Two point perspective
Respected plantsmen, Jimi Blake, and John Joe Costin present two perspectives on the quality of plants and planting design at this year's Bloom in...
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...
National design survey
Barry Lupton shares data from the recent survey carried out in conjunction with HortiTrends.ie
Sincere thanks to all who took the time to complete the...
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NATIONAL STRAWBERRY WEEK
According to Kantar Worldpanel, there was a 14% increase in the retail value of strawberry sales to consumers in the 35 to...
Summer 2015 – Horticulture news
HORTITRENDS LEADING TRADE VISIT TO GROOTGROENPLUS, HOLLAND
Linked to their recent membership of the European Horticulture Network (EHN) www.hortinet.eu, HortiTrends will lead a group of...
Building landscapes and relations
Landscape cost estimating specialist, Colm Kenny explores the rarely discussed domain of landscape customer service and shares some expert insight on best practice
As the...
Sodcast
Barry Lupton interviews Peter Donegan
Generally speaking, most industry folks agree that gardening coverage on TV and radio in Ireland is pretty poor and this...
Small change
The (sort of) Butterfly Effect at work in the garden retail sector
Retailing at its most basic is about the product, the display, the people...
National Landscape Forum 2015
Terry O’Regan shares the keys points from the recent National Landscape Forum
Organised in a short timeframe to promote interest in and energise the implementation...
‘The Irish Garden’
Natalie McGettigan reviews ‘The Irish Garden’ by Jane Powers, with photographs by Jonathan Hession (Frances Lincoln £40.00)
This handsome book, features almost 60 Irish gardens,...