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Farm Walks

After a visit to the Inishowen peninsula, Féidhlim Harty is hopeful for the integration of sustainable farming practices and the protection of watercourses   Last month,...

Going for Gold

With Irish eyes turning to Tokyo for the Olympics this summer Pat Fitzgerald discusses his winning mix in Japan with Dónall Flanagan of Teagasc   Most...
Maze / Horticulture

Mentor Maze?

Terry O’Regan on the benefits of having a trusted business advisor   Becoming self-employed, a desire to have control over an enterprise is high on the...

Museum in a Garden

Landscape designer Nicola Haines describes the inception and creation of a new public garden in Limerick city centre which opened at the end of...

Harnessing Natural Products

In this article, Karen O’Hanlon describes the numerous trials, using seaweed as a crop biostimulant, taking place across Ireland   A number of natural marine products...

HC Print Spring 2021 Contents

CONTENTS NEWS 03 Horticulture News TEAGASC 06 All the latest news from Teagasc EDIBLES 10 THE NEW CHALLENGES OF THE “MALLING CENTENARY” VARIETY Teagasc’s Dr Eamonn Kehoe discusses his research on...
Darragh Connolly

Maintaining Margins

Barry Lupton talks to Darragh Connolly of Darragh Connolly Garden Care about finding the path to his business model, succeeding through the pandemic and...
Shaking hands during meeting

Spend Time Interviewing to Save Time – Sam Barrett

Sam Barrett discusses how spending a little time going through an interview process may actually save you time in the long run   In the horticulture...
Bridge in forrest

River Corridors Connecting Nature

Féidhlim Harty explores the boundless potential of and benefits from creating river corridors throughout our countryside   Perfect Storm Globally we are in a perfect storm; and...
Woman and child behind flowers

Consumer Gardening Spend in 2020 – The Highest Ever

Carol Marks presents Bord Bia's research on the value of the garden market with reported sales of €1.2bn after a record year for gardening     Recent...

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