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The 300th anniversary of the birth of Lancelot ‘Capability’ Brown will be marked with a nationwide festival, thanks to a grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF).

The Landscape Institute has been awarded £911,100 by HLF to stage the Capability Brow

Following recent media coverage around the use of glyphosate the HTA has issued the following statement:

We urge gardeners to use the same common sense when applying glyphosate which they would apply to using any kitchen or garden chemical products.

Leaders and representatives of 30 European cities will gather in Paris on Thursday to declare their commitment to “clean” policies to fight climate change.

Officials will also sign a declaration agreeing to use their collective purchasing power – est

England’s ability to sustain current levels of flood protection for homes and businesses faces “major risks”, MPs have warned.

Some five million properties across the country, or around one in six, are at risk of flooding from coastal, river and surf

The Royal Jersey Golf Club has become the latest course to sign an exclusive supply agreement with Sherriff Amenity. The three year agreement covers the exclusive provision of fertilisers and chemicals.

With the links overlooked by Mont Orgueil castle

Planting farmland with strips of flowers can boost the number of wild bumblebees, a study has confirmed.

Not only does it attract foraging bees, but it also encourages nesting, say researchers at University of Sussex.

In past decades, many bumblebee

Italy must step up efforts to contain a bacterial disease blighting olive trees in the southern province of Lecce, the European Commission has warned.

The Xylella fastidiosa bacteria also threatens citrus fruit and vineyards.

The Commission says at l

Mosquitoes could bring diseases such as dengue fever and West Nile virus to the UK within the next few decades, experts are warning.

Writing in The Lancet Infectious Diseases journal, they said warmer UK temperatures could make conditions favourable

We’ve launched an ambitious plan to nurse the natural environment back to health and reverse the alarming decline in wildlife. Our strategy for the next decade will also see us invest in looking after the nation’s heritage.

Recognising threats to nat

The institution known as Kew Gardens is no stranger to enforced, cataclysmic change. In the early hours of October 16 1987 the Great Storm that blew through the south of England uprooted more than 700 trees at the Royal Botanic Gardens – and taught a

The Mental Health Foundation is carrying out a research project commissioned by Natural England’s Outdoors for All programme, which is asking people who are living with ‪‎dementia‬ and their ‪‎carers‬ about their activity and engagement with ‪nature

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Already known for professional sprayer quality the manufacturers of Hardi and Berthoud have now added a ‘comfort’ knapsack to their Cooper Pegler range, called the Evolution, in both a 15 & 20lt size.  

It combines the rugged reliabi

A stunning memorial has recently been unveiled in the North sea-port town of Hartlepool to mark 100 years since the town was bombarded by German warships in World War One. Tobermore are very proud to be involved in this moving tribute to those who lo

Trimax has announced that two of its popular rotary mowers - the Pegasus and the Procut, will now come complete with reduced maintenance spindles.

Somewhat of an operator’s dream, the new spindles offer extremely low maintenance and remove the tedious

Builders’ merchant Travis Perkins is to create 4,000 jobs – nearly three jobs a day – and 400 new branches across the country over the next four years. The majority of the jobs will be outside London and the south east.

There will be a mix of 170 app

Conservation covenants could allow landowners to protect their environment in perpetuity says Andrew Sells, Chairman of Natural England.

The importance of this country’s treasured landscapes to our economy, our health and our sense of identity is pe

Visitors to a County Durham park are being asked not to smoke when in or near the children's play area.

The outdoor play area at Riverside Park, in Chester-le-Street, is the first of 178 owned by Durham County Council to become a smoke-free zone.

The

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