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Trees, Amphibians & Birds…
With a reasonably kind winter with lower rainfall than usual we entered March and April with cool and dry weather, in fact by late April we did require, yes, rain! Trees: Severe storms of winds since...
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A Word from our Head Gardener Daragh Farren
It’s fair to say, that our summer so far, has been something of a mixed bag. June was particularly dry (as low as 30% of average June rainfall in places) and fairly sunny (above average in terms of...
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Head Gardeners Blog – Autumn 2015
Here at Killruddery, we close for weekdays at the end of September, and indeed, during September, most of the days are somewhat quieter than throughout the summer, the return of young families to...
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Happy Winter Solstice from a Soggy Garden Department by Head Gardener Daragh...
Look at garden magazines, newspaper columns etc at this time of year and you’ll see pages and pages discussing the pleasures of sitting by a warm fire, perusing seed lists and making lofty plans for...
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The Rain is Getting to the Earl of Meath
Concerns about the Gardens’ ecology in the face of weird weather. The mercurial weather pattern we have been experiencing since last spring has played havoc with the plants, trees, birds and wild...
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Spring Beginings and Winter Endings by Daragh Farren, Head Gardener
The latter part of winter, as always brought some welcome sights around the garden. Eranthus humilis – The Winter aconite, planted last autumn have been flowering beautifully in recent weeks beneath a...
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Note to Self: Must Bust my kids Screen Time!! by Fionnuala Aston Ardee
I have been struggling recently with a growing awareness of the amount of time my kids spend switched onto monitors or arguing to be allowed to watch or play sometimes to the detriment of my addled...
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Exam Weather & Growth Spurts. By Daragh Farren, Our Head Gardener.
Over the last 2 or 3 weeks, it really has felt as if summer has arrived. At time of writing, schools are not yet on holidays, state exams are underway (seeming to guarantee good weather…) and while...
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Killruddery’s Wildlife Diary: Spring into Summer
April, May and June are, I think, my favourite months. I also find that September and October, when a so called ‘Indian summer’ occasionally appears, can also be special, but that’s another story. It...
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Head Gardeners blog – Autumn 2016
Here in the garden department, following an especially dry Summer period, we started to notice some early mornings feeling quite Autumnal from probably about the middle of August or thereabouts. We...
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Head Gardeners Blog – Winter 2016
Following a particularly dry and notably mild Autumn, Winter has slowly crept in and made it’s presence felt, although still, with some definite exceptions, it doesn’t feel like we’ve had too many...
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Head Gardener’s Diary – Spring 2017
Head Gardeners blog – Spring 2017 As I write, sitting in my (way too cold) office, here in the walled garden at Killruddery, there is a distinctly un-Spring like feel to the day. Wind is increasing,...
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Q&A with Killruddery Head Gardener Daragh Farren
Usually, in the production of this seasonal blog, we aim to provide a small insight into some of the work carried out here in the gardens at Killruddery – the (sometimes mundane) aspects of regular...
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Autumn at Killruddery by Head Gardener Daragh Farren
Right now, Summer feels like a long time ago. For me, it passed in a blur, as it does most years, but this year, very definitely it feels as though it really flew by. We were of course pretty busy...
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Head Gardener’s Diary – Winter 2017
Its early December…I can hardly believe how fast 2017 has zipped by, I feel barely out of ‘Summer mode’ – by the way, I’m in a not yet warmed up office, it’s twenty past seven in the morning, it’s dark...
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Head Gardener’s Diary – Spring 2018
Coming to write this, another frosty morning at the end of March, I worry I maybe tempting fate to so much as whisper about Spring. It feels like we’ve had the longest of Winters, so many cold...
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Head Gardener’s Diary – Summer 2018
As I write, we’re approaching mid June, and Killruddery is dried up and in places looking more than a little sunburnt. The last number of months have brought some acute and impactful weather of...
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Head Gardeners Diary – Autumn 2018
For me, and for the gardens at Killruddery, the weather during 2018 and more particularly it’s resultant effects has been most extraordinary. We began the year in a reasonably benign fashion (bar a...
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Head Gardener’s Blog – Winter 2018
Head Gardeners Diary – Winter 2018 As 2018 nears it’s end, it’s been a year to remember. Every year is different in many jobs I suppose, but in Killruddery, each year most definitely has it’s ‘quirks’...
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The SSAFA Charity Sale 11th of April
Thursday the 11th of April at The Grain Store, Killruddery House & Gardens, Bray, Co. Wicklow 10.30am – 1pm Free Entrance to the sale and car parking Tea & Coffee €2.50 Killruddery Gardens...
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