Garden Retailing
Dave McClean
Dave McClean is a renowned business consultant
and is a director of Advanced Business Services (ABS). Working with sole
traders, SMEs and PLCs, across numerous sectors including FMCG retail,
pharmacy, medical, garden amenity and horticulture, legal services and
information technology ABS delivers a number of business solutions including:
business feasibility, implementation and development; commercial and strategic
analysis; marketing and brand development and competitor mitigation. To learn
more about ABS visit www.abs.ie
Landscape
Peter O'Toole Dip. Hort. (Kew)
Peter O'Toole is a Director of Peter O'Brien & Sons (landscaping) Ltd. and was 2007 Chairman of the Association of Landscape Contractors of Ireland (ALCI) Peter works at the cutting edge of modern Irish landscaping, addressing change and anticipating the challenges of the industry through professional standards and human recourses.
Landscape Design
Terry O'Regan
is a landscape design/environmental consultant, writer and lecturer and is currently working on a universal landscape management template provisionally titled 'The Landscape Circle'.
He can be contacted at bhl@indigo.ie or 021 4871460.
Sportsturf Management
Dr Tim Butler
Dr. Tim Butler is a sportsturf science agronomist and independent expert on all aspects of golf course, sports pitch, race track and lawn agronomy, drainage, construction, renovation and environmental management. Dr. Butler has lectured in sportsturf science, both Ireland and America and also carries out scientific research for the sportsturf industry. Contact Tim at timmbutler@hotmail.com or 062 55282.
Opinion and Comment
Jim Cowman
Jim Cowman has an extensive background in horticulture including landscape contracting, education and crop production. He has also worked in the local authority sector for 11 years and heavily involved in local community issues.
Official Photographer
Koraley Northen
Having built a formidable reputation as an efficient administrator, plantswoman and networking guru, while working for the Garden and Landscape Designers Association, Koraley has turned her attention to her other great passion, photography, and now works for a number of publications capturing events, current affairs and plant orientated images. she can be contacted at lkn@eircom.net
Nursery Stock Production
Elmer Dool
Elmer
Dool has worked at all levels of the nursery industry for over 30
years. In addition to being proprietor of Sunhill Nurseries he is also
a writer on horticultural matters and is active contributor to
Ireland's horticultural trade organisations.
Arboriculture
Kevin Birchall
Kevin Birchall is Managing Director of Treecare
Ireland. Treecare Ireland specialises in arborculture and forestry training.
The company is also the largest supplier of tree climbing equipement and
chainsaw PPE in Ireland. Tree
Care Ireland, Kilcoole, Rathoe, Co.
Carlow, Phone:
059 9148678, Fax:
059 9148629, www.treecareireland.com Treecare blog
