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Bord Bia Bloom Festival 2019; Postcard Garden 'Sphere' by GRETB/Castlerea Men's Shed at Bord Bia's Bloom Festival in the Phoenix Park Dublin. Photo: Johnny Bambury/Fennells

Calling all Creative Amateur Gardeners to apply for Bord Bia Bloom 2020!

Bord Bia Bloom festival returns this June bank holiday weekend from 28th May to 1st June in the Phoenix Park, Dublin. With planning well underway, Bord Bia...
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GLDA 24th International Garden Design Seminar

SPEAKERS ANNOUNCED FOR “SEEDS OF CHANGE – PLANTING DESIGN FOR THE 21ST CENTURY” THE GLDA 24TH INTERNATIONAL GARDEN DESIGN SEMINAR   In a world where climate change is...
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PCA support for new UK Amenity Standard

National trade body The Property Care Association is playing a key role in a new initiative, developed to create assured standards in amenity management. The...
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Coillte to begin works on €8 million re-development plan for Avondale Forest Park in...

Coillte, in partnership with Fáilte Ireland, will commence works to re-develop Avondale Forest Park into a state-of-the-art visitor destination later this year. In total €8...
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Ash dieback project launches UK International Year of Plant Health

Three thousand trees have been planted in Hampshire as part of a pioneering project to tackle the devastating tree disease, Ash Dieback. The UK’s first...

New course for Plantarium

Plantarium is breaking new ground. The popular trade fair in Boskoop will be operating according to a new formula that perfectly aligns with emerging...
President of Ireland Michael D. Higgins planted a Native “Sessile Oak” tree in the Phoenix Park to commemorate Ireland’s launch of International Year of Plant Health 2020. Pictured with President Michael D. Higgins, are Andrew Doyle, Minister for State at the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, with Molly Keenan aged 11, with her sister Rhona aged 7, both from Scoil Mhuire Na Trocaire, Ardee, Co. Louth. Picture Colm Mahady/Fennells - Copyright© Fennell Photography 2020

President Michael D. Higgins commemorates Ireland’s launch of International Year of Plant Health IYPH...

Today President of Ireland Michael D. Higgins planted a Native “Sessile Oak” tree in Phoenix Park to commemorate Ireland’s launch of the International Year of...
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GLDA Annual Seminar 2020

Seeds of Change – Planting Design for the 21st Century In a world where climate change is increasingly a reality in our lives, our gardens...

DAFM – International Year of Plant Health 2020 (IYPH 2020)

Healthy plants constitute the foundation for all life on earth, making up the oxygen we breathe and over 80% of the food we eat....
From left to right: Mr. Henk Raaijmakers, ENA Vice-president, Mr. David McAllister, MEP, Mr. Jan-Dieter Bruns, ENA President, and Mr. Willy De Nolf, ENA Treasurer.

European Platform ‘Green Cities for a Sustainable Europe’ great success

The "Green Cities for a Sustainable Europe" campaign is an initiative of the European Nurserystock Association (ENA), the umbrella organisation of tree and plant...