Unheralded arrival of a national landscape strategy? – Terry O’Regan
In the midst of the Kenny and Burton ‘Come Dancing’ performance of the cabinet shuffle and the furore over the ‘Farthing Brook’ on-off farce,...
Céad Mĺle Fáilte – Rachel Doyle
On behalf of Ireland’s extended horticultural family, HORTICULTURE CONNECTED is delighted to welcome garden retailers from around the world for the 2014 Garden Centre...
Autumn 2014 – Horticulture News
IOH ACHIEVES CHARTERED STATUS
In July 2014 the new Chartered Institute of Horticulture (CIH) came into being. It replaced the Institute of Horticulture (IoH), which...
Let’s get Ireland growing – Sandra Doran
Sandra Doran explains how Irish garden retailers are uniting under the direction of Retail Excellence Ireland (REI) to deliver world-class standards
REI was approached last...
How to design and build a show stopper
HORTICULTURECONNECTED talks to the experts
Creating a gold medal-winning show garden requires many things: time, energy, skill, knowledge, experience, determination, creativity, commitment, a thick skin...
How we allocate the budget – Mike Neary
Mike Neary, Manager of Horticulture at Bord Bia, explains how Bord Bia’s horticulture budget is allocated across various initiatives, events and programmes
Bord Bia’s role...
Tree specification – The basics – John Murphy
In the first of a series of articles, John Murphy, respected nurseryman, and owner of Annaveigh Plants addresses a growing knowledge deficit by getting...
A long story – Barry Lupton
Barry Lupton interviews Mark Long
Living Flavours was one of Irish horticulture’s success stories. The product of hard work, determination, innovation and nerve, its rise...
Landscape contracts: the small prints – Colm Kenny
Landscape estimating specialist Colm Kenny explains the important role landscape contracts play in underpinning quality, equity and profits and why their use and misuse...