Horticulture

The Irish Horticulture Sector is the 4th largest agriculture sector in Ireland. With a turnover in 2021 of €521 million and directly employing over 6,600 people, while occupying less than 1% of total land, horticulture contains a diverse range of sectors, such as mushrooms, potatoes, field vegetables, protected fruit, protected vegetables, outdoor fruit, and amenity crops such as nursery stock, protected crops including bedding plants, cut foliage, outdoor foliage and bulbs, Christmas trees and turf grass.

Food safety and the quality of horticultural products is of the utmost importance to everyone. To this end a variety of schemes and regulations have been put in place by the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine.

Explore the content below to find out what you need to do in order to succeed in Irish horticulture.

• Horticulture Schemes
• Registering as a Food Producer - What you need to know
• Registering as a Professional Operator
• New Plant Health Legislation
• Plant Passports
• Plant Health & Trade - Trader Notices
• Potatoes
• Beekeeping & Honey
• Plant Health & Trade
• Fresh Fruit and Vegetables - Marketing Standards (EU)
• Horticulture Link Newsletter

The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine is inviting submissions from all interested stakeholders on the Draft National Horticulture Strategy 2023-2027

Public consultation on the draft National Horticulture Strategy 2023-2027