New role working with myself and Kaye Burgess on the microbiological safety of horticultural crops as part of the HortAssure project funded by Dept of Agriculture, Food and the Marine. 38 month contract, closing date May 12th! Apply here bit.ly/3gv5yl2

First sighting of Asian hornet confirmed for Ireland. One insect was found ‘alive but dying’ on 25th of April, 2021 in north Dublin. No indication of breeding so nothing to worry about. See the Invasive Species Alert here biodiversityireland.ie/asian-hornet-a…

This is a great little video of the Lamb-Clarke Apple Collection. We had to post a photo of this superb picture of apples & blossoms from the collection, painted by Irish artist Deborah Lambkin, hanging on Level 4 of the James Joyce Library.🍎🍏

#ElenaSpinelli kicking off her pilot project monitoring #hydraulic benefits of #greeninfrastructure such as #stormwater #planters and #greenroofs. Olaf Schmidt (INACTIVE ACCOUNT) UCD School Ag & Food UCD Earth Institute David Brogan IrishResearch University College Dublin Sch. Biol. & Env. Sc Dublin City Council. #WomenInSTEM #Minerex #Soprema

Very interesting research by UCD School Ag & Food PhD student Elena Spinelli on invertebrate biodiversity of #GreenRoofs has started! First sampling season, so watch this space. #LoveIrishResearch

Caroline Elliot-Kingston, Head of Horticulture UCD School Ag & Food joins us now from UCD Rosemount Environmental Research located on myUCD Belfield Campus

Ashtown and Donall looking well on this sunny Friday! Calendula can bring huge colour to any garden…..

At this time of year we get lots of queries on composting and the use of compost. As part of the Best4Soil.eu project there are introductory factsheets and videos on composting available at best4soil.eu/factsheets and best4soil.eu/videos

Announcement! We have a new species for Ireland! Ivy Bee (Colletes hederae) was found on the 12/10/2021 at The Raven Nature Reserve in Co. Wexford by recorder Jim Kenny. A phenomenal find and certainly something to keep an eye out for to see if there are any other populations

Really excited to see these 2 new permanent positions in growing media and fruit research being advertised, both highly topical at the moment! Please retweet or forward to people who might be interested!

Calling every pomologist I ever met for RT's please. Researcher positions available in Ireland. Lee Kalcsits, Wageningen U&R, Cornell University, IFTA

Great to see Horticulture in Teagasc expanding their research capabilities!

Exciting opportunity for new Horticulture lecturer position at UCD! timeshighereducation.com/unijobs/listin… UCD School Ag & Food Agri Aware Teagasc Sch. Biol. & Env. Sc UCD Plant Science @

Pesticides and soils. From measuring pesticide levels in soils across Ireland to modelling their impacts on earthworms, here’s a thread about all the soil research from the PROTECTS project to mark #WorldSoilDay 1/15

Looking forward to the next edition of the University College Dublin #AgriFoodMatters podcast featuring Dr Dara Stanley and Dr Brian Tobin UCD School Ag & Food which comes out on Monday next. This months episode looks at the essential role of insects in agriculture, specifically pollinators.

Short thread 1). There will be a cabinet meeting today to possibly confirm a €3million package for the horticulture sector, to help offset increased input prices. To say to Charlie McConalogue and Pippa Hackett that this will be appreciated, but is very limited.

Attended the National Rowing Centre regatta 30.04.22. I informed Rowing Ireland that I, a ♿️ user, was trapped in the car b/c the sites completely inaccessible. Emails were shared & I spent days drafting an email w/relevant links to improve site accessibility.

Happy International Fascination of Plants Day. #PlantdaySetting up for lunchtime tours today was super fun ⁦UCD Rosemount⁩ ⁦UCDHort⁩

For #plantsday, Noeleen arranged a lunchtime tour of Rosemount to show some fascinating plants and plant science that is being done here at Rosemount by researchers from UCD School Ag & Food & Sch. Biol. & Env. Sc