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GLDA Portfolio Assessments 2011

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The Big Question Competition : Win a free Seminar ticket!

Preparations are under way for the 14th annual Garden and Landscape Design
Association seminar, which will take place on Saturday, January 28th in the
visitor’s centre of the National Botanic Gardens. Proudly sponsored by Bord
Bia, the GLDA seminar has become the foremost design event and networking
opportunity in Ireland’s horticultural calendar. Entitled, Biodiversity &
Sustain-ability: isn’t that the question, and featuring talks by three of
the world’s most renowned speakers - Rick Darke, Phil Askew and Dr. Matthew
Jebb - the daylong event promises to be one of engagement, provocation and
insight.

With a view to stimulating debate around the core issues of the seminar,
the GLDA is holding a competition to find the most interesting question to
put to the seminar speakers. To enter the competition, all you have to do
is consider the speaker’s titles and post your question on the GLDA
Facebook or Twitter pages or via the Linkedin group Horticulture Ireland.
The last day for posting questions is Friday, January 20th, 2011. Upon the
close of the competition, questions will be collated, reviewed and a winner
chosen by the GLDA council. The winning question will be put to the
nominated speaker at the seminar.

Speaker titles

Ricke Darke: The Layered Landscape: producing sustainable and biologically
diverse landscapes.

Phil Askew: The 2012 Olympic Park - a sustainable legacy for London

Dr Mathew Jebb: The Science of Botany being not only generally useful, but
even absolutely necessary to us mortals



For more information on the speakers and the seminar please visit
www.glda.ie or check out the Garden and Landscape Design Association page
on Facebook. For competition terms and conditions please email the GLDA on
info@glda.ie

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