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Exbury Gardens' head gardener John Anderson is hailing the 2015 display of magnolias as the most exciting in his 10 year tenure, and advises that the display will be at its best for the next ten days.

"I’d urge visitors to get to Exbury quickly to se

A DIY method of measuring plant health using a modified digital camera has been created by a Kickstarter Public Labs project.

The Infragram project involves removing the inbuilt infrared filter and adding a filter that blocks visible red light instea

Built in the 1870s, Cody Dock was once an industrial heartland, employing thousands of people at gas and chemical works.

But in the past 25 years it lay abandoned, blocking people from walking the length of the Lea River.

The effort of volunteers and

Trimax Mowing Systems UK has announced the appointment of David Thompson as their new UK and Europe Manager.

Expansion is in the air at Trimax, as the company continues to make its mark in the groundscare market: David’s appointment signals the second

A recent change of ownership at Charlton Athletic FC means that Christmas has come early for head groundsman Nathan Chapman. After the new owners revealed their intentions of a significant investment at the stadium and also in the turf maintenance ma

The dwindling number of people in the UK with horticultural skills represents a major challenge to the horticultural industry in trying to meet the growing demands placed on it.

As part of the industry-wide ‘Horticulture Matters’ campaign to raise th

Nine garden centre chains including B&Q and Homebase stock product containing neonicotinoid linked to bee declines, says Ethical Consumer

Garden centres are being urged to withdraw products which contain a type of pesticide linked to bee declines.

In

Following a failed FA test on Shrewsbury Sports Village’s 3G pitch, England’s football governing body recommended bringing in the help of Replay Maintenance to help solve the problem.

The eight year old pitch unfortunately failed to pass a pitch test

Problem

The soil beneath the grass on your lawn tends to become compacted over time and as a result has too many solid particles in a certain volume or space which prevents proper circulation of air, water and nutrients within the soil. The reasons f

Notable for being one of the twelve founder members of the Football League in 1888, Derby County FC is a proud club that plies its trade at the aptly named Pride Park stadium. The stadium’s pitch is something that the club take particular pride in, a

A new business has set up a network of landscapers to link them to their customers.

Ethan Mason is growing a network of recommended landscapers, called Ethan Mason Stone Champions.

Founder Mike Leeming, said: "We are dedicated to supporting professio

The Etesia Hydro 124 and Hydro 144 models, which are available with high-tip, ground tip or four-wheel-drive options are living proof you can have three machines in one working all-year round for you.

One minute they can be the best cut and collect ri

THE south east corner of England faces increased pollution levels on Friday, 10 April warns Defra.

It says: "Levels of air pollution are forecast to become High across central, eastern and northern England, with locally Very High pollution levels for

US authorities have determined that the highly toxic pesticide methyl bromide caused a Delaware family to become seriously ill at a US Virgin Islands resort, and that the chemical was used at the resort several times in the past year, officials said

Ahead of the launch of the 2015 RHS Britain in Bloom campaign, Europe’s biggest community gardening movement, the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) is announcing Chris Beardshaw as an RHS ambassador, with a special focus on promoting community garden

St Georges Park, the FA’s National Football Centre, was recently awarded the Institute of Groundsmanship’s (IOG) Best Maintained Artificial Pitch of the Year. It was a great achievement for head groundsman Alan Ferguson and his team, who have acknowl

Many of the finest independent ‘hero’ plant growers and specialist garden product makers from around the UK will be exhibiting at the spring Plant Finders Fair, and will be held at its brand new location, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, from 24 to 26 Apr

It’s like meeting the Duke of Wellington preparing for the Battle of Waterloo. Standing knee-deep among ranks of plants and shrubs, 30-year-old garden designer Matt Keightley is sketching out tactics for the Chelsea Flower Show.

The event opens on Ma

SALTEX 2015 continues to attract the industry’s biggest names after both Ransomes Jacobsen and John Deere confirmed their attendance at the November show.

The news follows the recent announcement that show organisers have added an extra hall to accomm

It has been some week for the Luftwaffe. First, a 1,000lb Nazi bomb discovered in Bermondsey near to the Shard forced 1,200 residents to flee their homes, as well as closing three schools and numerous shops - Strike 1.

A few days later, a police stat