Promoting The Horticultural Industry ?
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{ all posts, horticulture in ireland } { One comment }The Weekend Garden Outdoors Podcast
As always you can rss the podcasts via iTunes or direct via audioboo or you can subscribe to the blog and listen to them right here. Missed last weeks garden podcast ? On The Blog This Week: Scotts Weedol – they own shamrock [irish] moss peat I need a something…? wonder of I’ll ever find it Greenpeace are a [...]
{ all posts, horticulture in ireland } { One comment }Scotts Weedol
Who are Scotts? Paying particular attention to the clause of the first sentence, according to their own website: ScottsMiracle-Gro is dedicated to a beautiful world with industry-leading lawn, garden and outdoor living products and services. Through our innovation focus, strong retailer relationships and drive to improve the consumer experience, we have been instrumental in growing [...]
{ all posts, horticulture in ireland } { One comment }The Great Gardeners Weekend Podcast
As always you can rss the podcasts via iTunes or direct via audioboo or you can subscribe to the blog and listen to them right here. Missed last weeks garden podcast ? This week on the blog: The Rose [less] festival – nice festival. Found more info on fuchsia’s and geraniums though…. The dot conf Green and outdoors stuff [...]
{ all posts, horticulture in ireland } { One comment }The Great Gardening Weekend Podcast
As always you can rss the podcasts via iTunes or direct via audioboo or you can subscribe to the blog and listen to them right here. Missed last weeks garden podcast ? On the blog: The Beautiful Cow Competition Ever wondered about Irish Milk ? – you should. The all about organic post got interesting. See comments. And Politics.ie [...]
{ all posts, horticulture in ireland } { One comment }The Great Outdoors Weekend Podcast
As always you can rss the podcasts via iTunes or direct via audioboo or you can subscribe to the blog and listen to them right here. Missed last weeks garden podcast ? Got a note from bernie over the weekend: That’s our boy @donegangardens easily cresting above yer man Ray Foley. Seems the podcast hit number 2 in the [...]
{ all posts, horticulture in ireland } { One comment }Teaching Organic ?
An organic gardening programme is set to be rolled out by Bord Bia, the Irish Food Board across Irish schools. The problem is that it can’t really be organic. It can however be about growing and considering the earth and our actions. This is a programme that will include my child and yours and I [...]
{ all posts, horticulture in ireland } { 14 comments }The Gardeners Podcast Show
As always you can rss the podcasts via iTunes or direct via audioboo or yousubscribe to the blog and listen to them right here. Missed last weeks garden podcast ? Links For The podcast: The garden Group Battle Of The Boyne Site visit Fertilising lawns Organic super markets Roseanne’s Crop Swap Irish food prices 2nd highest in Europe [...]
{ all posts, horticulture in ireland } { 4 comments }Coillte and Irish Press Releases ….?
Sometimes things like this pop up on ones screen. Sometimes they are without finding and the if nothing a post quickly and easily dispells the myth and introduces the facts. take a read…. I copied the entire ‘press release‘ just in case… Coillte: Landscape aesthetics are clearly not on your balance sheet. Co. Dublin, Ireland [...]
{ all posts, horticulture in ireland } { 0 comments }Just Call Me Peter
I have been a member of the Institute of Horticulture since I was about 23 years old. Sounded really good at that age [and in that era] to have Peter Donegan AI Hort [now MI Hort] for a name and title. But what does MI Hort mean, to you or to me? Is it really [...]
{ all posts, horticulture in ireland } { 2 comments }Landscaping In Ireland ….?
I saw this yesterday courtesy of Grandad…. I saw this today courtesy of Philip…. I’m beginning to wonder…. but, as I have said many times before, [my journey in] horticulture was never for the quick buck and as we sun tanned Paddy’s are well aware…. the weather has always been something to rely upon in [...]
{ all posts, horticulture in ireland } { 0 comments }Trade Associations for Garden Related Firms
There is no particular reason for this poll as such. It is however a real way to find out an overall public perception in relation to ‘garden’ related trade associations and just how aware people are of them or not. I would ask [very politely... ] those involved in the trade if you could refrain [...]
{ all posts, horticulture in ireland } { 4 comments }Irish Gardening Online…?
I remember reading an article posted online by good friend and nursery man Pat Fitzgerald. It was about trying to promote the gardening industry. Here’s a little taster of what Pat had to say…. …we collect last years good condition gardening magazines and make some beneficial use of them instead of hoarding them. Why not [...]
{ all posts, horticulture in ireland } { 7 comments }Some Irish Birds…
The weather outside is absolutely freezing… it has been for some time now and today the snow fell in Ballyboughal heavy enough to concern me. With that in mind I had reckoned I should do a post on some things frost[y] related. In what I can only describe as a sincerely very welcome press release [...]
{ all posts, horticulture in ireland } { 3 comments }Ever Wondered What It Takes To Grow A Plant…?
October Bank Holiday Weekend, I went to Kilkenny. I had so much to do…. On my agenda was to meet my good friend & plant inventor Pat Fitzgerald. I had interviewed Pat for the blog before. I had also worked with Pat on so many of my projects and gardens… but I’d never seen his nursery. The [...]
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