Sodcast
Barry Lupton interviews Peter Donegan
Generally speaking, most industry folks agree that gardening coverage on TV and radio in Ireland is pretty poor and this...
Small change
The (sort of) Butterfly Effect at work in the garden retail sector
Retailing at its most basic is about the product, the display, the people...
National Landscape Forum 2015
Terry O’Regan shares the keys points from the recent National Landscape Forum
Organised in a short timeframe to promote interest in and energise the implementation...
‘The Irish Garden’
Natalie McGettigan reviews ‘The Irish Garden’ by Jane Powers, with photographs by Jonathan Hession (Frances Lincoln £40.00)
This handsome book, features almost 60 Irish gardens,...
Fresh figures show promise and opportunity
Mike Neary, Manager of Horticulture with Bord Bia, shares findings from a recent Kantar research report into the retail fresh product market.
Kantar Worldpanel recently...
HC Print Spring 2015
Contents
NEWS
04 HORTICULTURE NEWS
BORD BIA
08 Industry Updates
RETAIL
12 SHARED VISION, SHARED FUNDING, SHARED PROFITS
David Fitzsimons, CEO of Retail Excellence Ireland, explains how GroMór, a shared industry promotion,...
National horticulture wage survey
Barry Lupton shares data from the recent survey carried out in conjunction with jobsinhorticulture.ie
We are a data poor sector. Historically, the information we have...
An evergreen perspective
Renowned plantsman and retired nursery operator, John Joe Costin shares his perspective on our taste for the exotic and how we may be missing...
Prioritising with a tight budget… Sports turf maintenance on natural grass
Landscape construction specialist Peter O’Toole provides details on how to maximise budget spend when calculating for the maintenance of natural grass surfaces
The maintenance of...
Beyond style
Renowned designer, plantsman and water garden specialist, Gordon Ledbetter shares his thoughts on the recent GLDA design seminar
The Garden and Landscape Designers Association (GLDA)...