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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...
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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...

The female of the species – Michael Gaffney

Entomologist and IPM researcher, Dr. Michael Gaffney puts the problematic vine weevil under the microscope and details just how research he is conducting at...
Cowboy shoes and a hat

The cowboys meet their end – Thomas Crummy

ALCI Chairman Thomas Crummy outlines the formation and strategy of the new umbrella association for Irish landscape professionals The Irish Association of Landscape Industries (IALI)...
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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...
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...

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...

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...
money and a plant

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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