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Family garden in Stillorgan is stunningly rejuvenated by creative design and expert landscaping

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Our current project in many ways is a very rewarding experience and satisfying undertaking. Similar in size and scope to many large family garden sites of similar vintage, offered much design potential and excellent exploitable garden opportunities but from the outset the key objectives and…

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Garden patio landscaping

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Progress on our current project enters a very important phase, the building of patios and pathways, which are common to most gardens and critical to the overall space enjoyment and use. Patio design is not only about what size and finish but positioning of patio…

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August gardening tips

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Already this summer, the garden has endured weather of extremes, very hot periods leading to prolonged dry spells and more recently very heavy rainfall which unfortunately has produced major flooding in some areas. Usually by the time we reach August, the garden has hopefully come…

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Design and landscaping the garden of an Edwardian property in Terenure

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If I am honest, landscaping front gardens is always of particular interest to me. Why you may wonder is the difference between landscaping a front or rear garden? Well there are several reasons but two in particular are worth noting. Landscaping front gardens is often…

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July gardening tips

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It’s been a fantastic start to the month of July, with cloudless blue skies and record sunshine and high temperatures persisting throughout the country. Most people will probably be spending a great deal more time in the garden, hopefully enjoying the Mediterranean style ‘outdoor living’…

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Garden makeover in Dublin 6W

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A project to design and landscape an old garden in Dublin 6W and create a low maintenance sub-urban oasis for the busy owners. Closely following the completion of significant refurbishment works to the property, the proud owners next turned their attention to completing a major overhaul…

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Family garden design landscaping in Rathmines – controlling Bamboo

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Controlling mature Bamboo – Part 2 At this point the very bulky mature bamboo plants had been successfully extracted with rootball intact from their original planting positions and set aside to allow the completed construction of steel mesh re-inforced foundations and concrete block walls 1…

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Landscape Gardening in Rathmines – controlling the spread of mature Bamboo

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Bamboos are very popular plants with many gardeners, frequently used in urban gardens to provide evergreen screening for privacy or simply as elegant lush background planting displays. Once established, bamboos are very resilient plants and often the only routine but essential maintenance is watering during…

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More ways to cut the damage by slugs and snails

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Of the many natural pests found in most gardens, few will contribute more to the gardener’s annoyance and plant losses than the destruction inflicted by slugs and snails on vulnerable garden plants. Few plants especially new plants in the herbaceous or fruit gardens will escape…

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June gardening tips

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The beginning of June greeted us with fantastic warm and sunny Mediterranean weather, a very welcome change to the late cold and damp conditions since the start of the year. With many areas reporting new high temperature records, has pushed plant growth into overdrive. The…

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