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We have become used to eating certain foods all year round but there are threats to supply other than war
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Contributions of Thomas Pakenham, Seamus O’Brien and Paddy Mackie recognised
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Gardening: Native hawthorns are outstanding trees but don’t try to hug one
This tree is versatile, tolerant of challenging growing conditions and pollinator friendly
Capturing the art of an Irish country house walled garden
IGS exhibition features paintings made within walled gardens by four artists
Redesigned Wicklow home with hot tub and spectacular sea views for €1.6m
Four-bedroom house on elevated acre in Delgany has sea views from almost every room
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Your Garden Made Perfect: Take time to plan before rushing into the work
BBC garden designer Pip Probert’s advice is not to get bogged down in the small details
A scientist’s experimental garden with its very own weather station
Adam Bermingham’s approach to gardening has always been endearingly boffinish
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Spread a little garden love this Christmas
From “Brexit” seeds to hanging pots – what to give the green fingered person in your life
Deer oh deer: How to keep Bambi out of your garden
Deer find certain plants delicious, like camellia and roses, but they don’t like rhurbarb
The miracle of lilac: long-living, sweet-smelling and very easy to grow
Grow them as a shrub or small tree in a lawn, an informal hedge, or even trained against a high wall where their foliage will act as a foil for flowering plants
Stress the likely cause of tree death in Trinity College, says expert
Second Trinity maple felled this week because of disease, but air pollution not a factor
In the Kerry sub-tropics, a flourishing fern garden is getting ready for Chelsea
Billy Alexander plans to create a little piece of Kells Bay for the Chelsea Flower Show
Nettles, borage, seaweed: just the tonic your garden needs
This is the time of year to harvest wild plants and seawood and turn them into plant feed
Eye on Nature: Your notes and queries for Ethna Viney
Shamrock, sanderlings, starlings and December apples
Dig In: Space . . . but not as we grow it
Seed tests show that colonies on other planets should be able to grow their own food
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Everything’s coming up roses for Doyle’s Nursery
Future Proof: Sean Doyle took a big risk in difficult times, but business is flourishing now
Gnomes return to Chelsea
The Chelsea Flower Show lifted its ban on garden gnomes for the first time in its 100 year history, but for designer models only
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