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Garden Café Team - (From Left) Peter Donegan, Anthony Heijanga (Guest), Marie Staunton, Sile Seoige, Eugene Higgins

HC Spring 2016 – Horticulture news

NEW ‘GARDEN CAFÉ’ RADIO SHOW SEEKING A SPONSOR A new radio show ‘Garden Café’ is currently under development and seeking interested sponsors. Creator Eugene Higgins...
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HC Print Autumn/Winter 2015

Contents NEWS 04 HORTICULTURE NEWS BORD BIA 08 All of the latest news, events and updates from Bord Bia EVENTS 11 Horticulture Trade Events RETAIL 13 FIVE...
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Ireland’s preferred perennials

Ireland has a wealth of collective horticultural knowledge, but this knowledge is often lost or even ignored with successive generations repeating the planting mistakes...
GARETH DALZELL (PRESIDENT ALCI); EOIN RYAN & PADDY DALY (INSPIRE LANDSCAPE, WINNERS OF THE BOG OAK TROPHY 2015 FOR OVERALL BEST ENTRY) WITH FEARGUS MCGARVEY (MITCHELL & ASSOCIATES) AND ALAN JONES (ALAN JONES ARCHITECTS)

ALCI Awards 2015

The annual Association of Landscape Contractors of Ireland (ALCI) Landscape Awards took place at the Convention Centre Dublin on 6th November and were presented...
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Osmocote tailored to conditions in Ireland

ICL Country Manager, Colman Warde details why Osmocote's new controlled release fertilizer is perfect for Irish conditions. Launched in 1967, Osmocote was Europe’s first controlled...
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Control issues

Perspectives on weed control in the Irish landscape To the casual observer the verdant Irish landscape is something of great beauty and awe. Greenery spills...
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Winter 2015 – Horticulture News

NEW HORTICULTURE APPOINTMENT AT TEAGASC Teagasc has appointed Dermot Callaghan as the Head of its Horticulture Development Department. He will lead the Horticultural Development Department,...
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All the latest news from Bord Bia

APPLE SEMINAR The annual Bord Bia top fruit seminar took place on the 10th of December at the Citywest Hotel, Saggart Co Dublin. The seminar...
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Unusual Suspects

Entomologist and IPM researcher, Dr. Michael Gaffney examines a range of existing and potential threats to the Irish horticulture The increase in the global plant...
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The EU carrot: the shape of promotional funding

Mike Neary, Manager of Horticulture with Bord Bia, explains how new thinking and EU regulations are positively shaping the future of promotional funding for...