How Does Your Garden Grow?
By The Gloss
We’re feeling fashionably green-fingered …
There is a particular beauty to an Irish garden. Shaped by our rain-softened climate, everything grows with a quiet abundance. No two days are the same as hedges become thick and generous, lawns seem permanently dew-kissed and our eyes are met with verdant layers of glossy green. Our wildness shines through as huge swathes of open ground turn purple underneath big, billowing bushes of lavender humming with the sound of busy bees. There’s so much to read in THE GLOSS July/August issue and we hope you get to do so in whatever piece of magical garden heaven you find yourself in.
This Month We’re …
VISITING: Bantry for the West Cork Literary Festival where guest speakers include authors Jung Chang, Charlie Mackesy, Andrew Miller, Patrick Gale, Liz Nugent and more. @westcorkliteraryfestival
WATCHING: Anne Hathaway star alongside Matt Damon, Tom Holland, Zendaya and Lupita Nyong’o in Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey, an adaptation of Homer’s epic.
MAKING: Our way to Kilkenny for the annual Arts Festival in August for a mix of theatre, contemporary dance, opera and visual arts installations around the city.
BOOKING: Tickets for David Ireland’s Ulster American at The Abbey, also in August, starring Matthew Broderick, first performed at the Irish Repertory Theatre in New York.
WEARING: Cherry linen Moon dress, €360, at Jennifer Slattery; large rose tote bag, €400, at August Night.
INVESTING IN: The new occasionwear finishing touch? Add a 3D flower corsage à la Simone Rocha.
EMBRACING: “Old-school” hollyhocks, lilacs and zinnias are having a renaissance. @foxglove_and_ivy
HANGING AROUND: Hanging baskets are out, hanging chairs are in! @dedon_official
SAYING GOODBYE TO BOOT ROOMS: Replaced instead by floral studios and garden hobby rooms to bring the outdoors in. @rhschelsea
READING: House of Hackney founder Frieda Gormley’s book, In the Company of Nature.
EATING YOUR GARDEN: Garden designer Harry Holding’s advice on how to grow beautiful and edible plants.
SEE MORE: Don’t Miss THE GLOSS Bumper Summer 2026 Issue Out Now
