Rural Life
Mount Congreve named as partner garden by Royal Horticultural Society
Mount Congreve Gardens in Kilmeaden, Co. Waterford has been officially designated as a partner garden by the Royal Horticultural Society...
gardening
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Former farm manager who designed garden at Bloom passes away
A former farm manager from Co. Kildare, who designed a garden which featured at Bord Bia Bloom 2024 has sadly...
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Watch: How Cavan farm partnership combats scour
Scour occurs when the gut becomes compromised and calves lose proper functioning of the intestine, resulting in diarrhoea and loss...
Environment
Bord Bia expects 100,000 visitors to Bloom 2024
Embracing the outdoors for health and wellbeing, planet-conscious living and quality Irish food are some of the many themes that...
Women in Agriculture
You grow girl: Connecting food and land in The Edible Flower
No story feels better to share today – International Women’s Day (Wednesday, March 8) – than that of two women...
Rural Life
Six community groups crowned 'Get Ireland Growing' champions
Six community groups from across Ireland have been crowned the champions of the Energia Get Ireland Growing initiative 2022 in...
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Eco garden centre opens in midlands
Two midlands men who knew each other through farming connections have worked together to create a €2million, 5ac eco garden...
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Lockdown gardening 'connected people with agriculture'
From baking banana bread to learning TikTok dances, there were a lot of trends we joined in on during lockdown...
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Re-Start grows links with refugees through gardening initiative
Re-Start, a social enterprise created by Enactus University of Limerick (UL) students, is working to integrate refugees and asylum seekers into...
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Watch: Offaly farmer makes big savings by 'going solar'
Imagine standing on your farm, knowing you have taken steps to secure its future. The sun is shining, not just...
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Food, farming and gardening to take centre stage at Bloom 2016
Bord Bia’s annual Bloom festival will open to the public in the Phoenix Park, Dublin tomorrow morning, June 2, marking its...
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1916, Tarzan and mental health-themed gardens to feature at Bloom
Over 100,000 people are expected to descend on the Phoenix Park between Thursday, June 2 and Monday, June 6 for Bloom...
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Monty Don set to be the highlight of Carlow Garden Festival
The highlight for many, at this year’s Carlow Garden Festival is Monty Don, a gardening guru who is renowned for...
Rural Life
Were you one of the 94,000 people who attended Bloom?
Over 94,000 people attended Bord Bia’s Bloom festival in the Phoenix Park, Dublin over the June bank holiday weekend, Bord...
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Gromór campaign to get the country growing their own food
65 garden centres across the country are taking part in a new campaign, Gromór, to get the country growing their...
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Women and over 55s drive €631m spend on gardening in Ireland
Irish consumers’ gardening spend has increased by 22% since 2011 to reach €631m in 2014, and the value of Ireland’s...
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Cow monitoring app 'means we can stay farming for longer'
Sylvia and John Powell installed Nedap cow monitoring on their 250-strong herd in February 2023. Farming just outside Birr, Co....
