Bord Bia Awards – Ireland’s top horticulture businesses
Bord Bia presents annual Amenity Horticulture Awards
Bord Bia presented its Quality Awards for the garden industry at a lunch event in Bord Bia headquarters...
Where floral art & horticulture meet – Kitty Gallagher
By Kitty Gallagher, President of the World Association of Flower Arrangers (WAFA) and organiser of the World Flower Show, Dublin, 2014.
Floral art is one...
Time to hand over the keys – Peter O’Toole
Peter O’Toole, President of the ALCI and Director of Peter O’Brien Landscaping, articulates some tough questions or Ireland’s aging landscape construction sector
The recent recession...
Employment Opportunities in the Office of Public Works
Head Craft Gardener at Garinish Island, Co. Cork
Competition Reference: 2021/018
Applications are invited for the above positions. Competition details and application forms are available at...
Trees to the fore – Eamon Kealy
Sports turf management specialist, Eamon Kealy sheds some light on the planting and management of trees on Irish golf courses
As a golf course ages,...
Water wise – Paul Kunkels
Paul Kunkels, owner and operator of Irritec, traces the lines of irrigation history and provides some insightful guidance on how to make the right...
HC Print Winter 2014
Contents
NEWS
04 HORTICULTURE NEWS
RETAIL
09 WHERE IS THE LOVE? REVITALISING THE CONSUMER’S PASSION FOR PLANTS
Garden retail consultant, Liam Kelly articulates a problem undermining the future of...
Foundations to build on
Mike Neary, Manager of horticulture with Bord Bia, details the host of programmes, initiatives, and activities you can use to build a stronger business...
13.5 the lucky number for 2014
ALCI President Peter O’Toole outlines how work undertaken by the association to secure landscape work as part of the Home Renovation Incentive Scheme could...
Landscape notes from Tel Aviv – Scott Renwick
Scott Renwick, a Landscape Architect working in Tel Aviv, shares his thoughts on pursuing a profession in a very different landscape
After originally training in...