Irish Heritage Plants – A Review

It was a delight to read this review of Irish Heritage Plants - Plandaí Oidhreachta from Fionnuala Fallon in Irish Arts Review   If you haven't yet purchased a copy of Irish Heritage Plants you can do so on the website of the Irish Society of Botanical Artists .To find out more about the Irish …

Irish Heritage Plants – A Review

A very nice review from Kevin Hutchinson in Irish Forestry. And I'm cheating on my blogging - as I have not written in a while -  by using somebody else's material. The holiday season, visitors, illness and computer difficulties have all intervened but I'll soon get back to it. The break did allow great time …

Heritage Irish Plants – An Update!

Heritage Irish Plants – Plandai Oidhreachta is a collaborative project between the Irish Society of Botanical Artists and the Irish Garden Plant Society which will lead to an exhibition of the works of the artists and the publication of a soft-back book using the paintings to illustrate a collection of articles. The introduction will be …

Just Give Them Away!

I have been taught a lesson, a hard and harsh gardening lesson, but I have survived it and all will be well. Some years back a friend from Yorkshire, Alan Briggs, was staying with friends of his in Co. Wexford for the New Year and was intrigued to see snowdrops included in various posies around …

Brushing up the New Year.

  Yes, it is practically imperative that we move forward in a positive and buoyant manner. It is demanded of us to be happy and upbeat but I find all such carry-on just too energetic. However, I am happy and delighted with news of progress in a project in which I am involved. The Irish …