Spring 2021 – Horticulture News
ICL’S LOCKSTAR FOR WEED CONTROL
Alan Abel of Complete Weed Control (South & Central Wales) says that ICL’s residual herbicide, LockStar, has become an...
All the latest news from Bord Bia
MUSHROOMS CAMPAIGN DELIVERS
The €2 million ‘Mushrooms Complement Everything’ campaign ran over the past three years in the UK and Ireland. This campaign which was...
All the latest news from Teagasc
AUTOMATED MONITORING OF INSECT PESTS
Monitoring for insects and insect damage is time-consuming and, while an important part of IPM programmes, it is a task...
Protected: Is Risk on your Menu?
At a time when risk is at the top of the agenda, retired landscape horticulturist, Terry O’Regan, reflects on the importance of risk identification...
Print and Digital Marketing: Closing the Circle
Paul Moran explores the benefits to your business of a considered approach to combining the best of print and digital advertising
In a world where...
The Garden and Landscape Designers Association Seminar 2021
Designing in Challenging Times A Shift in Perspective
We recently watched as the Ever Given, a 400metre long container ship, went aground
and blocked a main...
Building Product Ranges that Make Commercial Sense
Andy Campbell discusses the principles for building a good product range
Product range architecture is a critical retail discipline. In the unusual circumstances of the...
“Wildflower or Wildfouler”, How the Industry Can Support the Bees and Biodiversity
Noeleen Smyth, National Botanic Gardens in conjunction with Maria Long, Grassland Ecologist National Parks & Wildlife Service; Jane Stout, Professor of Botany, Trinity College...
Assessment of Competency to Issue Plant Passports
The Department of Agriculture, Food and Marine outlines the steps required to become an
authorised issuer of plant passports
As a professional operator you play a...
Sunflowers an Attractive Product Proposition – Andy Whelton
Andy Whelton from the Teagasc Horticulture Development Unit explores the growth of this popular annual for sale as mono-bunch, cut flowers or as a...