Where do we get our plants from?

Where do we get our plants from? This is one of the questions we get asked all the time. Some people are understandably nervous about buying plants online - they like to see them in real life before putting them in their cart and paying for them. So, in the same way that shops like to tell you how your food gets from 'farm to fork', here are some photos showing just a couple of the many nurseries from whom we source our plants. When you place an order with us, we get the plants from a whole range of suppliers. Our ethos is to buy Irish-grown plants wherever possible.

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Indian Sandstone? Think again.... (February 2010)

Over the course of designing and improving gardens, I am often faced with discoloured patios and terraces which have a bloom of green algae over them. Customers are seduced by the colours and names of Indian Sandstone (Somerset, Mint etc), and also by the relatively low prices; but these colours deteriorate rapidly, and more often than not I am being called in to suggest an alternative.

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Extra! Extra! Read All About It! DYG in the media.

Don't take our word for it! Over the last couple of months we have had plenty of coverage in the press. We have been featured in Image Interiors, House and Home, The Irish Garden Magazine, as well as in The Irish Times, The Sunday Business Post and The Sunday Tribune.

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Why do we sell kiln-dried firewood logs?

Natural Irish Paving Materials in Your Garden: Case Study Using Mayo Sandstone Setts (April 2009)

Mayo Sandstone Setts, Used in a garden by Howbert and Mays, Dalkey, Co Dublin

For specialist laying of native irish paving stones, we recommend Irish Stone Gardens: http://www.irishstonegardens.ie/

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