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Time to think like a tree

Terry O’Regan issues a call for urban landscapers to rethink current tree planting guidelines... A recent post from MEP Ciarán Cuffe of the Green Party...

Back in Bloom

What a great start to the summer! Bord Bia Bloom returned to its rightful home at the heart of the Phoenix Park for the...

Dirty Diesel

Mark O’Loughlin casts an eye over the ecological and economic issues facing fleet management.   I was down the yard the other day when all of...

The carbon footprint of food

Teagasc’s Dr Lael Walsh and Loren Lane ask what do we know about the environmental footprint of local and imported fruit and vegetables   With increasingly...

Bord Bia Bloom 2022

Patricia Tyrell makes a welcome return to Ireland’s largest gardening festival...   It is so exciting to see that Bloom is back and normality has returned....

‘Sustainability is a responsibility and an opportunity’, says FSI’s Jeroen Oudheusden at SAF webinar

Adopting sustainable practises is not only good for the environment but also presents marketing opportunities, Jeroen Oudheusden, executive officer of the Floriculture Sustainability Initiative, said...

New award category for GLAS 2022 announced

Brand new for GLAS 2022 is the Supplier of the Year Award. Held in association with Growtrade.ie, the Supplier of the Year award-winner will...

See you at GLAS but first

Research from our event partners Bord Bia shows that the value of the gardening market grew from €0.8bn pre-pandemic to €1.5bn by the end...

AIPH Announces Second World Ornamental Horticulture Summit

Following the success of the inaugural World Ornamental Horticulture Summit in 2019 in Beijing, the second Summit invites professionals from around the world to...

Bord Bia Bloom 2022

There was so much to see and do at Bord Bia Bloom 2022. Here’s a brief recap of Bloom in numbers: Over 110,000 visitors,...