Digging Deep
If you are dipping your toe into pond design for the first time, then environmental consultant and writer Féidhlim Harty is at hand to...
SoftGrip mushroom project well underway
SoftGrip is a three-year EU-funded project that could revolutionise the harvesting of mushrooms and address the severe labour shortage issues facing the sector. The...
David Robinson Memorial Lecture
Bord Bia welcomed a large number of colleges to the David Robinson Memorial Lecture on October 26, with approximately 150 attendees. Bord Bia is...
Urban Forest
Stepping Stones Forests (SFF) is a grassroots movement which is endeavouring to make significant changes to the tree canopy cover of Dublin, step by...
Teagasc researchers in winning team for SFI €2m food challenge prize
The Leaf No Waste team, which includes two Teagasc members, has been awarded €2m in funding by Science Foundation Ireland (SFI) to develop an...
Quality Doesn’t Come Easy
To implement policy changes and objectives concerning the management, protection and planning of the landscape, we need to get the basics right, argues Terry...
HC Print Summer 2022 Contents
CONTENTS
NEWS
01 Editorial
03 Horticulture News
EVENTS
05 The Latest Horticulture Events
BORD BIA
06 All the latest news from Bord Bia
TEAGASC
08 All the latest news from Teagasc
DESIGN
12 REIMAGINING THE...
Less Risky Business
Landscape architect, Colm Kenny, casts his expert eye over Government changes to Public Works Contracts designed to address continued inflation and fuel insecurity...
The construction...
Long-term energy outlook: what should horticulture prepare for?
In a feature published in FloraCulture International in June 2022, Horticultural energy consultants Tim Pratt and John Swain try to predict how fuel prices...
Energy options in horticulture
In the face of what is quickly becoming an energy crisis, Teagasc advisors take a look at solutions that could safeguard the future of...