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Summer arrived the other day. Did you notice? Your plants did. The days shorten and generally temperatures rise, while less rain falls.

Published on: June 27, 2021 | Last Updated: June 27, 2021 1:11 PM EDT The first flush of new growth on evergreens and shrubs has produced a lot of lanky-looking plants. They look a bit like us right now, in need of a haircut. If your winter-hardy plants have finished flowering this is the perfect time to prune a cedar hedge, lilac, forsythia, juniper, Japanese maple and virtually all evergreens and shrubs. Summer arrived the other day. Did you notice? Your plants did. The days shorten and generally temperatures rise, while less rain falls. This is a cue to gardeners to turn atte...

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June 10, 2021 6:30 am New guidance on “Safety for Seasonal Workers in Horticulture” has been published by the Health and Safety Authority (HSA) today (Thursday, June 10). As most workplace injuries and ill health are “foreseeable and preventable”, these guidelines will “help employers and employees identify hazards in horticultural workplaces – and reduce the associated risks”, the authority says. A recent Central Statistics Office (CSO) labour force survey found that 75% of employees working in horticulture in Ireland were non-Irish nationals. To cater for this large section of...

In England, a cottage garden refers to an informal arrangement of plants, arranged densely for a big show of colour. If you think of fairy tales, you might get…