CONTENTS
NEWS
03 HORTICULTURE NEWS
EVENTS
06 Horticulture trade events
BORD BIA
08 All the latest news from Bord Bia
RETAIL
10 THOUGHTS ON THE PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE FOR GARDEN RETAILERS
Liam Kelly charts the evolution of garden retailing and sets a course for a possible future
NURSERY
12 GROWTH IN EUROPE
Teagasc nursery stock/ornamentals advisor Dónall Flanagan reports from IPM Essen and the recent nursery study tour to the Netherlands and Germany
TEAGASC
16 All the latest news from Teagasc
DESIGN
18 THE GREATEST LEVELLER
Frazer McDonogh says why water is important in designs and explains how to get it right first time
21 THE DESIGNED GARDEN
Mary Hackett reports from the Garden & Landscape Designers Association’s recent seminar
25 BLOOM IN THE MAKING
Kerrie Gardiner gives us a flavour of plans for the 2017 show garden
23 CONFESSIONS AND GOALS
Patricia Tyrrell resolves to get more organised in 2017
INTERVIEW
28 PERSISTENCE PAYS – REALISING THE AMERICAN DREAM
Barry Lupton talks to Declan Blackmore
LANDSCAPE
COMPROMISED LANDSCAPES
Cost estimating specialist Colm Kenny counts the cost of budget overruns in the Irish landscape
33 THE LQMS: WHY YOU NEED TO BE INVOLVED
Eoghan Riordan Fernandez brings the industry up to speed on the most important horticultural initiative in recent history
34 LANDSCAPE PERCEPTION
Terry O’Regan shares some surprising French perspectives on Ireland’s landscape
IN PICTURES
GLDA, IHNSA Trolley Fair, Rentes Spring Fair, IPM Essen
INSIGHT
40 Â THE GARDENING MARKET IN GROWTH
Mike Neary announces the good news about Ireland’s flourishing gardening market
41 Â LABOUR MARKET REVIEW
Michal Slawski discusses the findings of a recent horticultural labour market review
EDUCATION
43 LESSONS FROM HOME AND ABROAD
Yang Shen shares some thoughts on studying horticulture in China and at UCD
46 LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE
How you can create a sustainable career path –Â Maria Achtida points the way
JOBS
48 All the latest Jobs from jobsinhorticulture.ie
SUPPLIER & SERVICE DIRECTORY
49 Source products & services
