HC Spring 2016
Contents
NEWS
02 HORTICULTURE NEWS
EVENTS
06 Horticulture Trade Events
BORD BIA
07 All of the latest news, events and updates from Bord Bia
RETAIL
11 THE REAL COVER STORY
Liam Kelly explores...
The real cover story
Retail consultant Liam Kelly explores the benefits of a covered plant sales area and best-practice in design and location
WHAT A WINTER
From last November to...
Dublin’s invasive action plan
Maryann Harris, Senior Executive Parks Superintendent shares Dublin City Council’s new action plan for dealing with invasive alien species
Dublin City Council(DCC) is the first...
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’...
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...
Dublin – A city of wetlands
Maryann Harris, Senior Executive Parks Superintendent, Dublin City Council presents a number of recent landscape projects which place horticulture at the forefront of flood...
Sustainable opportunities
In light of the recent flooding across the country, landscape cost estimating specialist, Colm Kenny explores the cost implications and opportunities of retrofitting sustainable...
Growing momentum
Sandra Doran of Retail Excellence Ireland tracks the success and challenges of GroMór in 2015 and sets out plans for how the industry-driven initiative...
Increasing resilience in Irish field horticulture
Entomologist and IPM researcher, Dr. Michael Gaffney shares the latest research and thinking on the value and use of compost derived from existing waste...
Logistical Aesthetics
Operating a successful horticulture business is both an art and a science. This is no better represented than in the field of floristry, a...