Media, Speaking & Public Engagement
Media, Speaking &
Public Engagement
Peter Dowdall brings horticultural expertise into wider conversations about how we live.
Peter Dowdall is an Irish horticulturist, broadcaster and writer whose work looks beyond the garden gate. Through Beyond Gardens, he explores how horticulture, food growing and green space contribute to health, biodiversity, climate resilience and the way communities and places function.
A single horticultural intervention, a tree, a community garden, a food-growing project, can produce benefits across health, biodiversity, climate resilience and community, all at once.
Credible commentary and campaign involvement
Peter writes and contributes regularly across Irish print and broadcast media, including RTÉ Today, C103 and the Irish Examiner, and is a regular contributor to RSVP Magazine and Reach Media publications throughout Ireland and the UK.
For PR agencies, Peter brings credible front-of-campaign expertise on subjects that are increasingly hard to communicate convincingly: gardens, biodiversity, food growing, climate resilience, wellbeing, placemaking and our relationship with the natural world. His involvement is grounded in genuine horticultural knowledge rather than a borrowed media presence.
He is available for:
- Features and opinion pieces
- Editorial comment and expert quotes
- Campaign spokesperson work grounded in real horticultural expertise
- Interviews across print, broadcast and digital
The societal role of horticulture
Peter speaks on why gardens, planting and food growing should be understood as social, environmental and health infrastructure, rather than simply a leisure activity or retail category.
He is a regular speaker at horticultural events, including Bloom, and at corporate events throughout Ireland.
His talks and panel contributions are built on real evidence rather than opinion alone, aimed at audiences who don't necessarily come from a horticultural background, including public health, education, climate and community development audiences.
Themes available for keynotes, panels and moderated conversations include:
- The Horticulture Multiplier Effect: how one intervention creates value across multiple budgets
- Beyond Gardens: horticulture as social and health infrastructure
- Growing Healthier Places: gardens, streets, schools and public space
- The future role of horticulture in health, food, climate and community
Related reading on the evidence behind these arguments:
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