Smarter Plant Selection
Why Irish designers should be making more of Irish nurseries
It’s a problem as old as our sector, a divide between those that grow plants...
Amenity crop exports 2017 – Bord Bia
The value of exports from the amenity sector was estimated at over €17m in 2017 which
was an increase on the previous year. Amenity horticulture...
Kings Seeds emphasise quality at Unichem Trade Show
At the recent Unichem trade show, Tracy Palmer of Kings Seeds told HC that “Essex has been the centre of English seed production for...
Fusarium meeting at Ashtown – Teagasc
An unusual meeting took place at Ashtown on 16 February. Unusual in that only one small group of growers were invited – lettuce producers...
Grow Cook Eat – Bord Bia
Bord Bia is a joint sponsor with the EPA (and their stop food waste campaign) of the new
TV series Grow Cook Eat which commenced...
Hardware Show 2019 launched
Members of Hardware Association Ireland, together with various industry representatives, turned out at Citywest Hotel recently for the official launch of The Hardware Show...
Colm Warren Polyhouses offering free consultations and site visits
The design and build team at CWP are offering free consultations and site visits and have been busy advising and assisting edible and amenity...
Chilling Reality
Teagasc nursery stock/ornamentals advisor, Dónall Flanagan captures the chilling reality of the damaged wreaked by Storm Emma and the Beast from the East
Bread shortages...
Positive outlook for 2018 from exhibitors at Unichem trade show
There was a large turnout of garden retailers at Unichem’s recent bi-annual event. Over 20 UK companies along with Irish suppliers were exhibiting or...
The Designed Garden – an unfinished canvas
Highly regarded Landscape Architect, Bloom gold medal winner, and president of the Garden & Landscape Designers Association (GLDA), Patricia Tyrrell reports on some of...