Last week on the way home from speaking engagements up country, I stopped into Bernard Carey in Clare, who grows trees from native Irish seed. Like a kid let loose in a sweet shop, this was the car all the way back to Beara, fully loaded with aspen, pine, arbutus and yew. They all belong here!

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Afternoon! Another Sunday, Another Audax 🌞🚴‍♂️😎☕️🎃🍰 That was a rather chilly start 🥶 #cycling #audax #sundayride #diyaudax

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Early Autumn belongs to native Spindle 🧡 Its striking pink seed capsules are now beginning to split open, revealing bright orange seeds. Birds feast on the fruit and help disperse the seeds, spreading this beautiful native shrub through hedgerows, woodland edges and scrub. #FarnaghtWoodCoLeitrim

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Well, it made it across the Atlantic. 🌱 Rather lovely to open Harrowsmith’s 50th Anniversary Almanac and find the story of our little walled garden in Stamullen inside. Written and photographed by me. Still feels a bit surreal. From Co. Meath to Canada. Gardens travel. #NatureWriting #SpéirGorm

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He thought he had more time. Published mid-September, unfinished as he left it, with a foreword by Robert Macfarlane. www.manchansbooks.com/books/p/seei...

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