Making Mardyke… sometimes it all goes to plan – Peter O’Toole
Peter O'Toole throws a behind-the-scenes spotlight on the construction of one of Ireland’s most innovative new public spaces, Mardyke Gardens
Wouldn’t it be great if...
The female of the species – Michael Gaffney
Entomologist and IPM researcher, Dr. Michael Gaffney puts the problematic vine weevil under the microscope and details just how research he is conducting at...
The cowboys meet their end – Thomas Crummy
ALCI Chairman Thomas Crummy outlines the formation and strategy of the new umbrella association for Irish landscape professionals
The Irish Association of Landscape Industries (IALI)...
Autumn 2014 – Horticulture News
IOH ACHIEVES CHARTERED STATUS
In July 2014 the new Chartered Institute of Horticulture (CIH) came into being. It replaced the Institute of Horticulture (IoH), which...
How to design and build a show stopper
HORTICULTURECONNECTED talks to the experts
Creating a gold medal-winning show garden requires many things: time, energy, skill, knowledge, experience, determination, creativity, commitment, a thick skin...
Landscape contracts: the small prints – Colm Kenny
Landscape estimating specialist Colm Kenny explains the important role landscape contracts play in underpinning quality, equity and profits and why their use and misuse...
A long story – Barry Lupton
Barry Lupton interviews Mark Long
Living Flavours was one of Irish horticulture’s success stories. The product of hard work, determination, innovation and nerve, its rise...
How we allocate the budget – Mike Neary
Mike Neary, Manager of Horticulture at Bord Bia, explains how Bord Bia’s horticulture budget is allocated across various initiatives, events and programmes
Bord Bia’s role...
Tree specification – The basics – John Murphy
In the first of a series of articles, John Murphy, respected nurseryman, and owner of Annaveigh Plants addresses a growing knowledge deficit by getting...
Let’s get Ireland growing – Sandra Doran
Sandra Doran explains how Irish garden retailers are uniting under the direction of Retail Excellence Ireland (REI) to deliver world-class standards
REI was approached last...