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Pam Lewis has worked with meadows and grassland all her life. Her own garden, Sticky Wicket in Dorset, was made famous by her book Making A Wildflower Meadow, first published in 2003 and now out in paperback. Sticky Wicket is composed of eight meadow

The Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) and Coventry University have launched a joint study to look at the effects gardening tools, combined with different gardening tasks, have on the physical health of gardeners.

The research, the first of its kind i

Fourteen of the 15 hottest years on record have occurred since 2000, according to the UN World Meteorological Organisation, as rising carbon emissions continue to trap heat and drive climate change.

The WMO’s new analysis narrowly places 2014 as the

A Chester-based gardening company has been fined after an employee suffered burns while lighting a pile of giant hogweed.

Greenstripe Ltd was prosecuted by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) after an investigation found the employee had been given

Labour will pitch itself as the party that will protect nature and the British countryside this week, with a promise to prevent publicly owned forests from being sold.

In a speech at an RSPB nature reserve on Tuesday, shadow environment secretary Mar

Little Aston Golf Club, at Sutton Coldfield in the West Midlands, experienced a bunker ‘wipe-out’ recently when an unexpected storm deposited over five inches of rainwater in an hour. All 93 of the course’s bunkers were left severely damaged, yet at

I have just purchased realtime landscape architect 2014. Has anybody used this software ? I am having problems when i have completed a design and then print the design it  is only a tiny section of an A4 sheet.  My expertise is not in computers so an

A self-employed arboriculturalist from Spalding has been fined after two workers  – a father and son – both suffered hand injuries while splitting logs.

Grantham Magistrates’ Court heard that on 8 March 2014, a 52-year-old man, who was working for Le

If you've ever pondered what trees think about life’s major issues, the city of Melbourne has come up with an elegant solution – you can email them and find out.

The city council has devised an interactive urban forest map that provides individual da

If you have been asked to clear a plot of land and are unlucky to cross asbestos then Defra has information on how to deal with the material.

Although aimed at farmers dealing with farm buildings, the advice may prove useful if you are clearing aroun

The Met Office has said snow showers will become widespread and heavier across Scotland, Northern Ireland and northern England during Wednesday evening and will continue through the night into Thursday morning.

Snow amounts will be very variable but

A tree surgeon who removed three limes that were protected by a Tree Preservation Order in a Walsall conservation area has been ordered to pay more than £800 by magistrates who also fined the property's owner £2,000.

Walsall Magistrates Court was tol

England's natural environment is in decline and its deterioration is harming the economy, an independent advisory group has told the government.

The Natural Capital Committee says pressures will rise with population growth and has called for a 25-yea

Decking is an excellent way to add both appeal and value to your home or premises. Patio or low level decking can be the perfect solution to hide an unattractive space or simply raise an area to be level with a conservatory. Decking is versatile and

A garden has been commissioned by the Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA) called Beyond Our Borders for RHS Chelsea 2015.

It will show one way that the UK government is working with overseas botanic gardens to protect the UK environment against ali

A landscape gardener who writes and illustrates his own children’s books during the winter is close to landing a publishing deal.

David Walker started writing stories for his son Latham, 14, and for the past 10 years he has sent his ideas to publishe

Due to an overwhelming increase in the demand for moss control and invasive weed control, Complete Weed Control (CWC) have launched two new services combined with new websites so that end users can obtain a comprehensive view of each of them.

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