2025

Magnificent Hellebores at Ardgillen

Ardgillan has almost 100 different Helebores and lots of shrubs and spring bulbs in bloom. Garden to...

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February 27, 2025

Trees and Woodland Names in Irish Placenames

While we have lost almost all of our native woodlands, we continue to have a record of their existen...

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