Tag: Horticulture
How retailers are responding to disruption in the food industry –...
Laura Murray, Madrid Office, Bord Bia – Irish Food Board
Retail disruption has been one of the single biggest challenges to the food industry in...
OPW celebrates 50yrs of JFK Arboretum and Memorial Park
This year, JFK Arboretum and Memorial Park at New Ross celebrates 50 years since it opened to the public and to mark this special...
Last call for organic producers to enter 2018’s National Organic Awards
Stephanie Moe, Food and Beverage Division, Bord Bia – Irish Food Board
With just 3 days until entries close (Monday 3rd September 2018 at the...
Being Self-Employed – Stiofán Nutty
For most of my working life, I have been self-employed. I didn’t set out to work for myself, it just happened. When I qualified...
Valuable soils need protection – CAFRE
Healthy soils are the engine driving crop and forage production on your farm. Recent wet summers, mild winters and modern farming techniques are having...
Global Green at Electric Picnic 2018
GLOBAL GREEN ECOVILLAGE AN OASIS OF CREATIVITY AND COMMUNITY
This is the 10th year Cultivate, the collective based in Cloughjordan, brings you the Electric Picnic’s...
Successful Plantarium 2018
'Let’s make the world greener together.' It was under this motto that, from 22 to 24 August, Plantarium and GROEN-Direkt treated a large international...
Buddleja davidii ‘SMNBDBT’ (ROCKETSTAR INDIGO) Best novelty Plantarium 2018
Buddleja davidii 'SMNBDBT' (ROCKETSTAR INDIGO), submitted by Valkplant BV from Boskoop, has been chosen as the best Novelty of Plantarium 2018.
The jury particularly liked...
Press Award Plantarium 2018 for Triple Beauty and Ficinia Ice Crystal
Ficinia Ice Crystal of F.N. Kempen bv from Mijdrecht won the Plantarium Press Award 2018 in the category Garden, balcony and patio plants. In...
Novelties at Plantarium 2018 – Part 3
Anemone 'IFANB' (Fantasy Belle)
Anemone 'IFANB' (Fantasy Belle) is an early flowering Anemone with semi-double, dark pink flowers and a strong and compact growth. Fantasy...