Glasses

New advisory, new vision

Dónall Flanagan, newly appointed nursery stock advisor, sets out an exciting new vision of how the advisory services will support and strengthen the sector I...
Photo 6-The brilliant white fl owers of Gladiolus candidus with the pink blooms of Balsam (Impatiens balsamina) in the background. Photo taken in the Dhofar mountains during the Khareef

Oman botanic gardens

Dr. Darach Lupton writes on creating an oasis for native plant conservation in Oman Throughout their history botanic gardens have had a variety of changing...

Going for Gold

With Irish eyes turning to Tokyo for the Olympics this summer Pat Fitzgerald discusses his winning mix in Japan with Dónall Flanagan of Teagasc   Most...

Home Grown

Home Grown, the seven-part TV series sponsored by Bord Bia celebrating the Irish horticulture industry, aired on RTE1 for seven weeks from 7 November...

All the latest news from Teagasc

TEAGASC’S NEW MUSHROOM FACILITY AT ASHTOWN Teagasc’s new mushroom growing facility at the Ashtown campus is now completed and the first experimental crops are being...
HC Summer 2016

HC Summer 2016

CONTENTS NEWS 03 LATEST HORTICULTURE NEWS BREXIT NEWS 07 BREXIT- IMPACT ON IRISH HORTICULTURE Mike Neary, Dermot Callaghan, and Neville Stein share their insights BORD BIA EZINE 10 All of the latest...

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...

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...

Catch the Buzz, The Value of Bees and Diversity

Noeleen Smyth describes how increasing the success of pollinating insects delivers benefits for farmers, horticultural growers and biodiversity simultaneously   The news these days can be...

HC Print Autumn/Winter 2021 Contents

CONTENTS NEWS 02 Horticulture News EDUCATION 03 UPDATES ON TEAGASC COLLEGE OF AMENITY HORTICULTURE John Mulhern looks ahead to another exciting academic year BORD BIA 06 All the latest news from Bord Bia TEAGASC 08...