Using Plants To Decorate Your Front Door

If the eye is the window to your soul, then maybe your front door is the window to those living inside. What people see in your front entryway impacts the appeal of your home. Why not make your front entrance bold, attractive and appealing? The question is, how do you …

Paraic’s Plant Of The Month: November 2019

The November plant of the month is the Himalayan Daphne, also known as the Daphne Jacqueline Postill. It is one of my favourite winter-flowering, scented, evergreen shrubs with clusters of dainty shell-pink flowers. It was named after the wife of Alan Postill, the propagator who raised it at Hillier’s nursery …

A Complete Guide To Mature Hedging

How do you like to use your garden? Do you like to host parties, lounge on the lawn, or simply spend time with your family? Do you want a private and secure area to do this while being surrounded peacefully by nature? If so, then planting mature hedging plants may …

Sowing And Growing The Heather Plant

Imagine going home this Autumn to a lush garden of splendid blooms swaying gracefully to the wind. Wouldn’t it be great to behold such a scene? Then, you will be happy to hear that such a scene is easily created with the heather plant. About The Heather Plant: Heather plants …

Horkans and Vegepod

Vegepod & The National Ploughing Championships

We’re going to the National Ploughing Championships! The National Ploughing Championships is taking place this year from the 17th – 19th of September. It is being held in Ballintrane, Fenagh, Co. Carlow. This year marks the 88th Annual National Ploughing Championships  and we’re delighted to be going along! The National …