Hi everyone just to let you know that GIY will be meeting in Airfield at 10.30 on Saturday morning (February 8th). Our theme is garden DIY. Orla has kindly agreed to bring photos of some of the things she has made and we would love if you would consider bringing your own photos. Reused, upcycled or repurposed objects as well as easy new projects particularly welcome. As always we welcome questions about seeds, plants getting ready for Spring etc. looking forward to seeing everyone on Saturday.

Happy New Year and welcome to our new members! We look forward to meeting you very soon. We are really delighted that our first meeting of 2020 will feature a talk on Bees, Plants and Pollination by Mary Montaut who is editor of "An Beachaire" the Journal of the Federation of Irish Beekeepers Associations.

As usual we will meet in Airfield House, Dundrum at 10.30 on Saturday January 11th. For those of you who are new to our meetings, you should go to the main ticket desk and tell them you are attending the GIY meeting and they will get you to sign in and direct you to our room.

Wishing you all a very merry Christmas and best wishes for 2020 from the GIY Dundrum Committee.  We hope to see you on January 11th for a talk on bee keeping.  More details in the New Year.

Hi everyone! We will not have a formal GIY meeting this month but several members of GIY Dundrum committee will be meeting for coffee next Saturday morning (14th) at 10.30 in the main restaurant in Airfield. It is a very busy time of year but I hope that some of your will be able to join us!

GIY Dundrum November meeting will be on Saturday November 16th. We are going with a very seasonal theme and will have a workshop on making a Christmas wreath run by Mary May and Hubert May. Mary and Hubert will bring all the basic material including copper ring, ribbons, pine etc. and everyone will make their own wreath to bring home!

Because of the need for materials for everyone, we need to know in advance how many are coming and unfortunately we will need to limit the numbers. Please email [email protected] if you are interested.

We are looking for a source of holly, so if any of you have a holly bush and would be willing to share some cuttings we would be very grateful. Please let us know via the email above. You can use lots of other material to decorate your wreath so bring along anything in your garden that will survive without water including eucalyptus, yellow holly, acorns, any branches with berries.

The event is free and will take place in the room E0-32 on the ground floor of the O'Brien Centre for Science in UCD Belfield.

GIY Dundrum meeting Saturday October 12th 10.30 Airfield

This month GIY Dundrum is delighted to welcome Tom Baker to our Saturday meeting to talk to us about hydroponics. Tom is a blogger (the Naked Nurseryman) and hydroponics enthusiast. He believes that hydroponics provides a fantastic way for urban gardeners to contribute to food security. He has experimented with a system using very affordable grow lights sold by Ikea. The unit is cheap and very neat and will fit in any kitchen.

We will also have time for our usual chat about our gardens and we would ask you to bring a favourite apple, pumpkin/courgette, tomato, etc. recipe to share. If you have any spare plants or seeds please bring them too and we can do some swopping.

Looking forward to seeing you all on Saturday

Welcome to our new members - we hope to see you soon in Airfield!

We are due to have a GIY meeting on Saturday next, August 10th, however, that clashes with a large event being held in Airfield. We have therefore decided to amalgamate our August and September meetings and so we will next meet in Airfield on September 14th at 10.30.