CONTENTS
NEWS
03 HORTICULTURE NEWS
BORD BIA
08 All the latest news from Bord Bia
TEAGASC
10 All the latest news from Teagasc
RETAIL
12 HONESTY LESSONS
Liam Kelly explains why retailers need to be a little more honest if they want to build a sustainable plant sales business
14 BEHAVIOUR AND ATTITUDES TO GARDENING IN IRELAND
Carol Marks summarises results from a recent survey designed to pin down consumer behaviour, attitudes and influences to gardening in Ireland
FLORISTRY
17 A BLOOMING SECTOR: CAN IRISH GROWERS MAKE THE CUT?
Ruth Monahan shares her joy and frustration about the Irish cut flower sector and sets out a simple strategy for the creation of a more sustainable and vibrant future
ORNAMENTALS
19 A SHARED VISION FOR HORTICULTURE
Stiofán Nutty introduces plans by the Horticulture Industry Forum to create a new vision for the sector
CONSTRUCTION
21 HIDDEN COSTS, LOST PROFITS
Landscape estimating specialist, Colm Kenny provides a simple methods for integrating hidden costs in landscape pricing
DESIGN
24 PROJECT MANAGEMENT – THE BEGINNING AND THE END!
GLDA president, Patricia Tyrrell examines some of the practical aspects of successful garden project management
28 BLOOM 2017
Renowned landscape and garden designer, Angela Binchy shares her thoughts and insights on this year’s crop of Bloom show gardens
IN PICTURES
32 BLOOM, Teagasc Horticultural Technologies Conference & Allianz Garden Show Ireland
INTERVIEW
36 CORE BUSINESS
Barry Lupton talks with Con Traas
FRESH PRODUCE
39 CONSOLIDATED PRODUCTION
Lorcan Bourke, business analyst with Bord Bia disseminates the recent census on field vegetable production in Ireland
INSIGHT
40 THE EUROPEAN LANDSCAPE CONVENTION (ELC) AND OUR ROLE AS LANDSCAPE PROFESSIONALS
Colette Lemaire-Brady frames the European Landscape Convention in context with the wider landscape sector
RESEARCH
43 FUTURE ADVANCES FOR PROTECTED HORTICULTURE
Dr Michael Gaffney disseminates key findings from the recent technology in horticulture conference
TURFGRASS
45 GRASSLAND AND WILDFLOWER MEADOWS
Pat Suttle of KS Agronomy and Capital Sports discusses some of the values and challenges of alternative grassland maintenance regimes
EVENTS
47 Horticulture trade events
