Competitors can now register and then take part in Round One any time from May 17th – May 23rd. Just follow the link yhoy.horticulture.org.uk
There are prizes at each level of the competition, including the prestigious Percy Thrower Trust Bursary of £2500 for the overall winner!

At present, Ireland has just over 770,000 hectares of forests or 11% of the land area. Ciara, our new virtual Teagasc Forestry 🌳🌲🌳🌲 Adviser provides some basic facts and figures on the forestry sector in Ireland, view it here bit.ly/3e3SmRg #TeagascDaily

It is with great delight for us to announce that our students at the Teagasc College of Amenity Horticulture have won the All Ireland Inter College Macra na Feirme Challenge 2021. Congratulations and thank you to all of the students that participated in this event. Teagasc

This Friday on RTÉ Nationwide: Joan Rogers, Cathal O’Sullivan, and Niamh Donohoe on various winter tasks in the Gardens – seed collecting, preparing the double border, and pruning apple trees.
Pictured: Prunus (cherry) coming into blossom)
Office of Public Works #FillYourHeartWithIreland

Check out 'TRY HORTICULTURE' eventbrite.com/e/try-horticul… @Eventbrite

Teagasc Nursery Stock Newsletter #11 2020 Brexit Imports - mailchi.mp/5a2e98c9db54/g…

Francis Collier, Teagasc Grange Farm Manager and Catherine Kenna discuss some key points and top tips for managing hedges on derogation farms such as one option of cutting 1/3 of hedging annually to ensure biodiversity will benefit. Teagasc Environment #HedgerowWeek2020

Kevin O’Connell, Teagasc Forestry Development Officer discusses some points relating to the management of trees & hedgerows as well as some of the benefits associated with the planting of trees & hedgerows in the development of biodiversity. Teagasc Environment #HedgerowWeek2020

A big thank you to all who joined us to celebrate our unique class of 2020 during our first-ever virtual graduation on Friday last. Your attendance was much appreciated. Congratulations & best wishes to everyone. Teagasc @HorticultureWIT

Plant Biology students! This is an interesting episode to watch. See how 100+ year old @DBNherbarium herbarium samples have been used to investigate the changing seasons here in ireland.

Remember our closing date for our level 6 horticulture course is this Friday the 27th of November at 5pm. Check out our website for more information. teagasc.ie/education/teag…

The closing date for applications for both full time and component modules for the QQI level 6 in horticulture has been extended until Friday the 27th of November 2020 at 5pm. All information can be found on our website.

Horticulture training at the Teagasc College in the National Botanic Gardens. Virtual information event on Wednesday 14th October 4-5 pm. For more information and to register for this event please click here eventbrite.ie/e/teagasc-bota…

Check out our September 2020 College Update teagasc.ie/education/teag…

While trees & forests cannot provide the full answer to climate change mitigation, they still have a highly significant role to play. There's other good reasons for expanding our forest resource. Tom Houlihan Teagasc Forestry 🌳🌲🌳🌲 tells us more bit.ly/38IDNQ9 #TeagascDaily

On a recent #thesignpostseries webinar, Teagasc Forestry 🌳🌲🌳🌲 Specialist Tom Houlihan explains the positive role that well-planned and sustainably managed farm forests can play in addressing climate change challenges. Find out more here bit.ly/38IDNQ9 #TeagascDaily

The water cycle is a series of flows & storage components from rain to evaporation. Soil type on a farm determines the path the water takes. Owen Fenton, Teagasc gives information on where the water & nutrients go. Read it at bit.ly/3ebDvlO #TegascDaily Teagasc Environment

Catch this happy news story on RTÉ News this evening. This bee orchid is so interesting & all the rest of our wildflowers will capture your imagination once you get to know them. Hopefully our pollinator efforts OConnellSchool will inspire many.
rte.ie/news/munster/2… via @rte

The 4th of July has gone, but we still have our own 'plant' fireworks #mesoscopy #calcium #arabidopsis