Tag: Design
Easy Steps to Dream Gardens
Bord Bia's Carol Marks outlines the Bord Bia Bloom initiative to help novices and uncertain gardeners realise their own dream garden at home, according...
Museum in a Garden
Landscape designer Nicola Haines describes the inception and creation of a new public garden in Limerick city centre which opened at the end of...
Gardening on the Edge – Rewilding Green Spaces – Patricia Tyrell
Patricia Tyrrell MGLDA reviews the Garden & Landscape Designers Association’s recent seminar
At a garden design seminar, it’s not unusual to hear a discussion on...
Avoiding the pitfalls – Colm Kenny
Cost consultant and external works quantity surveyor, Colm Kenny explores the issues facing urban trees and the designers and contractors charged with creating them
Money...
Landscape Design and Pricing Assistant
Job Description
"With over 20 years experience in amenity production, landscape architecture, design and build, journalism and education I thought I had a pretty in-depth...
Trends in build and design of garden centres – Thermoflor
Thermoflor is a pioneering company specialising in the construction of garden centres worldwide. At 19 July Thermoflor will be one of the exhibitors at...
Compromised landscapes
Cost estimating specialist Colm Kenny counts the cost of budget overruns in the Irish landscape
With improving conditions in the construction industry the financial reigns...
Bloom in the making
As the centrepiece of Bord Bia’s Bloom, the show gardens require a huge commitment in terms of time and energy. Although the process officially...
Landscape Architecture: How you can create a sustainable career path
Maria Achtida, Architect, Environmental Resource Manager, and Senior Lecturer at Blackrock Further Education Institute (BFEI), sets the record straight about the profession and explains...
Design Thinking and Driving Change in Business
Design Thinking as a way of working involves a more democratic collaborative and inclusive approach to problem solving and building an innovation pipeline. Jean Liedtka, key...