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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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With spring just around the corner I thought I'd make a short sequence of spring flowers in time lapse. After a cold winter when most of the plants are dormant it's nice to know that our gardens will soon be bursting back into life. I hope you enjoy

Twitter has a message for its top users: Stop sharing Instagram links.

The social network sent out prompts Thursday to a batch of its high-profile users, nudging them not to tweet links to Instagram photos, and instead post photos directly through Tw

A Tory MP who tried to stop the introduction of plain cigarette packets has received £5,000 in Chelsea Flower Show tickets from a leading tobacco firm, reports the Daily Mail,

Dame Angela Watkinson has received two tickets to the Royal Horticultural

Escape the winter cold and enter the steamy Princess of Wales Conservatory, at Kew Gardens, for a truly beautiful orchid festival.

Orchids use extraordinary means to tempt, exploit and attract their pollinators: Colour, shape and smell all play a r

Trees need to play a more important role in town planning, said architect and masterplanner Sir Terry Farrell upon his appointment as trustee of The Trees and Design Action Group (TDAG).

Sir Terry Farrell claims the value of trees, and the many benef

Grass lawns soak up carbon dioxide, which is stored in the soil after the cut grass rots and so, like trees, they are considered good for the planet. But Dr Chuanhui Gu of Appalachian State University in the US says that once the energy expended by m

GARDEN centres last year (2014) saw the biggest rise in sales in less traditional areas of trade according to the Garden Centre Association’s (GCA) Barometer of Trade results.

Shoppers kitted out their gardens with furniture and enjoyed plenty of bar

See exotic butterflies take flight amongst the flowers and fruit of the nectar plants in the tropical paradise of the Glasshouse. The tree ferns, tall palms, lush-leaved creepers and dazzling flower displays give an air of expectation and drama – li

US scientists are asking the public to join them in their quest to mine the Earth's soil for compounds that could be turned into vital new drugs.

Spurred on by the recent discovery of a potential new antibiotic in soil, the Rockefeller University tea

(image: Walled garden in the 1960's)

Mount Stewart’s world famous house and gardens are set to be reunited with their historic demesne after more than 50 years.

The news comes as the National Trust today announced plans which will see the area which

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Andrew Harland
Landscape Architect, Senior Partner of LDA Design

Apply now to be part of the Beautiful Boarders Competition at BBC Gardeners' World Live 2015

Beautiful Borders are unique to BBC Gardeners' World Live, providing an opportunity for horticultural students and budding gardeners to experience the design,