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Anything that makes the garden more inviting in winter has to be a good thing, am I right? So this week I thought we might look at plants with attractive scents for winter – easily overlooked, but worth exploring if you believe, as I do, that a garden should work hard for you for twelve months of the year. Most of the favourites on my list are winter flowering shrubs that will sit quietly in the wings for months until it’s their time to shine – so placing of them needs careful thought. If possible, you want them near the front door, or near a path where you can enjoy the fragrance as you pass – but you might want to combine them with something more decorative for the rest of the year.

There are certain scents that inevitably trigger memories of Christmases past. The smells of Christmas are every bit as important as the sights and sounds, and one of the finest olfactory fixes at this time of year has to be in Goya's. Come December, the usual stack of cardboard cake boxes behind the counter are cleared away to make room for the rows of fat plum puddings wearing an elegant livery of bows — red, green, and blue ribbons depending on their poundage. The aromas of citrus and spice, cinnamon and vanilla, have been bringing Christmas to life on Kirwan's Lane for many years.

If asked to name some autumn scented plants could you do it? It might be trickier than you think, as the scents we associate with autumn usually tend towards the woodsmoke / damp leaves / spiced pumpkin variety, no? Actually I suspect spiced pumpkin has more to do with Starbucks than with autumn, in this part of the world anyway, thanks to the cult status of the PSL in recent times. (For those aged 21 and over that’s the Pumpkin Spiced Latte, obviously).

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A free workshop entitled ‘How to Mind your Thoughts and Feelings’ will take place at the following locations and times: the Hodson Bay Hotel, Athlone on Tuesday, May 31 from 7-9pm; the Abbey Hotel, Roscommon on Wednesday, June 1 from 7-9pm; the Shearwater Hotel, Ballinasloe on Thursday, June 2 from 7-9pm; the Mullingar Park Hotel on Tuesday, June 7 from 7-9pm; the Longford Arms Hotel on Wednesday, June 8 from 7-9pm; and the Tullamore Court Hotel on Thursday, June 9 from 7-9pm.

A free workshop entitled ‘How to Mind your Thoughts and Feelings’ will take place in the near future in the following locations and venues: the Hodson Bay Hotel, Athlone on Tuesday, May 31 from 7-9pm; the Abbey Hotel, Roscommon on Wednesday, June 1 from 7-9pm; the Shearwater Hotel, Ballinasloe on Thursday, June 2 from 7-9pm; the Mullingar Park Hotel, Mullingar on Tuesday, June 7 from 7-9pm; the Longford Arms Hotel, Longford on Wednesday, June 8 from 7-9pm; and the Tullamore Court Hotel, Tullamore on Thursday, June 9 from 7-9pm.