CONTENTS
NEWS
01 Editorial
03 Horticulture News
EVENTS
05 The Latest Horticulture Events
BORD BIA
06 All the latest news from Bord Bia
TEAGASC
08 All the latest news from Teagasc
DESIGN
12 REIMAGINING THE URBAN LANDSCAPE
Horticulture Connected reports from the 26th GLDA International Design Seminar
14 WENT LIKE A DREAM
Bord Bia’s Carol Marks reflects on the runaway success of the popular ‘Easy Steps to Dream Gardens’ campaign
LANDSCAPE
16 OUR WATERSHED MOMENT
Féidhlim Harty on the importance of good watershed management
18 THE FINE PRINT
Landscape architect, Colm Kenny, on the intricacies of the tender process and contract negotiation; effective pricing with rising inflation, and how to ensure that all risks are planned for
OPINION
20 PLANTING INSECTA SPECTRA
Noeleen Smyth updates us on what bees really want – turns out it’s a good location in the city and protein shakes!
22 SHARING YOUR PATCH, WITH A TREE OR A FLEA
Terry O’Regan celebrates and encourages outside-the-box thinking in our efforts to tackle climate change
JOBS
24 The Latest Horticulture Jobs from Horticulture.jobs
RECRUITMENT
25 HELP WANTED…
Mark O’Loughlin, Managing Director of Sanctuary Synthetics, casts a discerning eye over the issues facing recruitment in the horticulture sector
EDIBLES
26 POTATOES: PREPARE TO BE SURPRISED
Lorcan Bourke of Bord Bia provides an update on the EU-funded campaign to promote Ireland’s most popular carbohydrate
INSIGHT
28 A WORLD OF ADVERTISING POSSIBILITIES
Paul Moran is back with another indispensable guide to getting your business recognised by the right audience
30 A FLOURISHING FOREST FOR ALL
Aidan Ffrench on the planning behind the DLR Trees and Urban Forestry Strategy 2022-2031 – A natural approach to human health and well-being
NURSERY
32 NOT SO HARD GRAFT
John Murphy puts an edge on his grafting knife and a new spin on traditional methods of tree production. Methods that might hold the key to future production
RESEARCH
36 A SEA CHANGE
Dr. Karen O’Hanlon looks at the fertiliser and pesticide supply Issue in Ireland. Could our natural marine environment be the answer?
38 WORKING TOGETHER TO SAFEGUARD FRESH PRODUCE FROM HUMAN PATHOGENS
An update from Teagasc on the international efforts of the Cost HUPLANT Control network of interdisciplinary scientific experts to tackle food-borne disease
40 PHYSOCARPUS EUROTRIALS RESULTS
Dónall Flanagan and Paul Fitters of Teagasc provide an update on the results of the Physocarpus quality trials in Kildalton College
MACHINERY
42 INNOVATIONS IN TURF CARE MACHINERY
Editor of TurfPro Magazine, Laurence Gale details the most up-to-date advances in turf care machinery
WORLD-VIEW
46 GREENOVATION OR FRUSTRATION?
AIPH speaks to 2021 Royal FloraHolland Greenovation Award winner, Bram Bernhard, about his company’s geothermal and solar projects
