While ITB also offers ‘Corporate Social Responsibility’ as a course, the horticulture department at ITB are putting it into action through their community work in ITB Horticulture Update – Bloom 2012, Community Projects & Student Placements. The idea that is sometimes proffered in the media that lecturers in general are giving classes 10 hours a week is just not real and this article accounts for some of the varied roles that ITB horticulture staff undertake. They are proactive in developing community links which also gives them the chance to offer ‘Real’ work experience to students. Other roles include sourcing suitable work placements for high calibre students (still some available for your business) and also on the road at events like Bloom trying to inspire the next batch of potential graduates makes for busy times. Horticulture being used for the good of the wider community is also important to Lorna MacMahon who is Raising Funds for Galway Mental Health Association with Garden Open Days and also Eden Regeneration Project Offering Horticulture Training who are trying to bring calmness to the lives of troubled teens. If you as a business see some way of supporting any of these worthy causes please get in touch with the promoters
In a sector that is quietly thriving and developing under the stewardship of the Irish Soft Fruit Growers Association and Dr. Eamonn Kehoe the Soft Fruit Industry Seminar Report on the recent conference shows the increasing ability of that sector to supply the home market over a wider period of the year through the large financial investment of growers and it also shows that our exports are improving too which is good news all round. Also Eamonn sees more opportunities “There are possibilities for savvy people who spot a lack of supply in their local area to get into the business. Over the last year some people who have lost their jobs have entered the business and are now growing strawberries.” It is not all about ‘FoodHarvest 2020’ targets and it is positve news that entering the world of horticulture as a way to make a livelihood is still possible through hard work and relatively small investments.
We like to think of ourselves as a 5 minute further education service for retail horticulture and with the articles Increasing Sales is a Gift By John Stanley and a brand new series of articles from the Garden Retail Success team starting with Stock Loss Due to Throw Outs you will be up-to-date with all the latest trends in retail horticulture.
GLDA Bloom Fringe Design Advice Clinics are out and about around the country with members offering design clinics to the public with Bloom now on the back or front of everyone’s minds depending how involved you are.
We are getting in on the action with a TRADE ONLY competition. Win a Pair of Tickets to Bloom 2012 but only if you are in the trade. Question: How many visitors attended Bloom 2011? Email answer to bloom2012competition@hortitrends.com. The winner will be picked from a hat and KMPG will not be present so you will just have to trust us!
Todays articles:
- ITB Horticulture Update – Bloom 2012, Community Projects & Student Placements
- Increasing Sales is a Gift By John Stanley
- Invitation to Free Operation Pollinator Training Workshop
- GLDA Bloom Fringe Design Advice Clinics
- Lorna MacMahon Raising Funds for Galway Mental Health Association with Garden Open days
- Garden Retail Success – Stock Loss Due to Throw Outs
- Oxford University Press – Cheerleading for Monsanto?
- Irish DIY Businesses Bought by Harleston Group
- New Study is First to Show That Pesticides Can Induce Morphological Changes in Vertebrate Animals, Says Pitt Researcher
- Entries Grow for the Rare and Special Plant Fair
- Innovation in Fruit and Vegetables Highlighted
Top 5 most read articles last week:
- Product Placement by John Stanley
- Supernemos, Secret Garden Centre & Bord na Mona Winners at Green Awards 2012
- John Lord – ‘I Got a Batch of Betula Pendula’ – Birch Misidentification
- Cork Marina €600,000 Landscape Design Contract Awarded to Dutch Firm
- Thousand Farms and Rural Businesses to Benefit From Grants
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
- Soft Fruit Industry Seminar Report
- Prepared Fresh Produce – Convenience Still Important For Irish Consumers
- Eden Regeneration Project Offering Horticulture Training
- Interflora Presents £652,000 Cheque To Breast Cancer Care
- Symposium – Bird Habitats in Ireland
- Continued Expansion In French Organic Market
- Pioneering New Smart Phone Application for Food Products
- Organic Producers Welcome New Information About the Effects of Pesticides on Bees
- World Conference on Water, Climate and Energy
- State Spending €110,000 on Rare Toad and Protected Butterfly Studies
- Twenty Rubbish Bags And Eight Trolleys Plucked From River
- Garden Radio – The SodShow 27 April
- Images Of Rural Europe – Be Part Of It
- CPD Conservation Seminar with John Addison
- Ransomes Jacobsen Signs Agreement with DSG Tag Systems
- EPA Publishes Final 2010 Figures For Ireland’s Greenhouse Gas Emissions
- Kearns Fruit Farm Launch a New Website
- Wind Turbine Instalation Ireland – Codd Mushrooms
- Teagasc National Berry Seminar and Trade Show 2012
- Hidden Treasures of Great House Revealed
- Coillte And ESB Receive Planning Permission For Wind Project In County Wicklow
- ‘Because We Care’ Launch in UK
- Garden Show Ireland – It’s a Great Day Out for Everyone!
- Cork Environmental Forum Growing Seminar/ Showcase
- New Export Outlet for Potatoes
- Dream Trip to the Netherlands for CAFRE Florists
- Online Study Looks at how Irish Users React to Advertising
- Armagh Bramley Apples Get EU Protection
- HortiTrends Weekly Comment & News Digest April 26th
Thank you.
Joseph (Editor at HortiTrends)
