Can tradespeople be artists? An interesting question which is being explored by a new Irish series on TG4 at the moment called...

Last weekend the DSWAI had a meet up in County Clare as we were invited by quarry owner David O’ Connor of Liscannor Flagstones...

There is something very special about creating a piece of art in stone to celebrate a loved ones life. Probably the most unique and...

Last weekend I attended my first dry stone walling workshop on Inis Oírr Island. And I am already looking forward to going back next...

Just a very quick post to promote some very interesting things happening this week. This week is Heritage Week 2011 from 20th to the 28th...

So I have talked about stone benches on a number of occasions, and now I am going to talk about them some more. I just had a lady asking...

Garden Theatres Although there are many grand Garden Theatres and huge impressive amphitheatres out there in the world, they are not...

A while back while visiting Jan Johnsen landscape gardening blog ‘Serenity In The Garden‘ (a blog I highly recommend checking out if you...

Stone River is a project by award wining landscape architect and stonemason, Jon Piasecki. Jon Piasecki is a graduate of Harvard...

A few months back I wrote a post ‘Stone Chairs. Some ancient some not so ancient…Yet….’ in which I mentioned that one of my favorite...

A few months ago, I was asked fellow garden blogger Britt Conley from the Photo Garden Bee to partake in a photo meme. For the post I...

One of my favourite things to build is stone seats. There is something very special about sitting in a stone seat, it feels very grand,...

When I first started working with stone back in my late teens, I quickly developed a passion for it. All of a sudden I started noticing...