€1.69 million in funding for research into peat alternative announced
The Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine with special responsibility for Horticulture, Senator Pippa Hackett, has welcomed the...
CAFRE to host Growing a Cut Flower Business webinar
CAFRE are delivering an online webinar on Wednesday 23rd February at 6:30pm to address the topical issues for cut flower growers. If you are...
HTA welcomes EFRA Committee report findings on workforce shortages
The Environment, Farming and Rural Affairs Committee has published its Labour shortages in the food and farming sector report highlighting growing concerns for the significant number...
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...
Daily Mail and RHS announce show garden to inspire planet friendly gardening
The Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) and Daily Mail have unveiled a garden to demonstrate climate change adaptations at July’s RHS Hampton Court Palace Garden...
The RHS comments on the Government’s Environmental Improvement Plan for 2023
Alistair Griffiths, Director of Science and Collections at the RHS, comments on the Government's Environmental Improvement Plan for 2023 launched today: "It’s a huge...
Royal FloraHolland and FloraXchange join forces to create a single digital platform
Digitalizing the floriculture sector will get a serious boost now that Royal FloraHolland and FloraXchange have joined forces. The global marketplace for flowers and...
Bord Bia brings its Thinking House to ‘GLAS’
Thursday, 20th July 2017: Bord Bia brought its Thinking House to GLAS today to show visitors at Ireland’s biggest horticulture event how its state-of-the-art consumer research and market insight...
Upcoming Workshop – Prepare for Brexit: Currency, Supply Chain and Negotiations
Karen Connaughton, London Office, Bord Bia – Irish Food Board
Further uncertainty and frustration were highlighted this week in regards to Brexit by John Lewis’...
Neonicotinoids: update on risks to bees due early next year by EFSA
EFSA’s updated risk assessments on the potential risks to bees from neonicotinoid pesticides will be finalised in February 2018.
The assessments for clothianidin, imidacloprid, and...
