GrootGroenPlus 2023 well-attended and more international
The 33rd edition of GGP, held from October 4th to 6th, was well attended. There were a total of 261 participants, spread across three coloured routes (red, blue, and grey), covering a length of over...
View ArticleMinister Heydon launches new Chainsaw Safety Video
A new chainsaw safety video officially launched today, Wednesday 18 October, by Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine with special responsibility for Farm Safety, Mr...
View ArticleAIPH Proudly Announces Technical Panel for the AIPH World Green City Awards 2024
Collectively, the panel boasts an advanced knowledge of Green City principles, problem-solving, plants, and nature-based solutions. AIPH presents the members of the esteemed Technical Panel. “On behalf...
View Article2023 Green Cities Europe Award – Congratulations to Denmark!
Denmark wins Green Cities Europe Award 2023 Denmark has won the Green Cities Europe Award 2023 with “Basecamp Lyngby”. France and the Netherlands landed in second and third place, respectively. A total...
View ArticleHotHouse Therapeutics uses a plant factory to mass produce rare medicinal drugs
Some of the most potent drugs known to mankind are produced by plants, but issues such as accessing source material from rare plants and modifying the complex chemicals have meant they have been...
View ArticleGroundsFest 2024 – Save the Date!
After the resounding success of the inaugural GroundsFest, the organising team is gearing up to make next year’s event even more spectacular. Scheduled to take place at Stoneleigh Park, Warwickshire,...
View ArticleSustainability at its best – introducing Primeur’s next generation of...
Looking to the 2024 season, garden retailers can step up their sustainability game and enhance their outdoor offer with Primeur’s brand-new recycled planter designs and colourways. If you are keen to...
View ArticleILI Biennial Conference 2023: Nature-based Solutions | leadership in nature...
09:30-16:00 Friday 24th November in the FitzGerald Debating Chamber, Student Centre, University College Dublin Organised by the Irish Landscape Institute for Landscape Architects, Civil Engineers,...
View ArticleGLDA Seminar 2024 – A Space to Grow
Tickets are on sale now for the GLDA’s 28th Annual Design Seminar entitled: SPACE TO GROW – How our gardens and open spaces can help us achieve a liveable future. This year the Seminar will explore the...
View ArticleUK’s Leading Biochar start-up Launches Pioneering Project to Save Britain’s...
The UK’s leading biochar start-up, Earthly Biochar, has announced the launch of its government-funded pioneering project to try and save Britain’s Ash trees. There are 125 million Ash trees in England,...
View Article2024 Scheme of Investment Aid for the Development of the Commercial...
The Scheme of Investment Aid for the Development of the Commercial Horticulture Sector is intended to assist in the development of the horticulture sector, including beekeeping, by grant-aiding capital...
View ArticleMinister McConalogue announces selection of Chair and Board Members to the...
Minister McConalogue announces the selection of Chairperson and Board Members to the Board of An Rialálaí Agraibhia (Agri-Food Regulator) Office to be formally established on 13 December The Minister...
View ArticleThe Sharing of the Green
2023’s Green Cities Europe Seminar, hosted in Ireland by Bord Bia on behalf of the Irish Hardy Nursery Stock Association (IHNSA), drew a significant crowd to Killeshin Hotel, Portlaoise, last 26...
View ArticleMore Power To You
The tree nursery sector in Ireland has been developing over many years. It has the characteristics of a modern, technical industry, competing at the highest quality level with any imports. Our mild...
View ArticleNursery Stock Seminar: New Insights for Opportunity
Teagasc’s Nursery Stock Seminar last 25 October in Ashtown, Co Dublin, was a highly informative event that saw excellent attendance and lively interaction. Themed ‘New Insights for Opportunity’, the...
View ArticleInnovation in Vegetable Breeding Driven by Sustainability
Teagasc vegetable advisors, William Deasy and Eoin Sweetman, visited the field vegetable seed trial open days which take place annually in North Holland in the Netherlands, and in Lincolnshire,...
View ArticleThe David Robinson Memorial Lecture 2023
Bord Bia were delighted to return to the Teagasc Food Research Centre, Ashtown, Dublin 15, for 2023’s David Robinson Memorial Lecture. The theme of this year’s lecture was ‘The Benefits of Gardens and...
View ArticleTeagasc Plant Protection Web Portal
The Teagasc Horticulture Development Department have recently launched the Teagasc Horticulture Portal which is an online tool for the full range of plant protection products approved for use with...
View ArticleFrom Icon of Conformity to Time-Sucking Monstrosity
Even before there were lawns, there were gardens. The garden of Eden – enjoyed, however briefly, by Adam and Eve – was not necessarily the very first garden. News flash for holy Joes who insist on...
View ArticleMore Delicious Recipes and Influencer Inspiration
2023 was year two of the EU-funded, social media-based ‘Life is Better with Fruit and Vegetables’ campaign. Begun in March 2022 and running up to February 2025, the programme targets Irish millennials,...
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