Labour market review

Michal Slawski, development and marketing specialist at Bord Bia, disseminates the findings from the recent horticultural labour market review Bord Bia recently commissioned a review...

Plant Health: A Nursery Man’s Perspective – John Murphy

John Murphy reflects on the implications, concerns and also the opportunities for plant health in Ireland The year 2020 is the International Year of Plant...

Lessons from Home and Abroad

YANG SHEN, an international student completing a level eight honors degree at UCD, shares his thoughts on studying horticulture at home and abroad I am...

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...

Landscape Perception

Landscape Architect, activist and founder of Landscape Alliance Ireland, Terry O’Regan shares some surprising French perspectives on Ireland’s landscape The definition of landscape in the European...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...