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...
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...
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...
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...
“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...
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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...
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...
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...
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...
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...