CONTENTS
NEWS
RETAIL
09 ON THE INSIDE LOOKING OUT
See beyond gardening retail to best practices in other sectors by Liam Kelly
12 CÉAD MÍLE FÁILTE
Rachel Doyle Congress Welcome
14 LET’S GET IRELAND GROWING
Sandra Doran explains how Irish garden retailers are uniting under the direction of Retail Excellence Ireland (REI) to deliver world-class standards
NURSERY
16 TREE SPECIFICATION – THE BASICS
John Murphy explores how to specify and order nursery stock in Ireland
DESIGN
19 HOW TO DESIGN AND BUILD A SHOW STOPPER
Design in Bloom with Jane McCorkell, Andrew Christopher Dunne, Fiann Ó Nualláin and Gérard Mullen
IN PICTURES
24 PHOTOS
Photos and comments from GLAS CityWest 2014 & WAFA’s 11th World Flower Show, ‘A Floral Odyssey’
INTERVIEW
28 A LONG STORY
Barry Lupton talks with Mark Long
CONSTRUCTION
32 LANDSCAPE CONTRACTS: THE SMALL PRINT
Landscape cost estimating expert Colm Kenny explains the important role landscape contracts play in underpinning quality, equity and profits and why their use and misuse is harming the sector
LANDSCAPE
35 THE COWBOYS MEET THEIR END
ALCI Chairman Thomas Crummy outlines the formation and strategy of the new umbrella association for Irish landscape professionals
38 MAKING MARDYKE…SOMETIMES IT ALL GOES TO PLAN
Peter O’Toole throws a behind-the-scenes spotlight on the construction of zone of Ireland’s most innovative new public spaces, Mardyke Gardens
INSIGHT
40 HOW WE ALLOCATE THE BUDGET
Mike Neary, Manager of Horticulture at Bord Bia, explains how Bord Bia’s horticulture budget is allocated across various initiatives, events and programmes
42 UNHERALDED ARRIVAL OF A NATIONAL LANDSCAPE STRATEGY??
Terry O’Regan explores some implications of the national landscape strategy
RESEARCH
45 THE FEMALE OF THE SPECIES
Entomologist and IPM researcher, Dr Michael Gaffney puts the problematic vine weevil under the microscope and details just how research he is conducting at Teagasc Ashtown is making a positive impact
