The Greatest Leveller
Frazer McDonagh, one of Ireland’s leading water feature experts, explains why we all need to include water in our designs and provides some insight...
Landscape Architecture: How you can create a sustainable career path
Maria Achtida, Architect, Environmental Resource Manager, and Senior Lecturer at Blackrock Further Education Institute (BFEI), sets the record straight about the profession and explains...
The Designed Garden – Completing the Picture
Mary Hackett recounts the recent and much talked about GLDA seminar
Behind every well-designed garden, there is a team of talented and dedicated professionals: the...
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%...
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...
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...
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...
Spring 2017 – Horticulture News
MAJOR ADARE MANOR PROJECT FOR NANGLE & NIESEN
Over the last few months, an exciting project of tree planting has been underway on the Adare...
Persistence pays – Realising the American dream
Barry Lupton interviews Declan Blackmore
I think it’s a safe bet to assume all graduates of horticulture contemplate travelling abroad with their newly acquired skills...
HC Print – Spring 2017
CONTENTS
NEWS
03 HORTICULTURE NEWS
EVENTS
06 Horticulture trade events
BORD BIA
08 All the latest news from Bord Bia
RETAIL
10 THOUGHTS ON THE PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE FOR GARDEN RETAILERS
Liam...