Gardeners Dynamic

In Germany, many parking lots are doing double duty as part of the country's "sponge city" strategy . Instead of traditional, water-sealing asphalt, these lots are paved with permeable grass grids .

The reinforced tiles bear the load of a vehicle while the open spaces are filled with soil and grass, allowing rainwater to infiltrate naturally . This design combats urban flooding, recharges groundwater, and filters out heavy metals and oils before they reach the water table .

Furthermore, replacing heat-absorbing asphalt with living grass helps lower the urban heat island effect, cooling the surrounding air by several degrees during summer heatwaves .

Sometimes, the most innovative infrastructure looks just like a green lawn . 🅿️🌱

Drop by our stand @ Gardeners Dynamic at the Trim DZ family fund day tomorrow. 'Growing our own without costing the Earth' ; We focus on SDG 15 'Life on Land' and more. Conversations around Organic and Permaculture approaches to the crisis of Habitat and Biodiversity loss .Opportunity for children to sow pollinator friendly flower seeds to take home.

If you missed our excellent super informative workshop @ gardeners dynamic not to worry. Colman Power will be returning on Sunday the 17th of May to focus on continuity in the garden; transplanting our seedlings, irrigation, feeding, mulching the soil and crop care & maintenance through the vagaries of the Irish summer. Not to mention our flourishing pollinator friendly flowers, shrubs & trees and our strong focus on biodiversity.. looking forward to seeing you here.

With the price of fuel steeply on the rise and the cost of food going through the roof, it's time to learn how to grow your own food.. an obvious solution to growing in the current climate and weather chaos is protected cropping. For start why not consider setting up a polytunnel.
Spring Gardening Workshop on 18th April: Limited tickets available

Busy prepping for our first workshop of 2026, although the weather hasn't been very helpful we are happily making inroads; Spring Gardening and Start your Polytunnel from Scratch with Special Guest Colman Power.
We are looking forward to seeing lots of new faces so Get booking. Details below:

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Here's to the end of the unofficial winter 2025/..6.
Despite the incessant rain, activities through Jan and Feb saw the most effective results since we came here 25 years ago.
I'm aiming to keep to the Biodynamic calender for Horticultural activities although after using Nick Kollerstrom's/James Lynn Page's 'Gardening and Planting by the Moon' for most of the last 25 years, I'm now wading through the Biodynamic Lunar Calendar for 2026... I'll
Keep you posted.

If you're paying $4400 for this, you're a mug. I'll sell you one for $3,000 😅

We are very sad to hear of the passing of Paul Whelan. Paul led a workshop for us when we first started, and was always willing and so enthusiastic to willingly share his knowledge on many occasions. He wrote many books on lichens. For many years, he encouraged citizen science recording via his website biology.ie. He will be sadly missed. Our thoughts are with Anna and his family.

The black sheep usually doesn't follow the crowd because every once in a while, the crowd is literally going the wrong way in mass. It takes a black sheep to stand out and say, 'Hey, I think we're headed off a cliff here!' They may be labeled as outcasts or rebels, but in reality, they're the ones who are brave enough to challenge the status quo and forge their own path.
Let's celebrate the black sheep in our lives - the ones who inspire us to think differently, to question the norms, and to embrace our individuality.

See you there

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