Design

This January, embrace your garden’s chill vibes

Why not unleash your green thumb with relaxed planting and personal favourites to create a wild and wonderful garden in 2024?

Artist TJ Maher in his Patthana garden in Wicklow: ‘Gardening on a larger scale has forced me to surrender my need to be in control of all the garden, all the time’. Picture: Richard Murphy

January may be a time to hunker down but it is also the perfect time to think about how you approach your garden and what you might do differently this year.

My hope for the year ahead is to resist the temptation to sow more seeds than I can cope with and not to buy plants I do not have space to plant: probably a vain hope that many gardeners will identify with.

But also ...