HortiTrends Weekly Comment & News Digest November 2nd

It is the end of the road for old HortiTrends but we hope that we have something better to offer.

We are launching a new HORTI TALK forum that will allow you to discuss many of the important issues that are effecting our sectors today. Signup and get your own topic going!

We have also got a new EVENTS SECTION that will allow you to promote a trade or training event and also allow you to manage event ticket sales and registration.

Also we now have a dedicated jobs website www.JobsInHorticulture.ie so please have a look whether your are a jobseeker or employer it will make connecting with each other much easier

Just like all plant and gardening trends, technology has moved on for us and rather than a 'like to have' site upgrade, we were forced into the move as the online web and marketplace has moved on so much in the last 3 years.

Some of you may have clicked with a mixture of hope and anticipation that we really had gone away while other need their weekly dose of HortiTrends! Information and email inbox overload is problem for us all. Its only if the information that is useful to you, that will justify the time you spend browsing the newsletter or site. The unsubscribe button is at the bottom of the page but make sure to have a quick glance as you make your way down, just in case there is that important snippet of information that can help your business, organisation or career GROW.

We will also be back to normal sectioning of the news next week so that you will only be spending the time you really have to. We will present a more indepth tour of the new site next week and highlight lots of other new features.

We would also like to apoligise to those of you who have been expieriencing slow page load speed times or 404 errors as we have been beta testing the new site live over the last week.

Today's articles:

• Press Award Horti Fair for Semi-Closed Greenhouse
• The Secret Garden Centre Shortlisted for UK Garden Retail Awards
• Views Sought on How to Improve Ireland's Environment
• Hosta ‘Purple Heart’: Red Leaf Stems and Colourful Flowers
• First Tulip Portrait in Ireland
• HTA Supports Ban on Ash Imports but Calls for Compensation
• Open Energy Conference Opens in Dublin
• Farm Entrepreneurship and Leadership Programme
• Price of Potatoes Soared 177% Over 12 months

Top 10 Most Read Articles Last Week:

• NEWS ALERT - Chalara Disease Found in Young Ash Trees in Ireland for First Time
• This Weeks Premium Jobs in Horticulture Ireland
• 2012 Awards Results for Association Landscape Contractors Ireland
• 'Making it Grow' Klasmann Deilmann Supporting Irish Horticulture & Jobs
• ALCI Award 2012 - Private Gardens over €30,000
• New Thinking in Rainwater Harvesting
• ALCI Award 2012 - Private Gardens €10,000 - €30,000
• Past Glories Return as Glasshouses Bloom Again - Rare Victory for Historic Gardens in Ireland
• The Sodshow Wins Best Irish Podcast 2012
• The Six Key Issues for Retailers - by John Stanley 

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