Don’t Miss Flormart – Green Italy, the International Expo of horticulture, green and landscape...
Flormart – Green Italy, the International Expo of horticulture, green and landscape (Padova, Italy, 25 – 27 September 2024) is the trade fair that...
RTE television Garden Designer Peter Donegan MSGD returns to Futurescape 2024
Internationally Acclaimed Garden Designer Peter Donegan MSGD returns to The UK’s largest and greatest horticulture talks event October 15th 2024 to explore and explain...
Home Grown Renewed for Third Season
After the success of the first series, Home Grown Series 2 was a further celebration of the Irish horticulture industry, showcasing the many facets...
Bord Bia Bloom Nurturing Talent
When Bord Bia Bloom returned for its 18th festival in the Phoenix Park this summer it showcased the work of 22 show garden designers,...
Calling Irish Organic Food and Drink Producers: Entries Open for the National Organic Awards
On August 1st, Bord Bia announced the details of the National Organic Awards, which will take place in Dublin on Thursday, October 17th, 2024....
Growing for Nature – There’s no better time to align your business to biodiversity...
In Ireland, as reported in the National Strategy for Horticulture 2023-2027, the amenity horticulture industry (amenity and other non-edible products) was worth approximately €100...
HTA campaign success with plant pots accepted in kerbside recycling in UK from 2026
Starting in 2026, all non-black, recyclable PET or PP plastic plant pots will be accepted in household kerbside recycling in England. Defra confirmed this move...
Sustainable Potato Breeding
Across Europe, over 50 per cent of potato land area is infested with the potato cyst nematode (PCN) species, Globodera rostochiensis and Globodera pallida,...
The Clash – Many fought the law, but the law won
If you’re short on entertainment, I suggest you read the Dáil debate on the new Nature Restoration Law from 12 June last (www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2024-06-12/5).
This...
Buzzing in Dublin 8
Bee8 – an inner city beekeeping project – is an environmentally and socially sustainable social enterprise managed by Dublin 8’s Robert Emmet Community Development...