Below are the current members of the board for horticulture. These are the people you need to lobby along with the politicians to make sure that your sector interests are being taken care of. No vacancies yet that might be open to public application. Mike Neary the head of horticulture….
supplied us with the info and despite a heavy workload with Bloom gets this and other useful industry information out to us on a regular basis before it goes through the sometimes long drawn out press release funnel. Thanks Mike.
Dr Paul Cusack former Principal, College of Amenity Horticulture, National Botanic Gardens and Kieran Dunne of L&K Dunne Nurseries are on the overall main board.
HORTICULTURE
CHAIRMAN
Mr Kieran Dunne
L & K Dunne Nurseries
MEMBERS
Mr Paddy Callaghan Nature’s Best Ltd.
Ms Rachel Doyle Arboretum Garden Centre
Mr John Hogan Dublin/Meath Growers
Mr Martin Jones Islandview Nurseries
Ms Caroline Keeling Keeling Fruit Growers
Mr Gary McCarthy Chairman, Fruit Growers Association
Ms Jane McCorkell Landscape Architect & Horticultural Consultant
Mr Philip Moreau Glenbrook Nurseries
Mr Ciaran O’Brien Peter O’Brien Landscapes
Mr Eoin Reid Fernhill Garden Centre
Ms Lavinia Walsh Munster Mushrooms Ltd.
Mr Maurice Whelton Potato Grower
Changes during 2010
Terms Expired 10th October:
Mr Paddy Callaghan (re-appointed 11th October)
Mr Martin Jones (re-appointed 11th October)
Mr Ciaran O’Brien (re-appointed 11th October)
Term Expired 25th November
Mr Kieran Dunne(Chairman), L & K Dunne Nurseries(re-appointed 29th November).
