My Bord Bia Portal
Bord Bia recently launched an innovative new client portal called ‘My Bord Bia’, an important online resource for businesses, providing one central point of...
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...
Hortichallenge in Estonia
In May this year, two students from the College of Amenity Horticulture in Dublin’s National Botanic Gardens – Chélirs Brecq and Aoife Hester –...
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,...
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...
Sustainable Potato Breeding
Across Europe, over 50 per cent of potato land area is infested with the potato cyst nematode (PCN) species, Globodera rostochiensis and Globodera pallida,...
The Clash – Many fought the law, but the law won
If you’re short on entertainment, I suggest you read the Dáil debate on the new Nature Restoration Law from 12 June last (www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2024-06-12/5).
This...
How Family Gardens Grow
Consider the use and evolution of the outdoor space over time. How homeowners utilise their gardens changes dramatically over the years. Although this is...
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...
Slow the Flow – Climate Solutions through Water and Land Management
Imagine if the solutions to climate breakdown were staring us in the face all this time – we just hadn’t yet seen them. Instead...