Claregalway Castle will once again host the annual Galway Garden Festival on Saturday, 5 July and Sunday, 6 July, from 11am to 6pm each day. Now a staple event in the Irish gardening calendar, the festival features a wide range of nurseries, rare plant specialists, and members of the Irish Specialist Nurseries Association (ISNA). It offers an opportunity for gardeners of all levels to receive [...]
At Growtrade, we highlight public procurement opportunities from around Ireland that would be suitable to landscapers, growers, turfgrass professionals, horticulturalists, and forestry professionals. Here is one such tender for the provision of Rhododendron control and peatland restoration across key protected bog habitats in Ireland. Description: The Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage has issued a tender for conservation work focused on Rhododendron ponticum control [...]
The Heritage Council and Teagasc recently co-hosted a landmark event in Birr, County Offaly, celebrating the biodiversity and cultural heritage of Ireland’s extensive grasslands. Held at the County Arms Hotel and the grounds of Birr Castle, the event brought together farmers, researchers, biodiversity officers, and policymakers to explore the ecological and cultural value of these vital landscapes. Virginia Teehan, chief executive of the Heritage Council, [...]
Minister of State with responsibility for Forestry, Farm Safety and Horticulture, Michael Healy-Rae, has recently announced the second tranche of the open call for proposals for Forestry Skills Training. This public call for proposals for training projects aims to expand the knowledge and capacity of various groups in the forestry sector. Targeted groups include forestry students in higher level education, registered foresters and forestry contractors. [...]
The use of one Plant Protection Products (PPP) will become illegal from June 2025. The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine’s (DAFM) Pesticide Registration and Control Division (PRCD), informs the trade on Plant Protection Products (PPP) which have had their registrations revoked or expired, rendering their use illegal. PPP for which registrations have expired or have been or will be revoked and the use [...]
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