 For a four-year period, he was also a presenter on the "Green Fingers" television programme, which was transmitted by BBC Northern Ireland, and RTÉ.He wrote on gardening topics for a number of Irish and UK newspapers, journals and magazines, including Ireland's most-read agricultural newspaper, the Farmers Journal, and the top-selling gardening magazine, "The Irish Garden".Robinson was the author of over 120 scientific publications, mainly on weed control, and joint editor of three books on horticultural science.