The Cherry Man – A Fabulous Story! Paddy Tobin Book Review June 25, 2019 Some books give more than they have promised. Some books promise much and give even more and these books are to be treasured for they are rare things, giving testimony, insight and understanding to the deeper matters of our world and our lives. “Cherry […]
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The Hidden Horticuturists
The Hidden Horticulturists Paddy Tobin Book Review June 25, 2019 When historic account is populated with individual stories it becomes real, all the more interesting and more accessible to us. Should we read of a First World War battle, with deaths in the thousands, we are duly shocked but should we be told of a young Lancashire […]
Annes Grove – A Recent Visit by IGPS Munster
IGPS Munster organised an outing to Annes Grove, Castletownroche, Co. Cork, recently. This was the garden of Patrick Annesley which he has gifted to the state and it is presently being restored by the Office of Public Works and, hopefully, will be open to the public next year. Photographs from Joe Burns.
Cherry Ingrim – An excellent book!
The Cherry Man – A Fabulous Story! Some books give more than they have promised. Some books promise much and give even more and these books are to be treasured for they are rare things, giving testimony, insight and understanding to the deeper matters of our world and our lives. “Cherry Ingram” by Naoko Abe is […]
Visit to Old Balloo House
After a cold wet week, the sun shone on Saturday 1st June for a most enjoyable visit to Old Balloo House and Barn, the adjacent homes of friends Lesley Simpson and Moira Concannon in the village of Balloo in Co Down. Fifty five IGPS members and more than a dozen of their friends thoroughly enjoyed […]
IGPS Munster Visit to Annes Grove Garden.
IGPS Munster organised a visit to Annes Grove in Castletownroche today. Annes Grove is the creation of the Annesley family and Patrick Annesley is the last of the family to care for the garden and the important collection of plants held there – rhododendrons being an especially significant part of the collection. Patrick has transferred […]
Killurney Garden – AGM 2019
The final garden visit of the AGM weekend was to Killurney Garden, Knockpatrick, Co. Tipperary. Many thanks to Joe Burns for his photographs from the visit.
Petrovska Garden – AGM 2019
Petrovska Garden is in Clonmel, very close to the hotel where the AGM was held. Many thanks to Joe Burns for his photographs.
Ballyhist Garden – AGM 2019
Ballyhist Garden, Clogheen, Co. Tipperary was the second garden visited as part of the AGM weekend activities. Many thanks to Joe Burns for his photographs from the visit.
Killcomma Garden – AGM 2019
Many thanks to Joe Burns for his photographs from the garden visits which are always a very enjoyable part of the AGM weekend. The first garden visited was Killcomma Garden just outside Clonmel, Co. Tipperary.
At the Annual General Meeting 2019
A few early photographs from the Annual General Meeting weekend from Maeve Bell.
At the National Botanic Gardens, Kilmacurragh
Prince Charles visited the National Botanic Gardens, Kilmacurragh, and was shown around by Seamus O’Brien.
Visit to Seaforde Gardens, 11th May, 2019
Over 70 members and their guests enjoyed a sunny afternoon touring the gardens and grounds of Seaforde in the company of their owner, Lady Anthea Forde. The resident peacocks screeched at us as we started our visit in the historic walled garden enjoying the collection of trees and shrubs, especially the many species and hybrid […]
Annual General Meeting 2019
The Annual General Meeting is next month but there is still time to make a booking. See the listing of the Event and book via Eventbrite
This is Primula ‘June Blake’
This is Primula ‘June Blake’ – from June Blake’s garden in Co. Wicklow. Behind is Pulmonaria ‘Blue Ensign’
A Garden Can Be Anywhere!
A Garden Can Be Anywhere! Paddy Tobin Book Review April 4, 2019 We live in an age of concern about the wholesomeness of our food, about the widespread use of pesticides and artificial fertilisers, about food miles, the use of preservatives, artificial additives and colourants. We are aware of the industrialisation of food production and processing, the erosion […]
Island Gardens – Book Review
Island Gardens Paddy Tobin Book Review April 3, 2019 We attach a certain magic to islands, as we do to other remote natural areas – mountains, remote seashores and the like. We regard them as special places, places apart, places where we may be in more intimate contact with nature, places of beauty, of wildness, of ruggedness, […]
Monsters under Glass – A Review
Literally taken by the Venus Fly Trap. Paddy Tobin Book Review March 7, 2019 The title was “Monsters Under Glass: A Cultural History of Hothouse Flowers, 1850 to the Present” and I misinterpreted it completely. I’m sure you, like me, might have expected something about glasshouse plants and their cultivation but I was wrong and it was nothing of the […]
Two Men Went to Mow – A Review
At the Cutting Edge! Paddy Tobin Book Review March 12, 2019 Two Men Went to Mow: The Obsession, Impact & History of Lawn Mowing by Clive Gravett – A Review The maintenance of the domestic lawn has been portrayed for many years as a male obsession; man and machine in a co-operative striving to produce and maintain the […]