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Ali Rochford

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Gardening

A touch of Clondeglass: Mountrath’s horticultural treasure

Paul Brady is greatly looking forward to restoring the late Dermot O’Neill’s once-flourishing 200-year-old walled garden in Co Laois
  • Ali Rochford
  • November 25, 2022
Gardening

A garden’s history seen through rose-coloured glasses

Visiting the luscious rose garden at Ardgillan in Fingal County is like taking a walk through the evolution of the most enthralling of garden flowers
  • Ali Rochford
  • July 22, 2022
Gardening

Perennial pleasures of flowers on wonderful display at Bloom

This year’s Bloom in the Park flower festival celebrates the fact that, post-pandemic, gardening is now not for just a green-thumbed minority, but for everybody
  • Ali Rochford
  • May 28, 2022

Trees from above: meet the man breathing new life into garden design

Landscape architect Thijs Dolders is a firm believer that roof gardens add immeasurably to the liveability of cities
  • Ali Rochford
  • February 20, 2022

Beautiful vision: How a Terenure garden got its groove back

Muireann Brennan tasked designer Dominic Murphy with revamping the garden of her family home in Dublin. The results were spectacular
  • Ali Rochford
  • January 30, 2022

Some natural festive decorating on a grand scale

Ann Marie Durkin and her husband began restoring Coolamber in Lismacaffrey, Co Westmeath five years ago. Now she’s revamping its entire look in time for the festive season
  • Ali Rochford
  • December 19, 2021

Gardening: Making light of the long winter evenings

  • Ali Rochford
  • November 7, 2021

A life in bloom: how an off-grid pioneer and flower farmer is brightening up the Burren

Sarah Wall remembers doing her homework in the glasshouse nestled next to the tomato plants, so it’s no surprise the flower grower and ecology educator now helps others stay in touch with nature
  • Ali Rochford
  • June 27, 2021

Blooming marvellous: top tips from gardening gurus

Here’s how to make your own show garden at home, with a little help from some designers taking part in Bloom 2021
  • Ali Rochford
  • May 30, 2021

Poetry in motion: how the magic of daffodils goes well beyond early spring

Nial Watson of Ringhaddy Daffodils found his ‘profitable hobby’ of daffodil breeding quite by accident – but has become an expert and vocal advocate of the spring harbinger since
  • Ali Rochford
  • May 9, 2021

Gardening: Dahlias to die for, dahling

A group of committed dahlia growers around the country push the flowers to the limits of their performance – and here’s how you can plant the seeds for competition too
  • Ali Rochford
  • April 11, 2021

Meet the Dubliner in charge of an enchanting English jewel

Joe Whelan relishes his job as head gardener at Nymans, a National Trust property with an extensive collection of spring-flowering shrubs and trees from all over the world – and links to Birr Castle
  • Ali Rochford
  • February 21, 2021

Steps to take when you want your garden to throw shapes

Topiary has a place in every garden whatever the style, contemporary or cottage and everything in between
  • Ali Rochford
  • January 31, 2021

The holly and the ivy and the natural way to celebrate Christmas

Floral designer Hanna Heubach takes a simple, sustainable approach to Christmas decorating, and she gives Ali Rochford some tips on how to make the most of the nature on our doorsteps
  • Ali Rochford
  • December 6, 2020

Gardening: Giving Kerry’s sleeping beauty new life

After years working in some of England’s most high-profile gardens, Alan Power is returning to Ireland to rejuvenate Derreen Garden on the Beara Peninsula in Co Kerry
  • Ali Rochford
  • November 22, 2020

Outdoor fireplaces: How does your garden glow?

Cooler evenings are no reason to forego the pleasure of sitting outdoors, if you have a fire to cosy up to
  • Ali Rochford
  • November 1, 2020

Bulbs: the ultimate in delayed gratification for your garden

With so many varieties of bulbs available, it can be hard to know what to choose, so it really is down to what appeals to you
  • Ali Rochford
  • October 10, 2020

Gardening: Sheltering from the storm in Donegal

Seamus O’Donnell’s garden is an oasis of calm in the northern countryside
  • Ali Rochford
  • September 20, 2020

True grit: the growing appeal of a year-round gravel garden

Gravel gardening is not for everybody, but it’s great if you’re into plants, experimentation – and less work overall
  • Ali Rochford
  • July 5, 2020

Gardening: The fleeting pleasure of peonies

They don’t last long, but they make quite the impression during their short lifespan from spring to early summer
  • Ali Rochford
  • June 14, 2020

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