Growing event on June 24 at Wallace’s Garden Centre
WALLACE’S Garden Centre in conjunction with GroMór store are hosting an exciting event in our Wellingtonbridge Store with Ciaran Burke. Join us on June 24th and we will demonstrate how growing is not only fun and easy, but a healthy hobby for body and soul. Ciarán Burke started gardening when he was seven. He later graduated from the National Botanic Gardens and for over fifteen years he has been lecturing and training students in horticulture for Royal Horticultural Society Qualifications. Ciarán runs The Garden School at RHSI situated in Marlay Park in Dublin. The Garden School is a social enterprise; in partnership with the Royal Horticultural Society of Ireland offers free horticultural training to unemployed and people with intellectual disabilities through The New Growth Project.
Ciarán gives talks to horticultural societies and garden groups; is himself a keen gardener. He writes a blog on Blooms ‘n Food and writes articles for The Irish Garden magazine. Ciarán also makes twig sculptures called Scoodoos that encourage people to engage with nature and raise awareness of the beauty and importance of trees.
Ever wondered what flowers to put in your hanging basket? Here are some top tips from Wallace’s Garden Centre – Simply you can put anything you want in a hanging basket! To begin, keep taller plants in the centre of your basket with trailing plants to the side. But really after this, your only limitation is your imagination. Petunias and trailing geraniums give a great display of flowers and colours. Fushia plants are always really popular too either mixed in with other plants or they can look brilliant in a basket all by themselves too. You can plant begonias up in a hanging basket by themselves as they spill over the basket in a large cascade of flowers. Watering is one of the most important task when it comes to having successful hanging baskets. You never want to let your hanging baskets dried out during the summer as they plants typically used don’t tolerate periods of drought.