Right tree, right place
Ireland’s leading tree specialists share their thoughts on what trees we should be growing
It’s been said that the real meaning of life is to...
Effective pricing for trees and shrubs – Colm Kenny
Landscape cost estimating specialist, Colm Kenny details a strategic approach to effective pricing of trees and shrubs for landscape works
Every new landscape project involves...
The right track – Barry Lupton
BARRY LUPTON INTERVIEWS TONY WILLIAMS
To gain a greater insight into the domain, I spoke with the current ILI President and Principal landscape Architect with...
New perennial and naturalistic planting in an Irish context – Verney Naylor
Verney Naylor MGLDA cuts back the overgrowth to reveal how the New Perennial Movement is evolving in Ireland and how next year’s GLDA seminar...
Retail adaptation: Changing to meet evolving consumers – Eamonn Wall
Eamonn Wall, plant manager at Arboretum Home & Garden Heaven, sheds light on how changing plant buyer behaviour is shaping garden retailing and providing...
Digital growth… How Irish growers and retailers are responding to new technology
Horticulture Connected is delighted to feature perspectives on technology use in the Irish sector by two of our most highly regarded early adaptors, Roy...
Revitalising the consumer’s passion for plants – Liam Kelly
Garden retail consultant, Liam Kelly articulates a problem undermining the future of Irish horticulture and presents some creative solutions for how we might collectively...
HC Print Autumn 2014
CONTENTS
NEWS
04 HORTICULTURE NEWS
RETAIL
09 ON THE INSIDE LOOKING OUT
See beyond gardening retail to best practices in other sectors by Liam Kelly
12 CÉAD MÍLE FÁILTE
Rachel...
Unheralded arrival of a national landscape strategy? – Terry O’Regan
In the midst of the Kenny and Burton ‘Come Dancing’ performance of the cabinet shuffle and the furore over the ‘Farthing Brook’ on-off farce,...
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...