Home & Garden - West Cork People

Do you need some inspiration for your garden this summer?

WCP Staff June, 2020

Diarmuid Gavin is looking for six gardens that need his special touch for Waddell Media’s new RTÉ and BBC One NI series, which will air this July. Irish garden designer Diarmuid Gavin is calling for people the length and breadth of the country, who have ambitions big or small […]

June in the garden

WCP Staff June, 2020

By John Hosford from The Weekend Garden Centre We welcome the arrival of June and and what we hope will continue to be long, sunny, summer days. The extra light and warmth encourages the garden to put on an exuberant burst of growth. Now that we have arrived in June, […]

Using window sills as a focal point or useful space in our homes

Tommy Moyles May, 2020

When you think of areas that can benefit from some styling, it might be easy to overlook your window sill. Window sills are often a neglected space in the home. We either leave them empty or fill them with junk from odds and ends that we put down and forget […]

How to create the perfect office space in your home

WCP Staff May, 2020

For most of us our homes are currently the central location for our business or, a secondary work-area, classroom, and creche, all-in-one space. Prior to Covid-19, home office space would generally not have been seen as an essential ergonomically planned space in our home. So, like many others right now, […]

Early summer foods for pollinators

WCP Staff May, 2020

by Mags Riordan of Bumblebee Flower Farm I’m sure I’m just like everyone else who swings from feeling really positive and motivated one day to downright despair and lethargy and everything-in-between the next. It’s a rollercoaster of emotions to be sure but there is one constant that is helping keep […]

Creating a welcoming entrance and hallway space

WCP Staff April, 2020

Maura Mackey is a Cork-based interior and retail display designer. A professional with an eye for detail and interior styling, she thrives on giving any home the ‘showhouse feel’ when up for sale or rental from a home staging point of view. On the other hand, if you are looking […]

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