Recruitment crisis – Joseph Blair
Ireland’s recovering horticulture sector is facing a problem it hasn’t had to deal with for over a decade: a hiring shortage. Joseph Blair of...
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...
Lessons from Northern Europe
Mary Forrest, Professor at UCD School of Agriculture and Food Science, provides a fascinating insight into the trees and shrubs of Denmark, many of...
Growth on the Menu
Mike Neary, Manager of Horticulture with Bord Bia, summarises recent positive research results on Ireland’s foodservice market
Over the past three years, Bord Bia has...
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...
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...
Spring 2018 – Horticulture news
Nangle & Niesen report on UK plant health and biosecurity conference
Ronan Nangle reports for HC on his recent visit to a conference on plant...
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...
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...
Spring 2018 – All the latest news from Bord Bia
Mushroom exports 2017
In 2017 the farmgate value of the mushroom industry was valued at over €121m, producing 68,000 tonnes of mushrooms. The mushroom industry...