THE continued growth in home ownership and increased emphasis on leisure and ecology is fuelling increased demand for landscape services and garden products, according to a Teagasc specialist, speaking at the Teagasc National Nursery Stock Conference in Naas last week.

THE country’s amenity and nursery stock industry is now worth in the region of €450 million, but there is increasing concern that the value of imports has surged to around €20m a year.