Contents:
GARDEN CARE
04 Ornamental garden
12 Kitchen garden
18 Greenhouse and indoor plants
54 How to raise new plants
PLANTS AND GARDENS
22 GARDEN VISIT: Hidden Gem! Just off busy Mount Merrion Avenue in south Dublin, tucked away behind high walls, Joy Hurst’s garden is an oasis of tranquillity, packed with plants, as Shirley Lanigan found when she visited.
28 PLANT PROFILE: Pretty potentillas. After the demise of many exotic shrubs in last winter’s cold snap, James Wickham applauds the old reliable potentilla and reveals the variety and versatility of these plants.
34 FEATURE: Exclamation marks! Anybody who has seen the pencil cypresses of the Mediterranean region needs no convincing of the beauty of pillar trees. Finola Reid describes their value and makes a selection.
82 HEAD GARDENER: Eileen Brennan and Fergal Cavanagh at Dublin’s St Stephen’s Green.
86 HOUSE PLANTS: Indoor abutilons are brilliantly coloured and free-flowering, writes Claire Woods.
GARDEN DESIGN
38 DESIGN DESK: Gabriele Sanio suggests the creation of garden rooms in a long, narrow garden
44 GARDEN INSPIRATION: Summer’s softness!
46 KNOW HOW: Feedback from our readers
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Expert advice and ideas
Shirley Lanigan
Rachel Darlington
REFLECTIONS
56 GARDEN HISTORY: Mary Davies tells the story of Illnacullin, the beginnings of which date back to its purchase in 1910.
70 NATURE GARDEN: Dick Warner reports a recovery of the raptors.
72 NOTEBOOK: West Lorna MacMahon
Gaps, replacements, survivors and hardy geraniums
80 NOTEBOOK: East Barry Murphy
Late starts, cyclamen, anemones and ornithogalum
85 OVERLEAF: Mary Davies reviews new book releases.
98 WEEKENDER: In the country with Mary Davies.
LIFESTYLE
74 COOKING WITH FRESH HERBS: Catherine Fulvio’s delicious recipes for Spicy Sweet Potato and Coriander Soup and Thai Noodle Salad.
88 WELLBEING — Wall germander, toxic jimson weed, and be careful about exposure to the sun.
FEATURES
60 STYLE ESSENTIALS: The latest accessories and equipment.
66 FAVOURITE PLANT: Journalist and Broadcaster Vincent Browne talked to Yvonne Gordon about sunflowers.
94 SERVICES: Classified advertising, Update.
96 GARDEN CLUB NOTES — What’s on in June.