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Mary Keenan, owner of Gash Gardens & Nursery, horticultural consultant, garden writer and lecturer – ‘What I have learned from Gardening’

Mary Keenan B.Agr.Sc (Landscape Horticulture) Gash Gardens & Nursery, Castletown, Portlaoise. Co. Laois R32K068 Email: gashgardens@gmail.com Telephone: 087-2737883 https://gashgardens.ie/ Mary Keenan, together with her husband Ross Doyle, is the owner of Gash Gardens & Nursery in County Laois. She has been gardening and growing plants for over 40 years. After qualifying with a degree in [...]

Dan Hinkley, Plantsman & Plant Hunter – ‘Connoisseurs Table’

Dan Hinkley is an American plantsman, plant hunter, garden writer, horticulturist, nursery man and lecturer.  He is known throughout the world as one of our foremost plant explorers and plantsmen and is committed to sustainable horticultural practices and raising the collective awareness of the diversity of plant life on Earth, as well as the magic [...]

Helen Picton, The Picton Garden & Old Court Nurseries – ‘It is NOT time for bed yet’

Helen Picton is a specialist grower of autumn flowering asters.   The Picton family operates Old Court Nurseries and The Picton Garden in Herefordshire, England.   The nursery was established by Ernest Ballard, the first nurseryman to popularise autumn-flowering asters.   The Pictons hold the Plant Heritage National Plant Collection of autumn-flowering asters, with more than four hundred [...]

Sara Whelan, Gardener – ‘The Winter Garden’

Sara Whelan is a garden designer living in Dunmain, New Ross, Co. Wexford. She first learnt about plants from her grandmother who lived near the National Botanic Gardens in Glasnevin, Dublin. She studied science at UCD and worked in education for almost 40 years. After taking early retirement, she studied for a Diploma in Garden [...]