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Tobermore have supplied a range of beautiful paving products for Oakhill Grange in Aberdeen, the impressive new development created by Dandara. Dandara are one of the UK’s largest independent property development companies, renowned for creating inno

Fines for companies caught flytipping on an industrial scale should triple to £9m, the Liberal Democrats have said.

The increased penalities would target businesses that avoid paying landfill tax by dumping rubbish in hedgerows, parks and roadsides,

The government's financial management of Kew Gardens is "a recipe for failure", MPs have said.

The Science and Technology Select Committee warns that cuts in government funding are placing Kew's world-class science status at risk.

The London-based or

The Association of Professional Landscapers (APL) is offering landscaping businesses APL Registered Membership for  £200 (plus VAT), plus a one off joining fee of £20.  

The APL is a specialist group of the HTA and was formed in 1995 to provide repre

Hundreds of thousands of Europeans will suffer a premature death in the next two decades as the result of governments’ failure to act on air pollution, Europe’s environmental watchdog has warned.

In 2011, the latest year for which figures have been r

A funding pot of more than £100,000 is available to support the planting of native broadleaf trees, creating new woodland habitats and providing potential long term income for landowners.

The woodland creation programme will be overseen by charityYor

Scientists say signs of spring are appearing earlier in woodlands because of temperature rises in past decades.

They predict that climate change will alter the order in which different trees start to grow leaves, with long-term implications for the s

The Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) is asking gardeners to help them chart the onset and progress of spring by recording when Magnolia campbellii trees bloom.
 
Magnolia campbellii are among the tallest of all flowering magnolia trees, with large

The Svalbard "doomsday" vault - widely known for protecting global food crop seeds - has accepted its first delivery of forest tree species seeds.

Norway spruce and Scots pine samples have entered the vault inside a mountain on the Arctic archipelago

TalkTalk customers are being warned about scammers who managed to steal account numbers and names from the company's computers.

In an email sent to every customer, TalkTalk said scammers were using stolen information to trick people into handing over

Limagrain UK has announced Simon White, head greenkeeper of the Chase Golf Club in Staffordshire, as the winner of its GoPro camera competition.

The competition was part of Limagrain UK’s appearance at BTME which also saw the launch of three new Limag

There are still places on this Safety and Health Awareness Day aimed at arboricultural contractors.

The event, which is being run by the Arboricultural Association on behalf of the HSE, is a chance for contractors to get a ‘one stop shop’ view of goo

Adopting a greener and more ethical lifestyle is becoming an increasingly important item on the agenda for the majority of UK citizens, which of course includes gardeners! According to the Green Shoots research under

Over 200 cricket groundsmen made their way to Dennis and SISIS’ cricket seminar hosted by St Albans School Trust where they refreshed their education on a variety of topics.

The seminar, which was supported by other key companies in the groundscare in

Why Choose Decking? 

Most people choose to have a deck built so they have a space between the garden and the house in which they can entertain guests, use as an outdoor dining area, an area to relax in warmer weather or simply to improve the look of a