Must-have ground cover plants, outdoor exotics in Slane and Adam Frost’s bulb of the month

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A year on from Éowyn, Winterwatch at Mount Stewart and must-have scented shrubs

A year after Storm Éowyn wreaked havoc across Ireland David Maxwell visits the gardens at Mount Stewart on the Ards peninsula where thousands of trees were lost. He meets volunteers planting oak and pine trees which will form a new shelter belt for the garden in the decades to co ...  Show more

 . 56min 1sec
Hamnet herbs, a plant playground in Ratoath and a tribute to Seamus O’Brien

As the film Hamnet goes on general release, David Maxwell chats to herb expert Jekka McVicar about the role she played in advising the production on Elizabethan herbs. In Ratoath, County Meath, nursery owner John Lord is finding new opportunities in a garden he’s developed over 3 ...  Show more

 . 56min 16sec

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