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Increasingly it falls to the horticulture sector to temper the effects of climate change through thoughtful planning, planting, and biodiversity enhancement at every level.

Consumers are demanding solutions that allow them all of the benefits of their green spaces with minimal negative impacts on nature. But implementing such ideals can be easier said than done.

Professionals across our sector need to communicate the very real challenges involved in ‘green horticulture’ in a way that is practical and honest. No one benefits if we jump on the ‘green washing’ bandwagon. There is much work here to be done!

Across five days over the June bank holiday weekend, 100,000 people relished the cornucopia of gardens, plants, products, flowers, food, music, education, demonstration, inspiration and craic provided by Bord Bia Bloom in Dublin’s Phoenix Park. HC celebrates the occasion across multiple pages, and shouts “Bualadh bos!” for the festival’s increasing commitment to biodiversity and sustainability in horticulture.

horticultural workforce.

In research in this issue of HC Paul Fitters and Dónall Flanagan analyse the results of Teagasc’s recent Spiraea quality trials, name the winners, and urge a new respect for these useful and attractive flowering plants.

Also from Teagasc, Alberto Ramos Luz assesses the most important physiological and environmental factors that impact apple size, in a piece providing great practical insight for apple-growers.

As the cessation of large-scale peat harvesting forces the compost industry to explore alternative materials, the race is on for peat compost replacements.

UCD horticulturalists Zoe Valentine and Noeleen Smyth in ‘Bring Out Your Dead!’ describe compost research being carried out by Teagasc, and analyse investigations undertaken by Zoe into compost alternatives made from sustainable materials.