RHS Chelsea Flower Show Plant of the Year 2022 announced
The Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) has revealed the winner of the prestigious RHS Chelsea Plant of the Year at the opening of the world-famous...
Ministers announce €3m Investment Scheme for the Seed Potato Sector
Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine Charlie McConalogue T.D., today following a meeting of cabinet, announced his intention to launch a €3m scheme...
Minister launches Kerry Eco-Social Farming EIP
The Minister of State with responsibility for Land Use and Biodiversity, Senator Pippa Hackett, has launched the Kerry Eco-Social Farming European Innovation Partnership (EIP)...
Monty Don awarded RHS Victoria Medal of Honour
Monty Don, one of the UK’s best-known and most-respected gardeners, has been awarded the highest honour in horticulture.
On Monday 23 May 2022, at RHS...
German peat proposal could “bring about the end of the Irish horticultural industry”, Senator...
Fine Gael Senator Regina Doherty has written to Seanad Leader Minister McConalogue ahead of today's meeting of the European Agriculture and Fisheries Council. The...
Bloom preview: Enable Ireland Respite Garden
This Enable Ireland garden shows the incalculable value of ‘Respite’ as it enables people to interact with their peers in an imaginative and creative...
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:...
GE Current shares data from intra-canopy lighting study
GE Current, a Daintree company, is offering open access to the findings of its most recent research collaboration.
The study, conducted by Wageningen University...
Bloom preview: Green Cities Europe Garden
This large show garden designed by James Purdy is sponsored by Bord Bia and the Irish Hardy Nursery Stock Association as part of the...
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...
