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Under the expert guidance of brothers, Alan and David Duffy, Westside Gardening provides clients with a wealth of landscape and gardening maintenance options in the Midlands region, Leinster and Connaught.

I’m often asked about scented plants. They can pack a powerful emotional punch, reminding you of your mother’s favourite flowers or the blooms from your granny’s garden, so it’s not surprising they’re high on the wish list of lots of my clients.

The Climate Bill must not undermine the continued viability of sustainable farming across County Mayo, Fine Gael TD Alan Dillon has said. The Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Bill 2021 is currently going through the Houses of the Oireachtas.

Combining forestry with crop cultivation and livestock is a land management system that not only has been implemented across the world for the past 50-60 years, it was also relied upon in early Roman times. Why then is it that all of a sudden Agroforestry is such a hot topic? The simple answer really is Climate Change.

Derrick Hambleton of An Tasice and permaculture advisor, Hannah Mole will host a free workshop on food growing, gardening, and permaculture this weekend as part of Galway City Heritage Week.

The birds are signing. The bees are buzzing. The sun is shining (every so often). The summer has arrived and all you want to do is sit back in the comfort of your garden and unwind from the stresses and strains of everyday life. The only problem is that the garden has been neglected over the winter and is in need of some TLC.

The past year has seen dela going from strength to strength, with accolades from Lucinda O’Sullivan and the McKenna Guides of particular note.

An Taisce – the National Trust for Ireland – this week expressed serious concern at Minister Coveney’s recent announcement that there will be no rollover of REPS and no new AEOS entrants in 2014. The Minister claimed that this would achieve “national and European savings of about €25 million”. However, An Taisce believes that these savings mean that thousands of farmers implementing environmentally beneficial schemes and sustainable forms of agriculture will lose, in some cases, half of their total farm income in 2014.

To kickstart National Organic Week, there will be a family event at Coolanowle Organic Farm in Ballickmoyler, Carlow on Sunday, September 11 beginning at midday.

A free presentation overview and discussion of an organic, permaculture, food system will take place on April 18 at 7.30pm in the Mulranny Studio, Cushlecka Road, Mulranny.