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My book, Journal of an Irish Garden, is now for sale online (€9.99) at this address... http://www.lulu.com/shop/rachel-darlington/journal-of-an-irish-garden/paperback/product-22467812.html (25% Off MY BOOK IN FEBRUARY 2016, USING CODE: FEBFLASH25) Journal of an Irish Garden is a collection of columnist and plantsperson Rachel D’s articles in the Irish Garden magazine from 2007 to 2015 (in addition to a number of previously unpublished pieces). It details her development from amateur gardener to owner of a garden open to the public. This book is, in essence, a horticultural journey. It is an odyssey of discovery, knowledge and fulfilment, while taking the not-so-occasional foray into the realms of iffy dress-sense, hypothermia and muck. This journey contains elements that most gardeners will recognise from their own endeavours. "We follow the author’s development as a gardener and that of her garden, Douentza, which is a joy to visit, full of well-grown unusual plants and one of the up-and-coming Irish gardens." —Helen Dillon, the Dillon Garden, Dublin "What really makes the book for me is the clear and ever-present love of plants. From the mundane to the rare, the plant mix is eclectic and the book peppered with handy tips for growing them." —Jimi Blake, Hunting Brook Gardens, Blessington