Tag: Horticulture Connected Magazine
Summer 2015 – Horticulture news
HORTITRENDS LEADING TRADE VISIT TO GROOTGROENPLUS, HOLLAND
Linked to their recent membership of the European Horticulture Network (EHN) www.hortinet.eu, HortiTrends will lead a group of...
Building landscapes and relations
Landscape cost estimating specialist, Colm Kenny explores the rarely discussed domain of landscape customer service and shares some expert insight on best practice
As the...
Small change
The (sort of) Butterfly Effect at work in the garden retail sector
Retailing at its most basic is about the product, the display, the people...
National Landscape Forum 2015
Terry O’Regan shares the keys points from the recent National Landscape Forum
Organised in a short timeframe to promote interest in and energise the implementation...
‘The Irish Garden’
Natalie McGettigan reviews ‘The Irish Garden’ by Jane Powers, with photographs by Jonathan Hession (Frances Lincoln £40.00)
This handsome book, features almost 60 Irish gardens,...
Fresh figures show promise and opportunity
Mike Neary, Manager of Horticulture with Bord Bia, shares findings from a recent Kantar research report into the retail fresh product market.
Kantar Worldpanel recently...
National horticulture wage survey
Barry Lupton shares data from the recent survey carried out in conjunction with jobsinhorticulture.ie
We are a data poor sector. Historically, the information we have...
An evergreen perspective
Renowned plantsman and retired nursery operator, John Joe Costin shares his perspective on our taste for the exotic and how we may be missing...
Prioritising with a tight budget… Sports turf maintenance on natural grass
Landscape construction specialist Peter O’Toole provides details on how to maximise budget spend when calculating for the maintenance of natural grass surfaces
The maintenance of...