Weigela Eurotrial progress report for the hardy nursery stock sector
Dr. Paul Fitter provides insight into Weigela trials conducted in Ireland, which started in 2008 but which were never completed due to the untimely...
Five lessons learned
Retail consultant, Liam Kelly, reflects on the past seasons and shares the top fives lessons for all retail garden centres
With the bulk of the...
HC Print Summer 2015
Contents
NEWS
04 HORTICULTURE NEWS
BORD BIA
08 Industry Updates
EVENTS
11 Horticulture Trade Events
REVIEW
13 BOOK REVIEW
Natalie McGettigan reviews ‘The Irish Garden'
15 NATIONAL LANDSCAPE...
Maximising your surface
Eamon Kealy, turfgrass specialist and lecturer in horticulture at the Institute of Technology Blanchardstown, details how return on investment in artificial playing surfaces can...
Two point perspective
Respected plantsmen, Jimi Blake, and John Joe Costin present two perspectives on the quality of plants and planting design at this year's Bloom in...
Oman botanic gardens
Dr. Darach Lupton writes on creating an oasis for native plant conservation in Oman
Throughout their history botanic gardens have had a variety of changing...
National design survey
Barry Lupton shares data from the recent survey carried out in conjunction with HortiTrends.ie
Sincere thanks to all who took the time to complete the...
All the latest news from Bord Bia
NATIONAL STRAWBERRY WEEK
According to Kantar Worldpanel, there was a 14% increase in the retail value of strawberry sales to consumers in the 35 to...
Summer 2015 – Horticulture news
HORTITRENDS LEADING TRADE VISIT TO GROOTGROENPLUS, HOLLAND
Linked to their recent membership of the European Horticulture Network (EHN) www.hortinet.eu, HortiTrends will lead a group of...
Building landscapes and relations
Landscape cost estimating specialist, Colm Kenny explores the rarely discussed domain of landscape customer service and shares some expert insight on best practice
As the...