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...
Tree Nursery Open Day
Michal Slawski, reports on the recent socially distanced open day at Nangle & Niesen’s wholesale tree nursery in Aherla, County Cork.
Nangle & Niesen’s annual...
HC Print Summer 2020 Contents
Contents
NEWS
03 Horticulture News
OPINION
07 THE ART OF DIGGING HOLES
Retired landscape horticulturist, Terry O’Regan continues his series of articles reflecting on his adventures in the landscape...
Summer lawn care from Goldcrop
Mid-summer is now upon us and lawns should be at their best. The early spring work of weed and moss control with weed, feed...
Summer 2020 – Horticulture News
Offset your carbon footprint using Enrich compost
Composting is the circular economy in action. Organic materials are recovered at source from parks and gardens. Without...
Positive Results from Nangle & Niesen’s Two-Year Soil Improvement Program
Hils Murphy, the South African born soil guru based in London, carried out a soil analysis for Nangle & Niesen recommending a two-year program...
New safety guidelines onsite
Design by Nature has successfully conveyed to sectors of the infrastructure industry and some of the main contractors they work with that all sites...
Euro-trial report: Hibiscus – Paul Fitters
Paul Fitters reports on the results of a three-year Euro- trial that compared 56 Hibiscus syriacus cultivars for general performance
From 2016 to 2018, 56...
The climate change solution underfoot – Brian Murphy
Dr Brian Murphy discusses how gardeners, landscapers and growers all have a part to play in locking up carbon
Irish soil might be the unsung...
A beginner’s guide to Rewilding – Féidhlim Harty
Féidhlim Harty describes how ‘rewilding’ can produce landscapes with an abundance of plant and wildlife with opportunities for people to thrive socially and economically
We...