Tag: Horticulture
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BORD BIA SUSTAINABLE HORTICULTURE ASSURANCE SCHEME
The revision of the current Bord Bia Producer and Pre-packer standard for horticulture is near completion. The updated standard...
Responding and reacting
Working closely with all levels of the landscape construction sector gives landscape cost estimating specialist, Colm Kenny a unique insight. Here, he shares thoughts,...
The oldest landscape rocker in town
Terry O’Regan takes a break from the dance floor to report on the 21st National Landscape Forum
Those of you who have turned 40, 50...
Irish insight
Landscape Architect, Bloom gold medal winner, and president of the Garden & Landscape Designers Association, Patricia Tyrrell shares her views and insights on Bloom’s...
Same difference
Independent retail consultant, Liam Kelly explores why retailers need to be wary of trends toward retail homogeneity
Considering the year that’s in it and how...
Horticultural health check
Independent consultant and Horticulture Industry Forum Coordinator, Stiofán Nutty, diagnoses some serious horticultural health problems and how the Forum is tackling them
The Horticulture Industry...
New advisory, new vision
Dónall Flanagan, newly appointed nursery stock advisor, sets out an exciting new vision of how the advisory services will support and strengthen the sector
I...
Demonstrating integrated pest management
Dr. Michael Gaffney reports on the recent EU workshop ‘Demonstration Farms on Integrated Pest Management’
Since 2014, growers within the European Union are obliged to...
Brexit – Impact on the horticulture industry
Mike Neary, manager of horticulture at Bord Bia and UK based independent horticulture consultant, Neville Stein share their thoughts on the potential impacts of...
Ireland’s preferred perennials
Ireland has a wealth of collective horticultural knowledge, but this knowledge is often lost or even ignored with successive generations repeating the planting mistakes...