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‘Grow, Cook, Eat’ set to showcase growers of rare and organic flowers in West Cork

WCP Staff April, 2020

The fourth episode of series 2 of ‘GROW COOK EAT’ is set to air on Wednesday, April 8 and presenter duo founder of GIY Michael Kelly and the GIY Head of Community Development Karen O’Donohoe offer a polytunnel masterclass, get growing broccoli and visit the growers of rare and organic […]

Gardening in April

WCP Staff April, 2020

by John Hosford of The Weekend Garden Centre Self-isolation and longer days with the clocks going forward by an hour last weekend gives us more time to get out and about in the garden. Let’s hope our good weather continues during our lockdown so we can take advantage of the […]

Hope on the wings of the bumblebee

WCP Staff March, 2020

by Mags Riordan of Bumblebee Flower Farm Amidst all this uncertainty and downright scary stuff, today was one of those days that gave me real hope, taught me that life goes on and, if we help and support nature, she will thrive. Birds are starting nests, bumblebee queens are emerging, […]

Gardening for sanity

Jean Perry March, 2020

I honestly don’t think I ever really thought I would see a situation like the one we find ourselves in now. I spend a lot of time worrying about the climate, inequality, food systems and sustainability in general, but this invisible enemy in the form of a virus has brought […]

Starting with fruit

WCP Staff March, 2020

Starting to grow fruit sounds daunting, but fruit-growing is less demanding than growing vegetables or annual flowers, and most soft fruit is really easy, as Deborah Ballard, Future Forests explains – especially now that so many of us have the time to work in the garden. If you have the […]

Is gardening sustainable?

Noah Chase March, 2020

As a new gardening season starts, I thought it would be interesting to have a look at just how sustainable gardening and the plant growing industry is. With the current issues of global warming, use of fossil fuels and plastic, I feel it is up to us all to question […]

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