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...
Forest Village at the Tullamore Show
The Tullamore Show is back! This is Ireland's largest one-day agricultural event with 60,000 visitors expected this year. This year’s show will take place...
DAFM announces extension for the Horticulture Exceptional Payment Scheme (HEPS)
The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, has today announced a short extension to the Horticulture Exceptional Payment Scheme (HEPS). The Scheme will...
Shortlist Announced for the inaugural AIPH World Green City Awards 2022
The International Association of Horticultural Producers, AIPH, is proud to announce the shortlist of eighteen entries from cities around the world for the first...
NASA scientists grow plants in lunar soil
NASA-funded study breaks new ground in plant research
In the early days of the space age, the Apollo astronauts took part in a visionary plan:...
National Biodiversity Data Centre launches new app to collect pollinator data
There are concerns that the numbers of pollinating insects such as wild bees and flies are declining, but the National Biodiversity Data Centre need...
Annes Grove Gardens open to the public following extensive restoration works
After the donation of the historic estate, near Castletownroche, Co. Cork, to the State by the Annesley family in December 2015, the grounds underwent...
UK and Devolved Governments agree on ending AHDB levy for the horticulture and potato...
Following consultation in November last year, the UK Government and Devolved Governments of Wales, Northern Ireland and Scotland have announced the end of the statutory...
Perennial research flags concern for health and wellbeing of people working in horticulture
The findings of research, commissioned by Perennial in 2021 to develop an understanding of health and wellbeing across the horticultural community, have shown that...
Minister commences series of visits to agri-food, forestry and marine research facilities
Martin Heydon, T.D Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, with special responsibility for research and innovation, has commenced...