HortiTrends Weekly Comment & News Digest July 6th

If you missed the deadline to participate in our HortiTrends GLAS Ireland 2012 Trade Show Feature Special then you will be glad to hear that we have extended the deadline to Tuesday the 10th of July. Its a chance to get your business featured pre & post show and also year round with a business directory listing on Ireland's most visited B2B horticulture trade portal.

Congratulations on another win for Paul Martin with a Gold which has just been awarded at the Singapore Garden Festival. Its the first time in the 8 year history of the show that a there has been a winner from the UK or Ireland. Paul Martin Wins Gold at Singapore Garden Festival 2012

In these difficult times its good to see that the Irish Landscape Institute is spreading its wings to the southeast with ILI Launches New Branch with Successful Lecture.

In Strawberries and Soft Fruit Sales in Good Health its good to see that our love of Irish strawberries has not been dampened by the weather.

We recently reported that the Marina Park Landscape Design Contract Awarded had gone to a Dutch firm but are now glad to publish a press release from Cork City Council that highlights many of the Irish companies who will be also involved.

Next's DIY and Garden Format Opens in Ipswich is a sign that the first test store is working well and you can now expect the format to come to a town or city near you pretty soon.

The organic sector has lots going on in Recession Spurs Organic Growth in Europe, OGI Launch New Website and Announce Far am Walks, First MSc in Organic Horticulture and also with Danish Organic Farmers See How it’s Done in Ireland. Its a vibrant sector for both commercial and artisan producers and is where Ireland has a real chance to promote its green credentials as a 'Food Ireland' which can only benefit mainstream producers as well.

Today's Articles:

• Hogan Welcomes International Beach Body Delegates To Ireland
• Dail Questions - Horticulture Excluded form Microenterprise Loan Fund Scheme
• Interflora Launch Click & Collect Service
• New Cobbletech Driveway System from Marshalls
• New Cycle Greenway To Be Developed In Louth

Top 5 Most Read Articles Last Week:

1. Tully's Win at UK National Plant Awards
2. Peter Donegan on Bloom 2012
3. John Lord on Our Native Elder
4. New Garden ‘Online Design’ Service for Landscape and Paving Contractors, and Garden Centres
5. The New Retail Challenge...or is it an Old One? by John Stanley

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