#Plants

Roses are RED. The use of red in the landscape.

As it is Valentines Day today I thought it would be a good time to talk a little bit about one of my favourite colours to use in the...

Irish hills on fire with Molinia caerulea ‘Purple Moor-grass’

Driving down to the home place in West Cork is always a treat, especially if I haven’t been home in a while. Living in the city of Dublin...

Fuchsia magellanica, West Cork’s adopted alien.

During the summertime it is particularly a pleasure to drive down to the homestead down in West Cork. After spending many hours in the...

The Plant Kingdom, a source for inspiration for sculptor Ruth Moilliet

The plant kingdom is a source of inspiration for all plant and garden lovers, and for UK artist Ruth Moilliet this is also very much the...

I’m an alien I’m a legal alien, I’m a Gunnera in West Cork

Well without trying to upset anybody, I have to admit that Gunnera is one of my favourite perennial plants. This might be upsetting for...

Blackthorn, Shillelaghs and the tree of the fairies, the Hawthorn

Blackthorn (Prunus spinosa) Draigean (Gaelic name) This native Irish tree may be known by its Latin name Prunus spinosa or one of its...

‘Its fruit Jim, but not as we know it’

So the sun is finally shining here in Ireland and the plant growth, more than a month behind is finally bursting into life. All this good...

‘Extinct’ plant flowers, in Dublin’s National Botanical Gardens

This is a story I have just come across, posted on the RHS website. Apparently just a few minutes drive from where I am sitting, in the...

Grow our own chairs for national tree week

1987 Peter Cook As it is national tree week here in Ireland (7-13 March) at the moment, I thought a tree related post would be...

Garden Labyrinth

This seven circuit classical hedge labyrinth with enlarged centre, was designed and constructed by my dad, Fred Wieler in the beautiful...

Living Willow Structures

I am currently looking into organising a weekend workshop in live willow structures in West Cork, which has inspired me to write a post...