This is a really unusual story,in a sense. I'd had this idea for a book. A garden book,I still do, the book idea aside, it was to be something a little, not Royal Horticultural Society, all pot pourri kind of smoking jacket - esque etc, you get my drift. Via my ...

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I said I’d go to Freshford to compete in The Irish Conker Championships …and I did. How did I get on…? Absolutely 110% had an amazing time…. I loved every second of it… How did I get on in the competition….? Honestly? K.O. ‘d in the first round I ...

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I was talking to a friend of mine, Aidan, gate miester extraordinaire and part time garden enthusiast…. he was telling me about this [now] park that used to be a field where he and his Father used to hunt when he was younger… Peter, you just got to go & see ...

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ardgillan demense I went to see Ardgillan Demesne; It is a park, a castle [but not a true castle...], a playground, a gardens…  the second Sunday in March. It ...

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malahide castle The first Sunday of March I went to Malahide Castle [also called park or demesne]. I like the park. I’ve been here before. But it&#8217 ...

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hmmm there you are Ray… Apart from that, there is absolutely nothing I dislike about the park named Newbridge House nee Newbridge Demense, as it is far more than ...

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On my winter holidays and travelling from Limerick to Cork I needed a fix. I needed to see a park. I had to. I found one. There was some works ...

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monte palace gardens Jardim Tropical da Quinta do Monte Palácio designer: Jóse Berado, Eleuterio Soares owner: Jóse Berado Foundation garden style: Portuguese-Oriental size: 21 aces [8.5 ha] climate: mediterranean ...

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windmills... I thought this would be a boring day out. The ones you got ‘dragged’ out on when you were a nipper. I also thought, at first, the ...

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irish taxi ranks - could they be beautiful? This isn’t Ireland, it’s Maderia! I know we can’t grow bananas in Ireland. I’m not ...

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