01 / NEWS GLDA announces speakers for 2017 seminar An important diary date for everyone involved in the landscape and design sectors is the GLDA’s annual seminar which will take place on 11 February 2017. Two speakers confirmed for the event so far are Thomas Doxiadis and Noël van Mierlo. The full programme is currently being finalised. Check for updates at glda.ie ✽
New supplier and services directory launched in HC magazine We now have a dedicated supplier and services directory for HC, which you will find on the inside back cover. A useful tool for trade buyers of all sizes, there is a range of suppliers for plants, sundries etc currently promoting themselves. If you are a business looking to promote your service or product offerings, the directory gives you a budget friendly way of reaching out to a dedicated readership of horticulture businesses and trade professionals in both the public and private sectors. For more information or to be included in the spring edition and throughout 2017 please call Annemarie on 042 966 3532. More at horticulture.ie ✽
Horticulture industry gettogether Following on from previous years' successful industry get-togethers, it's all happening again, on Saturday 26 November 2016, 3 to 5pm in Overend's Cafe, Airfield, Overend Way, Dundrum, Dublin 16. It's informal and open to all garden designers, landscapers, nursery growers, suppliers etc etc - anyone connected with the industry. There is plenty of free parking, and the coffee and cakes are delectable. And if you haven't yet seen the lovely new Airfield, allow yourself the pleasure of spending a little time in the gardens beforehand. Bring your business cards. Do some networking and meet some new friends. There is no charge and all are welcome. ✽
horticulture news New venue for expanded Hardware Show 2017 The Hardware Show 2017, Ireland’s premier trade event for hardware/ DIY retailers and builders merchants takes place on Sunday 5 and Monday 6 March at the new larger venue of RDS Simmonscourt, Dublin. Off the back of increased confidence in the industry, the show is set to be the biggest event of its kind next year. Organised by Hardware Association Ireland (HAI), the industry’s trade association, the biennial show is already 85% sold with over 2,900m2 sq taken and has capacity to go to 3,600m2. One of the key attractions for visitors to the show is that it caters for two sectors of the industry that have acted as a boon in the difficult years postconstruction crash – home and garden. An improving economic environment with plans for significant investment in social housing and an upward trend in house building will provide further impetus to the market. The Hardware Show is recognised for bringing together leading brands across the retail and merchant sector and the extra capacity at the RDS means more opportunities for suppliers and visitors alike. Companies who supply garden and outdoor related products including Ames True Temper, Bord na Móna, Crown Paints, DS Supplies, Dulux, Jefferson Tools, Kilsaran, McLoughlins RS, N&C Enterprises, Ronseal and Westaro Hosing have already booked space. Annemarie Harte, CEO of HAI said: "Garden and Outdoor Living is an important feature to many retailers businesses and is a growing market. They come to the Hardware Show not just to look for new products but for advice and support in developing this part of their business.” Among the exhibitors taking part are Bord na Móna, Ames True Temper, Kilsaran, McLoughlinRS, BetterGrowing plus many more new exhibitors being announced weekly. HC will be there on the day and can recommend a visit. More at thehardwareshow.ie ✽
Rentes Spring Fair P e r s i c a n Hy b ri d B u s h Ro s e s
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• Strong, very healthy, easy to grow scented roses that have distinctive flowers with contrasting vivid centres. Ideal for pots, tubs and garden beds. • The result of over 30 years of plant breeding, using modern varieties crossed
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with original wild persican roses found in South East Asia to Western Siberia. • Flowers continually from summer through to late autumn, year after year. • Grows up to 70cms x 70cms width.
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The annual spring fair at Rentes Plants takes place over two days on 15 and 16 February 2017. The nursery itself contains over 200,000 plants. In the covered area at the show there will be over 15,000 plants on display, consisting of 1,000 individual varieties and sizes including a new variety of Persican hybrid bush rose ‘Eye of the Tiger’. It takes over 100 man days to change the dispatch area into a plant retailers paradise. There will be over 200 plant buyers attending over the two days who will consume several roasted hogs. It is a visual spectacle providing great buying and planning opportunities for the coming year, and a useful networking and social event. More at rentes.ie ✽
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