Why are there so few female designers at the Chelsea flower show? 
In more than 225 Main Avenue show gardens since 2000, only about 60 had any participation by women designers.

Every year thousands of hedgehogs are injured and killed in gardens 
Campaign is launched to raise awareness of the damage garden equipment can cause with advice on steps you can take to protect hedgehogs.

Bracken Control – Asulox herbicide back for a limited period only 
This year’s legislation is now approved and a limited production run is being done by the manufacturers.

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Staff member doing cash in hand work 
Can a balance be reached when it turns out a staff member has been doing work cash-in-hand in their own time?

Problem with a 5 year old garden 
Update on how one landscaper is dealing with the problem of rotten timber in a raised bed five years after installation.

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Featured job vacancy

Commercial Projects Estimator Thurrock 
CED Ltd is one of the market leaders specialising in the supply of natural stone products to the UK landscape and construction Industries. They have an exciting and challenging vacancy with good career prospect for the right candidate.

They currently require a Commercial Projects Estimator within their busy commercial division based at West Thurrock, Essex. 
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More from the forum and blogs

Herbicide record keeping 
What do people use as a spray record book that would be suitable for small domestic situations?

Number 10 gardeners announce first walkout in 37 years 
Gardeners at 10 Downing Street down tools over calls for a London living wage of £9.15 per hour.

Ear defenders for round brimmed hat 
Can anyone advise me on a good comfortable pair of ear defenders I can wear with in conjunction with a round brimmed hat?

Nearly three quarters of British gardening customers turn to the web for advice 
Online gardening advice has become popular since the turn of the decade, with blogs and forums allowing people to follow others as they transform their gardens.

Rise in artificial lawns threatens Britain's wildlife 
Experts say the grass provides no benefit to wildlife and if the popularity continues to rise then we could see a decline in bird, insect and mammal populations.

News headlines

Almost a quarter of UK front gardens now paved over 
Britain's front gardens are increasingly turning from green to grey, with almost a quarter now entirely paved over, a survey for the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) suggests.

Harlequin ladybirds declared UK's fastest invading species 
Harlequin ladybirds have been declared the UK’s fastest invading species after reaching almost every corner of the country in just a decade.

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Press releases

The Rams praise ‘Spot-on’ Complete Weed Control 
Andy Croft - head groundsman at Derby County FC, has heaped praise on Complete Weed Control (East Midlands) as the UK’s leading sports and amenity weed control contractor enter their tenth year at working at Pride Park stadium.

New North West technical area sales manager for Everris 
Everris UK has announced the appointment of Phil Collinson as its new Technical Area Sales Manager for the North West.

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