A Blooming Sector: Can Irish growers make the cut?
Renowned independent florist, Ruth Monahan shares her joy and frustration about the Irish cut flower sector and sets out a simple strategy for the...
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...
Grassland & Wildflower Meadows
Pat Suttle of KS Agronomy and Capital Sports discusses some of the values and challenges of alternative grassland maintenance regimes
When installing an area of...
All the latest news from Teagasc
KILDALTON COLLEGE HORTICULTURE OPEN DAY
L-R Dermot Callaghan, Head of Horticulture Development Department, Dr. Tom Kelly, Director of Knowledge Transfer, Teagasc, Andrew Doyle, Minister of State...
Bloom 2017
Renowned landscape and garden designer, Angela Binchy shares her thoughts and insights on this year’s crop of Bloom show gardens
In a world growing in...
Consolidated Production
Lorcan Bourke, business analyst with Bord Bia disseminates the recent census on field vegetable production in Ireland
The Department of Agriculture, Food & the Marine...
Behaviour and attitudes to gardening in Ireland
Bord Bia marketing and development specialist, Carol Marks summarises results from a recent survey designed to pin down consumer behaviour, attitudes, and influences to...
All the latest news from Bord Bia
SEVEN A DAY FRESH PRODUCE PROMOTION
Earlier this year the Department of Health launched a revised version of the food pyramid which indicated that everyone...
Honesty Lessons
Independent retail consultant, Liam Kelly explains why retailers need to be a little more honest if they want to build a sustainable plant sales...
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...