PUBLICATIONS

Issue 47 - Winter 2008

PAGE	CONTENTS
3	Editorial: Bring on the wildlife.
5	Strictly come planting - Invertibrates exceed mammals in our gardens by 10 to 1 and plant diversity is what brings them there. Sheena Vernon describes the ground-breaking BUGS study in Sheffield.
8	A walk on the wild side - life at Dublin Zoo - Helen Rock explains the challenges when the animals really are wild.
12	Contemporary Garden Design -Brian O’Hara reports on the workshop organised by the GLDA in which Andrew Wilson introduced participants to his personal pantheon of contemporary designers.
14	Trees: the Glory and Wonder of Our Countryside - Angela Binchy ruminates on one of the essentials of wildlife friendly gardening.
16	Future Gardens: Evolution or Revolution? - GLDA’s 13th International Seminar 2009
18	The Ugh factor - Sarah Hallahan grapples with an unwanted form of wildlife.
20	Absolutely Bloomin’ Lovely - Sheena Vernon is entranced by the drama and colour of pictorial meadows, a concept developed by ecologist Nigel Dunnett of Sheffield University.
25	Zen and the art of low maintenance - When Patricia Tyrrell set out to design her award winning garden for a Parish Centre in Killiney her plant plan combined aesthetics with practicality.
26	Rus in urbe - Tycho Mays describes an inner city garden designed to bring a touch of the countryside into town.
28	Book review- ‘Gardeners - encounters with exceptional people, by Diana Ross.
29	GLDA news and forthcoming events

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