Centring the Fringe
In an exciting new series of collaborative articles, the team behind the hugely successful BloomFringe share their thoughts on how horticulture, art, and community...
All the latest news from Bord Bia
BORD BIA BREXIT BAROMETER
In June Bord Bia released the Brexit Barometer: Industry findings report, route to market, supply chain management, customs & trade, and currency...
Plastic Blackbird catches Plastic Worm: bringing the National Landscape Strategy down to earth?
In 1964 when I decided to study horticulture at University College Dublin, I had a dream of a career linked to gardens of verdant...
All the latest news from Teagasc
TEAGASC’S NEW MUSHROOM FACILITY AT ASHTOWN
Teagasc’s new mushroom growing facility at the Ashtown campus is now completed and the first experimental crops are being...
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...
HC Print Winter 2017 – Contents
CONTENTS
NEWS
03 Storm Ophelia & Horticulture News
EVENTS
08 Horticulture trade events
BORD BIA
10 All the latest news from Bord Bia
TEAGASC
12 All the latest news from Teagasc
RETAIL
14 ON...
Cultivating a wider perspective
Two of Ireland's foremost botanical experts, Dr. Noeleen Smyth and Dr. Darach Lupton share their global plant journeys so that Ireland’s next generation of...
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...
Monaghan Mushrooms wins sustainability award
Monaghan Mushrooms received the Sustainability, Project Impact Award for successfully demonstrating that their company is at the technical and environmental forefront of the mushroom...