Gareth Austin

If you’ve ever been interested in a career in horticulture or garden design and wondered where to start, Donegal ETB’s…

This week our gardening columnist Gareth Austin gives his readers the basics and tips for planting apple trees.  On my…

The gardens around the county are in glorious colours at the moment, the colours of Spring have given way for…

This year you must plant some chives in your garden, you must. Chives are a wonderful addition to the garden…

For many the removal of the moss in the lawn is a perennial battle, sometimes you get ahead, other times…

Gardens full of flowers are beautiful but if you get some which kick out wonderful sweet perfumes then you’re onto…

One of the features of a new home are the high-quality lawns which are installed on every property. This lush…

Gardening columnist Gareth Austin shares some of the gardening jobs you can do in January to prepare for spring. It’s…

Although chances to get out and do some lawn work might be few and far between, with the heavy rain…

Last week we were celebrating the start of the Autumn colours on the garden trees and shrubs, the lowering of…

I’m a great fan of using annuals for fillers in the garden. Quick growing flowers are ideal for filling in…

Roses are the favourite flower of gardeners. End of. No arguing. Whenever you see polls conducted to get gardeners to…

Your lawn be a mass of white flowers between cuts – maybe this carpet if your signal its time to…

Come summer the garden will be packed, summer flowering perennials will be arching high above surrounding plants, their flowers reaching…

Gooseberry Sawfly is the number one problem for anyone growing Gooseberries here in Donegal. A full plant can be severely…

This past week has been a busy one, some great weather kept us busy outside and then at the end…

There’s barely a day goes past which doesn’t involve someone asking me about moss in their lawn – it seems…

Borage, or Starflower, is definitely a plant you should consider adding to your garden, not only does it give months…

March is an important time to get the perennial pots in order (by ‘perennial pots’ I mean large planters that…

This week storm Doris has battered our gardens, damaging flowers and toppling a few trees along its way. Many a…