These showy flowers bring a bit of brilliance to the garden

Hawthorn, dog rose, spindle, elder: advice about what goes into a traditional hedgerow

The horticultural luminary has taught many gardeners innumerable lessons in generosity, bravery, joyfulness, editing and anti-snobbery

Good reasons not to give up on wonderfully versatile box hedging despite fungal disease

Stephen’s McAllister’s city ‘garden’ is no more than a cheerful clutter of pots and recycled wooden wine crates on a crowded, shady balcony overlooking the capital’s dusty yards and sun-bleached rooftops. But that’s enough for an ongoing supply of fresh, delicious ingredients

Alexander-Sinclair will be in Ireland later this month to give a talk in Altamont gardens as part of the Carlow Garden Festival

Some 5,000 are in bloom in the Bay Garden in Camolin, Co Wexford

An illustrated book and an exhibition recognising some of Ireland’s new garden plants will be launched this year

There are gifts across the price range for your favourite horticulturalists

Lemons, rose, cola bottle, strawberry - just some of the scents that will come from a crushed geranium leaf that can be used to make teas and cakes

Judging these colourful flowers is an exacting process; you can see it in action today in Greystones

Roses, violets and dahlias all have a place at the tables, whether in salads or atop cakes

The ‘natural capital’ movement aims to increase awareness of nature’s value

Digitalis purpurea regally colours our countryside but many digitalis varieties can heighten a garden’s borders

A show garden for the upcoming Bloom festival is a tribute to WB Yeats

If you want your garden to be brimming with tasty produce this summer, then it’s time to get sowing

Spring is in the air. It is time to put in some planting work that will pay dividends later in food and flowers

What garden lovers will be happy to find under the tree this year

They’re expensive to buy, but micro greens are easy to grow

Did your polytunnel get the better of you this summer? Never fear – there’s plenty of time to get it ship-shape and primed for year-round production

Fionnuala Fallon’s tips for this week’s tasks

A pint-sized garden centre sells the things gardeners really want

Where to buy vegetable seeds

It might be mid-October but that doesn’t mean it’s time to lay down tools. Instead, here are 10 very good reasons to get busy in the garden this week . . .

Annuals have to act fast to flower and reproduce in one season which is why they offer such a blazing summer show from mere seeds

It’s time to stop gazing at those seed catalogues and put your planting plans into action