Tag: Horticulture
Bord Bia to get the nation growing this ‘Bloom Bank Holiday’...
20th May 2021: Bord Bia today announced its plans to celebrate Bord Bia Bloom 2021 and encourage the public to embrace their gardens and outdoor...
Re-imagining cities to incorporate nature-based solutions for water management
Cities that embrace the use of nature-based-solutions for water management have helped to identify highly effective techniques that will make the cities greener. This...
Maintaining Margins
Barry Lupton talks to Darragh Connolly of Darragh Connolly Garden Care about finding the path to his business model, succeeding through the pandemic and...
Spend Time Interviewing to Save Time – Sam Barrett
Sam Barrett discusses how spending a little time going through an interview process may actually save you time in the long run
In the horticulture...
River Corridors Connecting Nature
Féidhlim Harty explores the boundless potential of and benefits from creating river corridors throughout our countryside
Perfect Storm
Globally we are in a perfect storm; and...
Consumer Gardening Spend in 2020 – The Highest Ever
Carol Marks presents Bord Bia's research on the value of the garden market with reported sales of €1.2bn after a record year for gardening
Recent...
Permaculture in Cloughjordan
Fairly soon after the nutrient-rich-compost hit the fan in March 2020, it became apparent to us at Cultivate that permaculture - a design system...
Protected: Is Risk on your Menu?
At a time when risk is at the top of the agenda, retired landscape horticulturist, Terry O’Regan, reflects on the importance of risk identification...
The Garden and Landscape Designers Association Seminar 2021
Designing in Challenging Times A Shift in Perspective
We recently watched as the Ever Given, a 400metre long container ship, went aground
and blocked a main...
12 days preservation for Strawberries: Janny MT Storage Solutions
Adapting to the market
Growers around the UK are adapting to the market demands. Shorter channels of distribution, local products, so many different channels emerging...