Glasgow's newest and largest hospital has been named the ‘Queen Elizabeth University Hospital’ after Her Majesty the Queen officially opened the record-breaking facility in July 2015. A fabulous expanse of Tobermore’s permeable Hydropave Sienna Duo a
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Every build has its own challenges, but adding fencing and drainage as well as furniture to an active and sensitive hospital ward was certainly an unusual one. Over 10 weeks, the Ground Control team excavated the exterior, added drainage, planted hed
Prize money in The Artisan Garden Design Competition being run by the organisers of Gardening Scotland has risen to £6,000 following support from The Cross Trust.
There are now three awards of £2,000 each will be given to designers who submit the bes
House builder David Wilson Homes has been named as sponsor of the Show Garden Avenue at Gardening Scotland 2014.
The national flower and outdoor living show, which next year will take place from Friday, 30 May until Sunday, 1 June at The Royal Highla
The organisers of Gardening Scotland are calling on the landscape industry in Scotland to take full advantage of the opportunity offered by the country's only national horticultural event as a place to showcase their talents to the public.
Thirty fi
A fungicide with a long history of use in the agricultural sector is to be trialled for its potential to help reduce the impact of a serious fungal disease affecting pine woodlands.
Concerned that Dothistroma needle blight, which affects mainly pine
The RHS in Scotland has launched a new £100,000 fund that will be distributed over the next three years to support grassroots community gardening across the nation.
Gardening groups will be able to apply for funds to make a difference in their neighb
New measures have been introduced by the Scottish Government to further deter those involved in wildlife crime.
There have been a number of recent reports and court cases that suggest wildlife crime is still on-going through the use of poisons, illeg
Seed potato grower, Ian Barbour from Annan, has smashed the Guinness World Record for exhibiting seed potatoes at Gardening scotland 2013.
Barbour from JBA Seed Potatoes and a team of volunteers spent three days washing more than 3000 individual pot
Five-year-old Edinburgh twins Olivia and Matthew Ducreux who are supporters of Poppyscotland meet a one-and-a-half tonne turf panda in the Turffit Garden for Gardening Leave at Gardening Scotland 2013.
Both charities are taking part in the national g
Edinburgh plays host to the Gardening Scotland show which takes place from Friday 31 May until Sunday 2 June at the Royal Highland Centre.
The event plans on showcasing the work of top designers and landscapers right through to amateur gardening club
One of Scotland's rarest carnivores is showing encouraging signs of recovery, a new report has highlighted.
From Argyll to Aberdeenshire, and Caithness to the central belt, the pine marten is proving that rare mammals can recover their numbers, given
SIFSS is a web interface that allows you to:
- Compare your soil to national averages calculated from the Scottish Soils Database
- Find out what soil type in is in your area
- Explore the characteristics of around 600 different Scottish soils
- Discover th
House builder, Barratt Homes is to sponsor the Show Garden avenue at Gardening Scotland 2013
The national gardening and outdoor living show attracts 40,000 visitors every year and the inspirational Show Gardens, which are created by top designers and
On 5th Jan 2012, Hariom Trade International confirmed its growing reputation as a leading supplier of construction materials for roads by securing another major order approx. 10 KM from Eastern Europe. Our client is prominent in the comprehensive exe
I have been operating for over 2 years now and things have gone well. I have (perhaps predictably) got a bit obsessed with running this business and am looking to take things a step further, to work with more clients on bigger jobs and to increase em
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