Spring 2018 – All the latest news from Bord Bia
Mushroom exports 2017
In 2017 the farmgate value of the mushroom industry was valued at over €121m, producing 68,000 tonnes of mushrooms. The mushroom industry...
Spring 2018 – All the latest news from Teagasc
New momentum for producer organisations
An information meeting on producer organisations organised by DAFM was held in Backweston, Celbridge, Co Kildare on the morning of...
Knowing what to look for
Independent retail consultant, Liam Kelly shares his insight on what garden retailers should really be looking for when they’re hiring new staff
My meetings and...
Chilling Reality
Teagasc nursery stock/ornamentals advisor, Dónall Flanagan captures the chilling reality of the damaged wreaked by Storm Emma and the Beast from the East
Bread shortages...
Collaborative Growth
Independent consultant and Horticulture Industry Forum coordinator, Stiofán Nutty, explains how producer organisations are fostering collaboration and how Storm Emma may have at least...
Smarter Plant Selection
Why Irish designers should be making more of Irish nurseries
It’s a problem as old as our sector, a divide between those that grow plants...
The Designed Garden – an unfinished canvas
Highly regarded Landscape Architect, Bloom gold medal winner, and president of the Garden & Landscape Designers Association (GLDA), Patricia Tyrrell reports on some of...
False Profits – Dispelling the Myths of Labour Costs
Landscape estimating specialist, Colm Kenny explores the reality of landscape labour costs and sets out some simple rules to increase profitability
I am always bewildered...
Barry Lupton interviews Tara Mc Carthy
Tara McCarthy, Bord Bia’s CEO, shared her ambitions for the Irish horticulture sector with the readers of Horticulture Connected when I caught up with...
Place & Space
The Bloom Fringe Team becomes the Green Edge Team and there are exciting times ahead
The differences and similarities between what a place is and...