Tag: Horticulture Connected Magazine

Barry Lupton interviews Mark Long Living Flavours was one of Irish horticulture’s success stories. The product of hard work, determination, innovation and nerve, its rise...

Mike Neary, Manager of Horticulture at Bord Bia, explains how Bord Bia’s horticulture budget is allocated across various initiatives, events and programmes Bord Bia’s role...

In the first of a series of articles, John Murphy, respected nurseryman, and owner of Annaveigh Plants addresses a growing knowledge deficit by getting...

Sandra Doran explains how Irish garden retailers are uniting under the direction of Retail Excellence Ireland (REI) to deliver world-class standards REI was approached last...

On behalf of Ireland’s extended horticultural family, HORTICULTURE CONNECTED is delighted to welcome garden retailers from around the world for the 2014 Garden Centre...

Garden retail expert, Liam Kelly explains how observing best practice from other retail sectors can be inspiring, motivating and ultimately profitable Perhaps more than any...

CONTENTS NEWS 03 HORTICULTURE NEWS GENERAL 06 BORD BIA AWARDS Ireland’s top horticulture businesses RETAIL 10 THIS COUNTS Leading retail consultant Liam Kelly explores positive and negative impacts on discount...

Eamon Kealy, turfgrass specialist and lecturer in horticulture at the Institute of Technology Blanchardstown, sets out a concise strategy for managing areas of heavy...

A landscape specification is a written document, which sets out an explicit set of requirements to be satisfied within a contract. As such, it...

Paul Kunkels, owner and operator of Irritec, traces the lines of irrigation history and provides some insightful guidance on how to make the right...