The dynamic nature of our industry brings both challenges and opportunities that will shape the future of the sector. The hugely popular Learning Theatre at this year’s GLAS – proudly supported by Bord Bia – features talks from leading experts on some of the hottest trends and topics across our industry. Learning Theatre – free talks 10:00 – 10:30 The future of [...]
The New Plant New Product Awards are a highlight of the GLAS trade show. These awards recognise the best new plant and new product launched in the market over the last 12 months by the organisations exhibiting at the event. Judging begins at 9am, with the winners of this year’s New Product New Plant Awards – including Best in Show Trade Supplier, Best in Show [...]
The Kildare Growers – the group you all know well – is slowly but surely being handed over to the next generation. From the old grey heads, you’ve learned to love (or put up with), to the vaguely familiar faces you may have seen as kids or teenagers on their annual outing to the Kildare Growers trade show: first in Goffs, then Punchestown, and now [...]
Across Europe, Christmas tree growers have been immersed in one of the most vigorous growing seasons. Pruning, bud-picking, and leader control have kept growers intensively occupied throughout the spring and early summer, alongside decisions on fertilisation, vegetation management, and protecting beneficial pollinators while minimising the damage of insects, such as aphids and weevils. As this demanding phase draws to a close, growers now turn their [...]
In association with Gardenworld Nurseries At Growtrade, we’re running an interview series titled ‘Small Talk’, where we talk to various influential members of Ireland’s horticulture trade. This week’s conversation is with garden designer, broadcaster and horticulturist – Peter Dowdall. How did you first get involved in the horticulture sector? I got started in the horticultural sector because I had a love of gardening from a very young [...]
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