Demonstrating integrated pest management
Dr. Michael Gaffney reports on the recent EU workshop ‘Demonstration Farms on Integrated Pest Management’
Since 2014, growers within the European Union are obliged to...
Lasting experience
With the sector reinvesting in training and coming together in recognition of the importance of practical experience, Donall Flanagan, lecturer in horticulture with Teagasc,...
Mind yourself
Award-winning garden creator, David Shortall shares his thoughts and feelings on how a sector renowned for its therapeutic benefits can take a harsh toll...
What you see…
Renowned nurseryman and tree specialist, Ronan Nangle shares a positive story of how seeing and selecting trees first hand can contribute to the creation...
Design and build Outlook 2016
From conversations with people working in all aspects of the design and build sector, it would seem we have reason to be optimistic. Enquiries,...
New advisory, new vision
Dónall Flanagan, newly appointed nursery stock advisor, sets out an exciting new vision of how the advisory services will support and strengthen the sector
I...
Remembering Peter Alley
REMEMBERING PETER ALLEY
One of the great things about the horticulture sector is the people involved, and earlier this year we lost one of the...
Horticulture for human health
Rachel Freeman, assistant lecturer in horticulture at the Institute of Technology Blanchardstown, shares her knowledge of the social and therapeutic benefits of horticulture
There is...
Education, communities and the role of horticulture in Ireland
In her second feature exploring the wider benefits of horticultural activity, Rachel Freeman shares her insights into the role horticultural education can play in...
Ebb & Flow
Patricia Tyrell, Chairperson of the Garden and Landscape Designers Association, reviews the hugely successful 20th-anniversary design seminar
The GLDA’s 20th Anniversary Seminar ‘Ebb & Flow’...