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September 2024 The season of mists and webs has arrived.

August, 2024 Our garden here at An Gáirdín is a habitat for an abundance of birds but a few weeks ago we had a pleasant surprise when we spotted a Spotted Flycatcher (excuse the pun).

When we think back to the Winter Solstice or even the Spring Equinox with the bleakness and darkness of the countryside then, we would have found it a great stretch of the imagination to visualise what we are now in the midst of – the profusion of colour, the swiftness of growth, variety of sounds, plethora of scents and first intimations of a ripening harvest.

“The words still hover, like a seagull battling the wind”

What a delight to the eyes this hazy, misty autumnal morning – a garden decorated in elegant lace dresses of multiple intricate designs.

Recently at An Gáirdín we had a delightful ceremony for the unveiling of a mural of The Story of the Universe.

Yesterday we celebrated Brigid. Today we celebrate World Wetlands Day.

Here at An Gáirdín we arrived at the stage where we no longer felt at ease with our machines – lawn-mowers, strimmers and hedge cutters.

Our Saturday morning courses entitled A Spoonful of Sustainability was our first venture back after our Covid withdrawal from organising face to face events.

Once upon a time, but not too long ago, from early Spring through to late Autumn our headlands, laneways, roadsides, woodlands, wetlands, bogs and hay meadows were great colourful scenes of diverse flowers.