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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...
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On the inside looking out – Liam Kelly

Garden retail expert, Liam Kelly explains how observing best practice from other retail sectors can be inspiring, motivating and ultimately profitable Perhaps more than any...
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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,...
The O’Brien’s team working implementing the last of the planting

Making Mardyke… sometimes it all goes to plan – Peter O’Toole

Peter O'Toole throws a behind-the-scenes spotlight on the construction of one of Ireland’s most innovative new public spaces, Mardyke Gardens Wouldn’t it be great if...

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...

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...
GREAT GARDENS ARE EFFORTLESS, OR AT LEAST THEY APPEAR TO BE SO. THEY DRAW YOU IN, FLOOD THE SENSES, LEADING THE EYE AND MIND THROUGH AN INTENDED NARRATIvE. GREAT GARDENS CREATE LASTING MEMORIES. THE EFFORTLESSNESS OF JANE’S 2012 GARDEN TELLS MANY STORIES, NOT LEAST OF WHICH WAS THE AMOUNT OF WORK PUT IN TO CREATE IT.

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...
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HC Print Autumn 2014

CONTENTS NEWS 04 HORTICULTURE 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...

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...

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