IGPS North – Garden Visit to Adrian Walsh’s Garden.
IGPS Northern Group Garden Visit to Adrian Walsh’s Garden at Stranmillis, Belfast on September 3rd A report from Jenny Constable. There was a very good turnout of members and guests for our visit to Adrian’s garden. Around forty of us met on a beautiful balmy September evening. Adrian’s property is a red brick house in […]
IGPS Munster at Blarney in Bloom, Summer 2014
IGPS MUNSTER AT BLARNEY IN BLOOM The Munster branch of the IGPS had a fantastic day at Blarney in Bloom . A huge thank you to Blarney Castle & Gardens, to those who donated plants and books, lent furniture, volunteered their time, and to all those who came by to say hello. Well done everyone! […]
IGPS Leinster Visit to Russborough Gardens. Summer 2014
Visit to Russborough The Royal Horticultural Society of Ireland kindly invited the Irish Garden Plant Society to their walled garden restoration project at Russborough House. Members were treated to a guided tour of the remarkable volunteer-led work in progress, with an incredible showcase of fruit, vegetables, and wonderful herbaceous plantings, all the more inspiring as […]
The Atlantic Coast of Ireland – Photography by Jonathan Hession. Text by John Grenham – A review.
It was the photography of Jonathan Hession which attracted me to this book but on reading it I was delighted by the text of John Grenham. The photographs and text cover the west coast of Ireland, the Atlantic coast, from Donegal in the north-west to Cork in the south-west, illustrating the terrain of mountains, sea […]
