Journal of an Irish Garden

Journal of an Irish GardenJournal of an Irish Garden is a collection of columnist and plantsperson Rachel Darlingtons articles in the Irish Garden magazine from 2007 to 2015. It details her development from amateur gardener to owner of a garden open to the public. This book is, in essence, a horticultural journey. It is an odyssey of discovery, knowledge and fulfilment, while taking the not so occasional foray into the realms of iffy dress sense, hypothermia and muck. This

Journal of an Irish Garden is a collection of columnist and plantsperson Rachel DarlingtonÕs articles in the Irish Garden magazine from 2007 to 2015. It details her development from amateur gardener to owner of a garden open to the public.

This book is, in essence, a horticultural journey. It is an odyssey of discovery, knowledge and fulfilment, while taking the not-so-occasional foray into the realms of iffy dress-sense, hypothermia and muck. This journey contains elements that most gardeners will recognise from their own endeavours.

"We follow the authorÕs development as a gardener and that of her garden, Douentza, which is a joy to visit, full of well-grown unusual plants and one of the up-and-coming Irish gardens." ÑHelen Dillon, the Dillon Garden

"What really makes the book for me is the clear and ever-present love of plants. From the mundane to the rare, the plant mix is eclectic and the book peppered with handy tips for growing them." ÑJimi Blake, Hunting Brook Gardens