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...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
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...