Landscape Juice Newsletter: Citrus longhorn beetle, scrap 'dodgy' ladders, behind a garden design

LANDSCAPE JUICE NEWSLETTER
Wednesday 28 September 2011
http://www.landscapejuice.com/

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Be vigilant for presence of Citrus longhorn beetle
Fera are asking the public to be vigilant and report any sightings
http://www.landscapejuice.com/2011/09/vigilent-citrus-longhorn-beetle.html

From Garden City to Green City at the London Garden Museum
re-visit a time when areas like Brixton and Waterloo could be depicted as rural idylls
http://www.landscapejuice.com/2011/09/from-garden-city-to-green-city-london-garden-museum.html

Where the wind blows a garden blooms
Just one of the challenges The Handmade Garden Company faced
http://www.landscapejuice.com/2011/09/wind-blows-garden-blooms.html

Use of Asulam for bracken control may still be possible
There is the possibility of emergency authorisation being given for the bracken control herbicide Asulam
http://www.landscapejuice.com/2011/09/asulam-bracken-control.html

Scrap your 'dodgy' ladders with the HSE
More than 8,000 'dodgy' ladders have been taken out of use as part of the Health and Safety Executive's (HSE) ladder exchange initiative
http://www.landscapejuice.com/2011/09/scrap-dodgy-ladders-hse.html

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Pre-register for Creating Landscapes and you could win an iPad2
Fill in our online form, visit the show on either one of the days and your name will go into a draw to have a chance to win
http://bit.ly/oldIGh

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New species of passion flower discovered in the Amazon
Scientists at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and the University of São Paulo have been working on a collection of specimens from the region
http://www.landscapejuice.com/2011/09/new-passion-flower-amazon.html

Ten designers from the Society of Garden Designers hold an open day
Over the course of this year, a total of thirty gardens have been open during different seasons
http://www.landscapejuice.com/2011/09/society-of-garden-designers-september-25.html

Fighting leaf miner bug to save conkers
Horse chestnut trees have been disfigured by attack from the larvae of Cameraria ohridella
http://www.landscapejuice.com/2011/09/leaf-miner-conkers.html

The Scraptors world beyond the garden gate
If you go down to the woods you might be in for a surprise
http://www.landscapejuice.com/2011/09/scraptors-stourhead-trail.html

Get a bit batty with the Big Bat Map
The Bat Conservation Trust warns that bats face many threats, they are losing their homes in buildings and trees
http://www.landscapejuice.com/2011/09/big-bat-map.html

Why the gardener is top of the class
If there is one group of people equipped to redress the balance and to teach kids where vegetables come from, it is gardeners
http://www.landscapejuice.com/2011/09/garden-school.html

Will Sarah Raven boost appeal of bees and wild flowers?
Gardening presenter Sarah Raven is heading up a new show starting on Wednesday 21 September called Bees, Butterflies and Blooms
http://www.landscapejuice.com/2011/09/sarah-raven-bees-flowers.html

The art of common sense, interview with Beth Chatto
Carol Miers spends time with the gardening legend
http://www.landscapejuice.com/2011/08/interview-beth-chatto.html

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