Latest Strawberry Research – Teagasc

A zoom seminar took place on September 29, the first in a series of evening seminars, focusing on the latest strawberry research trials conducted...
hc_mag_logo215x150

Spring 2020 – Horticulture News

UCD Horticulture: Plants for people, for our planet From September 2021 a new entry route to horticulture will be introduced at University College Dublin. The...

HC Print Winter 2020 Contents

Contents NEWS 03 Horticulture News BAYER ADVERTORIAL 06 GREENKEEPER FINDS SUCCESS WITH PREVENTATIVE FUNGICIDE OPINION 07 LIVING WITH PESTS AND DISEASES  Retired landscape horticulturist, Terry O’Regan, continues his series of articles...

Recruitment Special

How To Dress For An Interview Who Should You Be Impressing? Growing up I was always told to dress suited and booted for every interview. Whenever...
THE RARE GREEN-WINGED ORCHID (ANACAMPTIS MORIO) APPEARED IN A PORTLAOISE HOUSING ESTATE LAWN WHEN MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL WERE KEPT OUT BY LOCKDOWN RESTRICTIONS. CLASSED AS ‘VULNERABLE’ IN IRELAND’S 2016 RED DATA LIST OF VASCULAR PLANTS, THIS MEANS IT HAS DECLINED BY AS MUCH AS 49% IN ITS AREA OF OCCUPANCY. PHOTO: DR FIONA MACGOWAN, CONSULTANT ECOLOGIST AND BOTANIST.

Corona time and ecological recovery – Féidhlim Harty

Writing during the lockdown, Féidhlim Harty asks, has the pandemic been all bad for the planet or society? Last year, both British and Irish governments...

Bonsai in Ireland: A Very Bright Future – Michael Guerin & Dr. Karen

Bonsai cultivation is an often misunderstood practice, here Michael Guerin and Dr. Karen O’Hanlon attempt to explain what drives the passion for little trees. The...
CITES APPENDIX II ECHINOCEREUS BRANDGEEI

Brexit and CITES – Noeleen Smyth

Noeleen Smyth explains how Brexit will impact the import and export of rare plants between the UK and Ireland The UK Government’s formal rejection in...

Sustainability in Horticulture Survey

Horticulture is an economically strong and important sector for the nation’s health, and for future growth, it will need to comply with certain standards...
dafm.logo

All the latest news from DAFM

INTERNATIONAL YEAR OF PLANT HEALTH 2020 (IYPH 2020) BACKGROUND The United Nation’s Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) has nominated 2020 as the International Year of...

Living with Pests and Diseases – Terry O’Regan

Retired landscape horticulturist, Terry O’Regan, continues his series of articles reflecting on his adventures in the landscape sector. When a severe storm is at its...

WEATHER

Dublin
broken clouds
8.3 ° C
8.5 °
8.1 °
93 %
4.1kmh
75 %
Tue
9 °
Wed
11 °
Thu
9 °
Fri
6 °
Sat
0 °