Urban Forest
Stepping Stones Forests (SFF) is a grassroots movement which is endeavouring to make significant changes to the tree canopy cover of Dublin, step by...
Teagasc researchers in winning team for SFI €2m food challenge prize
The Leaf No Waste team, which includes two Teagasc members, has been awarded €2m in funding by Science Foundation Ireland (SFI) to develop an...
Quality Doesn’t Come Easy
To implement policy changes and objectives concerning the management, protection and planning of the landscape, we need to get the basics right, argues Terry...
Long-term energy outlook: what should horticulture prepare for?
In a feature published in FloraCulture International in June 2022, Horticultural energy consultants Tim Pratt and John Swain try to predict how fuel prices...
Wild Inside
Noeleen Smyth thinks we should take the Chelsea Flower Show’s lead and just let it grow!.
Having trained in both horticulture at Teagasc National Botanic...
Time to think like a tree
Terry O’Regan issues a call for urban landscapers to rethink current tree planting guidelines...
A recent post from MEP Ciarán Cuffe of the Green Party...
Back in Bloom
What a great start to the summer! Bord Bia Bloom returned to its rightful home at the heart of the Phoenix Park for the...
Dirty Diesel
Mark O’Loughlin casts an eye over the ecological and economic issues facing fleet management.
I was down the yard the other day when all of...
The carbon footprint of food
Teagasc’s Dr Lael Walsh and Loren Lane ask what do we know about the environmental footprint of local and imported fruit and vegetables
With increasingly...
Landscape fabric
Barry Lupton interviews Sarah Prosser, Collective Impact Weaver at Grow It Yourself Waterford.
Sarah Prosser has recently moved from Norway to take up an exciting...