QR Code Garden to Feature at Chelsea is one of the many gardens we look forward to seeing. We have a coveted press pass and will be bringing you all the inside trade news during the event. Can Diarmuid do it again?
New Garden Centre – DYG Now Clicks & Bricks is interesting news for Tig & Co. While many are implementing moves to add Clicks to Bricks DYG are adding Bricks to their Clicks. Get it? What does DYG know that the rest of you don’t. Their online business is very successful and comes up high in the search engine rankings. Blood sweat and tears got them there so maybe the new garden centre will be a light relief and also adds to their authenticity as a reliable online provider.
HortiTrends at GLAS Landscape Amenity Showcase 2012. Will you be? The event is growing and there will be a Sports Surfaces village at this years event that takes place in July.
John Lord on The Spotted Laurel continues his series of articles with plant photos and a short bio on John, in case you do not know about him already.
Dail Questions – Peatland Resources is one of several articles for the political savvy and for those who want to influence the policy makers. Food harvest also features this week.
Site sponsors (the ones that keeps the news free to access) Nilfisk Eco Friendly Sweeper -Scrubber Reduce Costs of Cleaning by 30% are expanding the range in Ireland in both the commercial and retail http://hortitrends.com/machinery sections and will be appearing at a garden centre near you soon.
Protecting your Brand – the Role of Trademarks gives detailed advice on the benefits and procedures for trademarking you brand. If you think you have a good brand then be sure to protect it from the copycats.
The winner of the Bord Bia Bloom 2012 ticket giveaway competition is Lucy Trant. Congratulations to Lucy and see you at Bloom.
Todays articles:
- John Lord on The Spotted Laurel
- The Return of the DIY Landscape Customer and the Opportunity for an Increase in Plant Sales By John Stanley
- Focus on Food Careers Event at Loughry
- Horticulture in the Dail – Food Harvest 2020
- Nilfisk Eco Friendly Sweeper -Scrubber Reduce Costs of Cleaning by 30%
- New Garden Centre – DYG Now Clicks & Bricks
- Teagasc / DAFM National Bioenergy Conference 2012
- Horticulture in the Dail – State Agencies
Top 5 most read articles last week:
- 27 Show Gardens & 160 Retailers to Exhibit at Bloom 2012
- Business Profile – 10 Reasons to Choose Tully Nurseries for Your Garden Centre
- Garden Centre Retailing is Child’s Play By John Stanley
- John Lord on Campanula Muralis – A Plant That Has Been Around a Long Time
- Wedding Flowers: Trends For 2012
Too busy to read all the news? Go straight to your sector below:
This Weeks News Articles:
- This Weeks NEW Jobs in Horticulture Ireland
- NEW Tenders for Horticulture in Ireland
- HortiTrends at GLAS Landscape Amenity Showcase 2012
- LinkedIn 4 Times Better Than Facebook & Twitter For B2B Leads
- Horticulture & Floristry Parents’ Evening at Greenmount Campus
- Role of Teagasc in Underpinning Irish Food Production and Processing Outlined at Sino Irish Forum in Chinese Academy of Agriculture Sciences
- AIB Merchant Services Launches First Contactless Payments Terminal
- QR Code Garden to Feature at Chelsea
- Dail Questions – Peatland Resources
- MSc Energy and Environmental Finance
- An Taisce Identifies Worst Council’s In Ireland’s Planning System
- Miscanthus ‘Starlight’: New from Knoll Gardens
- Protecting your Brand – the Role of Trademarks
- Irish Vascular Plant Data – Pulling it all Together
- UK: Fenmarc Powered by Renewable Energy
- Will Tesco Sell Dobbies Garden Centres?
- RHS – Flower Arranging Demonstration
- Fracking ‘Safe’ Says Report
- International Day for Biological Diversity
- Greenie Meets the Dragons
- Sponsors Gather at Hillsborough – Garden Show Ireland
- Teagasc Appoint Head of its Crops, Environment and Land Use Programme
- Vredo Agri-Seeder Sold into Ireland for Advanced Rejuvenation of Grassland
- Launch Of Myplan.Ie
- Ó Cuív Calls For National Strategy On Fracking
- UK National Tree Safety Group Guidance Launched
- HortiTrends Weekly Comment & News Digest May 10th
Thank you.
Joseph (Editor at HortiTrends)
