The Institute of Flowers in Ireland has recently announced a new multi-year educational partnership with floral designer Joseph Massie, marking a step forward for professional floristry in Ireland. The collaboration is designed to provide long-term support, high-level training, and creative inspiration for florists across the country. Through this partnership, Joseph Massie, founder of the UK School of Floristry, will work closely with the Institute of [...]
Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine with responsibility for Horticulture, Michael Healy-Rae TD, has welcomed the announcement that Dr Owen Doyle has been appointed the first chairperson of the Horticulture Education Leadership Group (HELG). Dr Doyle will serve a four-year term as chairperson of the HELG and will lead the implementation of the recommendations in the 2025 Horticulture Education [...]
Peter Donegan has recently unveiled the designs for a new urban park located in Lusk, North Dublin, Ireland. The overgrown laneway once used by the British Army to access Remount Farm, where horses were trained and prepared for service across the British Empire, has been reimagined by award winning landscape architect. Donegan was commissioned as the creative mind to give rebirth to the space and [...]
Green-tech invites specifiers and built-environment professionals to a free climate-resilience design event in Dublin, taking place on the 5th March at Croke Park’s All Star Suite. The event will bring together landscape architects, engineers, designers, planners and local authority professionals to explore practical, climate-positive design solutions for urban environments. It will run from 9.30am to 2pm and includes refreshments and lunch. Led by the Green-tech [...]
The Chartered Institute of Horticulture has awarded the Aberconway Award for the best horticultural dissertation to Diane Curran from TU Dublin for her outstanding thesis: “The Path to Wellness: How Green Infrastructure Enhances Mental Health”. Curran’s research explores the relationship between urban green infrastructure and its passive benefits for human health and wellbeing, investigating how improvements to green infrastructure can help alleviate local mental health [...]
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