Help wanted…

Mark O’Loughlin, Managing Director of Sanctuary Synthetics, casts a discerning eye over the issues facing recruitment in the horticulture sector. In my capacity as a...

Digging Deep

If you are dipping your toe into pond design for the first time, then environmental consultant and writer Féidhlim Harty is at hand to...

Innovations in turf care machinery

One of the most recognisable professionals in the sports turf sector – and editor of TurfPro Magazine – Laurence Gale details the most up-to-date...

All the latest news from Teagasc

TEAGASC RESEARCHERS IN WINNING TEAM FOR SFI €2M FOOD CHALLENGE PRIZE The Leaf No Waste team, which includes two Teagasc members, has been awarded...

Why climate change might not be a crisis for the horticulture sector

TU Dublin student Aideen Loftus Aideen Loftus sees more opportunities than challenges facing the Horticulture retail sector as a result of climate change.   There is...

Potatoes: Prepare to be surprised

Lorcan Bourke of Bord Bia provides an update on the EU funded campaign to promote Ireland’s most popular carbohydrate.   Potatoes remain Ireland’s most popular main...

Physocarpus Eurotrials results

Dónall Flanagan and Paul Fitters of Teagasc provide an update on the results of the Physocarpus quality trials in Kildalton College and announce the...

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...
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Spring 2022 – HC News

STUDY HORTICULTURE AT UCD Our world faces immense global challenges and two of the greatest are climate change and biodiversity loss, compounded by people migrating...

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