
How to Learn Botanical Latin Plant Names
Botanical Latin is the universal language for plants yet learning the language can fill some students with dread. Here’s some tips to help the memory.

How to make a Zwartbles Sheep Egg Cozy
A knitting pattern for a Zwartbles sheep egg cozy

Follow Your Curiosity
In 2008 I enrolled as a mature student in adult education to study horticulture, this week I’m returning part time to continue the journey. Here’s why.

Mindfulness and Herbs – A Perfect Combination
Mindfulness & beautiful herbs can be found at the Wellwood Centre in Co Carlow, a wellness & holistic centre surrounded by eight acres of landscaped gardens

Good Moods and Garden Sculpture
The power of nature on our mental health can come as a surprise, no matter how often we experience it.

Having Fun With the Colour Purple
Fed up with a grey, concrete slab we painted our patio purple, added some pallet benches and a bunch of container vegetables. Here’s the result.

Shifting the Focus
Health, happiness, music, community gardening and great food, you can find it all in this post

Would you give The Jacket off Your Back?
The Jacket off Your Back appeal began in Carlow in 2014. Find out How you can get involved and help people in extreme poverty.
