Invasive species – Kieran Cummins
Kieran Cummins, the environmental law specialist, details the legal issues surrounding invasive species in Ireland and the implications it has for your business
The 2011...
The climate change solution underfoot – Brian Murphy
Dr Brian Murphy discusses how gardeners, landscapers and growers all have a part to play in locking up carbon
Irish soil might be the unsung...
Bring on the Blend – Bord Bia
The three year EU co-financed ‘Mushrooms Complement Everything’ promotion campaign in the UK and Ireland comes to a close in January 2021. With an...
A Quiet & Colourful Revolution
Susan Lynch and The Flower Farmers of Ireland make the case for Irish flowers by Irish Growers
A quiet revolution is underway. There’s never been...
‘Lycia’ wins the race in recent strawberry variety trial
Dr. Eamonn Kehoe, soft fruit specialist advisor with Teagasc, gives an update on the results from the recent nationwide strawberry variety trial
A new initiative...
The carbon footprint of food
Teagasc’s Dr Lael Walsh and Loren Lane ask what do we know about the environmental footprint of local and imported fruit and vegetables
With increasingly...
Respect for Spiraea
Paul Fitters and Dónall Flanagan update on results of Teagasc’s Spiraea quality trials and announce the worthy winners.
Teagasc have been running Spiraea quality trials...
The European landscape convention (ELC) and our role as landscape professionals
Recent Landscape Architectural Masters graduate, Colette Lemaire-Brady frames the European Landscape Convention in context with the wider landscape sector
The aftermath of World War World...
Plastic Blackbird catches Plastic Worm: bringing the National Landscape Strategy down to earth?
In 1964 when I decided to study horticulture at University College Dublin, I had a dream of a career linked to gardens of verdant...
Una Mcdermott RIP
It is with sadness that we report the death of Una McDermott of Carrick-on-Suir, Waterford and, Dublin, a lecturer at the Waterford Institute of...