Awestruck & Inspired
Spanning an area of 242 hectares, the International Association of Horticultural Producers (AIPH) approved International Horticultural Exhibition 2024 is currently underway in Chengdu, China,...
Buzzing in Dublin 8
Bee8 – an inner city beekeeping project – is an environmentally and socially sustainable social enterprise managed by Dublin 8’s Robert Emmet Community Development...
Being the Beaver
Without wanting to overstate the obvious: beavers are amazing landscape engineers. For those new to the subject, these small, vegetarian, water-loving animals play a...
Growing for Nature – There’s no better time to align your business to biodiversity...
In Ireland, as reported in the National Strategy for Horticulture 2023-2027, the amenity horticulture industry (amenity and other non-edible products) was worth approximately €100...
Opportunity Knocks
It’s time for horticulture leaders to step up and embrace the industry changes that biodiversity loss and the climate crisis make ever more pressing.
Often...
Home Grown Renewed for Third Season
After the success of the first series, Home Grown Series 2 was a further celebration of the Irish horticulture industry, showcasing the many facets...
Local Plants for a Sustainable Future
Running a tree or plant nursery in Ireland is not an easy task. Climate change, scarcity of staff, transport prices and mounting overheads are...
Harnessing Crab Shells for Greener Crops
In 2018, I joined the company Celignis, a biomass lab located in Limerick, Ireland. Celignis CEO Daniel Hayes started the company based on his...