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Summer 2019 – Horticulture news

PROFESSIONAL GARDENERS GUILD PRESENTS LOYAL SERVICE AWARD TO STEPHEN BUTLER With over 900 members across Britain and Ireland, the Professional Gardeners Guild (PGG) has been...
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All the latest news from Bord Bia

In keeping with our Horticulture Marketing Strategy 2019 – 2021 and the Bloom Strategy to place horticulture at the core of the event, the...
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All the latest news from Teagasc

NATIONAL BERRY SEMINAR FOCUS ON MALLING CENTENARY There was a large attendance at the National Berry Seminar held in Ashtown recently. The highlight of...

Star performers – Dónall Flanagan

Teagasc Nursery Stock Advisor, Dónall Flanagan reports in from the Netherlands and Germany on the latest new plant introductions and trend The Flower Trials strapline...

A turn in the weather for horticulture? – Stiofán Nutty

HIF coordinator, Stiofán Nutty explains how Ireland’s climate change plans may actually benefit the horticulture sector Usually, when the weather is mentioned in horticulture columns...
We need to be pushing environmentally friendly products.

Changing the retail climate – Liam Kelly

Could the garden sector set the trend for greener retailing? Liam Kelly investigates I was born back in the sixties, a time of protest and...
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I wonder – Patricia Tyrell

Highly regarded Landscape Architect, Bloom gold medal winner, Patricia Tyrrell reports in from Bloom 2019 and wonders where the future lies I’ve always liked the...
Coppiced plantation of Eucalyptus grown for cut foliage in Co. Kerry

The versatility of Eucalyptus – Andy Whelton

Andy Whelton of Teagasc discusses the many commercial uses of Eucalyptus and the current interest and research on the species in Ireland Native to Australia,...
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Meadow myth buster – Sandro Cafolla

Sandro Cafolla of Design by Nature dispels some myths and sets the record straight about the success of wildflower meadows in Ireland As someone who...
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European study tour – John Mulhern

John Mulhern, Principal of the National Botanic Gardens reports in from a recent student tour of the Netherlands and Belgium In April of this year...

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