Bord Bia
EXPORT PERFORMANCE IN 2016
In January Bord Bia launched its annual Export Performance and Prospects 2016-2017 Report which shows that overall exports are up +2%...
Core Business
Barry Lupton interviews Con Trass
The Traas family have been growing fruit for over 200 years. When Willem and Ali Traas found themselves running out of space...
Peonies might make the cut
Andy Whelton explores the potential for peonies for the cut flower sector emerging from current applied research work being undertaken on the crop at...
Confessions and Goals
Patricia Tyrrell, leading designer and chairwoman of the Garden and Landscape Designers Association, applies her critical eye, rational thinking and creative soul to her...
Summer 2017 – Horticulture News
OVER 130 EXHIBITORS CONFIRMED FOR 2017 GLAS TRADE EVENT
GLAS, the annual one-day event on July 20th, is Ireland’s main event in...
Teagasc
RHI-RENEWABLE HEAT INCENTIVE AND HORTICULTURE?
As part of Ireland’s strategy to meet its obligations under the 2009 Renewable Energy Directive, the government has targeted the...
The European landscape convention (ELC) and our role as landscape professionals
Recent Landscape Architectural Masters graduate, Colette Lemaire-Brady frames the European Landscape Convention in context with the wider landscape sector
The aftermath of World War World...
Learning Strategy
There are a lot of changes taking place in Irish horticultural education. To get a view on current development, we asked the principal of the...
Bloom in the making
As the centrepiece of Bord Bia’s Bloom, the show gardens require a huge commitment in terms of time and energy. Although the process officially...
GroMór 2018 gardening promotion
The gardening season got off to a slow start this year, with cold weather in March and April extending into early May, but the...