Gareth Austin

I adore a good cup of coffee, whether it’s hot or iced I’m there. I love visiting The Counter Deli…

Long summer evenings sitting in the back garden are enhanced with the addition of movement and sound, whether it be…

GARDENING WITH GARETH: I’ll be one of the expected 100,000+ which will visit Bord Bia’s annual Bloom festival, which opened…

Some garden plants have big, bright vulgar displays of colour, shouting from the rooftops how big and bright they are…

Tomatoes are a real worthwhile crop to grow and with the wealth of varieties on offer there are tomatoes suitable…

Many an old gardening book is filled with reference to ‘Victorian Night Water’, this rather poetic sounding name refers to…

Horsetail is a devil of a weed – when you have it….you really have it! Horsetail or to give it…

The 3rd Donegal Raphoe Cub Scouts spent an evening farming at Ballyholey Farm with Donegal Daily’s resident Horticulturist Gareth Austin…

When we think about Italian Food a key ingredient which always come to mind is Basil, gorgeous fresh basil, basil…

Camellias although native to Japan do extremely well here in Donegal. They adore our wet climate and peaty soil, indeed…

It’s the time of Spring Cleaning around the home, indeed I was listening to Sean Moncreiff on Newstalk the other…

This past week I had the great pleasure of attending the Young Horticulturist of the Year competition, organised by the…

Think about winter and you rarely think about the garden, for many the ‘end of season’ chop down in November…

I’ve noticed this week the gardens have taken a real leap forward in both growth and colour. There are lots…

January is a month that’s easy to slip by “There’s nothing to do in the garden”., “It’s too cold/wet to…

I’m already thinking about Spring here at Horticulture HQ in Newtowncunningham where Christmas is but an interruption to my gardening!…

The winter months can be a challenging one for both gardener and garden, light levels are low, rain levels are…

Holly branches laden with berries are classic Christmas decorations, indeed many a gardener has awoken to find his holly tree…

Okay, let’s paint the picture. Your dad/Mum/wife/husband/child is a keen gardener, they’re forever out footering around the garden, loves their…

Winter rains affect the soil in the garden in a number of ways. Firstly they leach nutrients, by this I…