Category: Horticulture

Horticulture Management Notes – November

November 1, 2020

Growing media alternatives A growing media is a substrate which provides a structure for plant growth and establishment. At present...

Green Legacy Hiroshima Project

September 29, 2020

Greenmount Campus is looking forward to the arrival this October of some very special tree seeds coming all the way...

Apply now for an Invest NI Innovation Voucher

September 4, 2020

An Invest Northern Ireland Innovation Voucher could help your business tap into specialist knowledge available at The College of Agriculture,...

Minister announces phased return of face-to-face industry support

August 4, 2020

DAERA Minister Edwin Poots MLA has announced plans for a phased return of face-to-face delivery of Knowledge and Technology programmes...

Is your dosing pump feeding your plants correctly?

May 21, 2020

Mark Huey Horticulture Adviser CAFRE Fertigation supplies essential nutrients as soluble nutrients through the irrigation system to produce a healthy...

Chelsea Flower Show Hasn’t Lost its Bloom for CAFRE’s Florists

May 15, 2020

For the first time since World War II, the UK’s annual and highly prestigious celebration of all things floral –...

Mind your ppms – they are very important

May 14, 2020

Mark Huey, Horticulture Adviser, Greenmount Campus, CAFRE Fertigation is a method of fertiliser application in which fertiliser is incorporated within...

CAFRE horticulture students help prepare Hillsborough Gardens for grand re-opening

April 10, 2019

Imagine Callum Burnside’s surprise when he met Prince Charles in the Walled Garden at Hillsborough Castle. Callum is a 1st...

Horticulture careers

February 28, 2019

Students thoughts were focused on jobs, careers and career progression at the recent horticulture careers forum.   Paul Mooney Head...

Bursary Success at Greenmount Campus

December 17, 2018

Christmas came early for twenty-four successful agriculture and horticulture students with the CAFRE Bursary programme at Greenmount Campus. Higher Education...

Medal winning Horticulture students

November 21, 2018

Horticulture students win medals at WorldSkills UK LIVE held at the Birmingham NEC The APL WorldSkills final took place last...

New bursary for Horticulture students

October 4, 2018

Out There Services joins the list of busary donors at Greenmount Campus. This new bursary which is for Foundation Degree...