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Researchers at NUI Galway seek professional gardeners for pesticide study

The exposure science group at NUI Galway are seeking professional gardeners to participate in their study on human exposure to pesticides.  The EIRE research project...

Featured job: UNICHEM seek sales representative to join Leinster team

Unichem have been a leading distributor for major brands across the gardening, horticulture, golf and amenity sectors for over 50 years. Established in 1972, Unichem...

HTA announces new vice-president

The UK's Horticultural Trades Association (HTA) has announced the appointment of Alan Down as vice-president. Alan, who is hugely experienced in commercial horticulture, has worked...

New turf rewards for UK and Ireland

ICL and Syngenta have launched Turf Rewards for 2022 which now features separate schemes for the UK and Ireland.  Turf Rewards provides the opportunity for...

Lidl Ireland Launches 20 New Pollinator Stores

Lidl Ireland have committed to the rollout of 20 new pollinator friendly stores in efforts to increase biodiversity awareness across the island of Ireland,...

Irish-owned Zeus announces acquisition of Canadian distributor Agri-Flex

Zeus, the Irish-owned global packaging solutions company, has announced the acquisition of Canadian agricultural supply business, Agri-Flex. Positioning Zeus as one of the world’s...

RTÉ’s Super Garden issues designer callout for 2022

Super Garden is launching the annual call out for 5 budding garden designers who are ready to showcase their talents on Ireland's longest running...

Horticultural input price inflation continues to squeeze growers’ margins

According to Teagasc, horticulture crop input prices have risen significantly in the past twelve months since March 2021, initially due to external macroeconomic factors,...

Tesco and Paltech collaborate to bring waste plastic flowerpot to Irish market

Tesco Ireland and indigenous manufacturing companies, Green Generation and Paltech, have today unveiled their flower planters made of 100% recycled soft plastic.  Tesco has a...

Plant growth regulators -drench, sprench or spray

Growth Regulators Using growth regulators throughout the growing season is an excellent method for controlling plant size during production, but also is very helpful...