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The European Commission's proposal for a plant reproductive material law, also known as the 'seed regulation', has been withdrawn.

The proposals had been voted down by the European Parliament earlier this year, but it is now on a list of projects (No

This year is on track to be the warmest ever recorded in Europe, and greenhouse gas emissions played a major role, according to new research. Scientists have analysed centuries of temperature records to conclude that this year’s warmth was made at le

Just hours before a landmark debate in Parliament on cuts to Kew Gardens funding, secured by Zac Goldsmith MP, the Government has rushed out an announcement that a further £2.3million is going to be awarded during the 2015/2016 financial year.

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Hi everyone,

Does anyone have any good suggestions for getting cover for landscape foreman holiday?

I am trying standard routes such as AndersPlus but we're in a bit of a unique situation in that our foremen are also trainers of apprentices, so they ha

The Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (Defra) want to know what people think about proposals for new laws to allow the seizure of vehicles for suspected waste crime offences.

The draft regulations will help the department reduce illega

Situated on the banks of the River Wear, the fabulous Durham Marriott Hotel Royal County offers sensational views of England's famous Durham Castle and Cathedral. The ground works of the premises has recently been redeveloped and now boasts a splend

Famed as the birthplace of the first ever locomotive to operate in America, the recent regeneration project on the Old Foundry in Stourbridge into the ultra-modern new Stourbridge Lion Medical Centre, has earned much media attention! Renovation work 

The timber from a 300-year-old walnut tree which perished in last winter's storms has been turned into pens.

Fierce winds last December smashed branches off the tree at Lydiard House in Swindon and also damaged the trunk.

The gardening team at the co

A study has calculated that the most dense store of carbon in Amazonia is in underground peatlands and not in trees on the surface.

A research team used satellite data as well as field measurements to determine the most accurate estimates to date.

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China is holding back the desert, for now. The Great Green Wall – a massive belt of trees being planted across China's arid north in what might be the largest ecological engineering project on the planet – seems to work, according to a new study.

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I can tell you that we are in a youngish beech wood, ideal for truffles as beech is a host tree. Today we are looking for Tuber aestivum, the black summer truffle that is one of the best edible truffles growing in Britain. Like many fungi, they have

A new exhibition curated by The Building Centre and the Landscape Institute will exemplify how landscape architecture can offer sustainable solutions to the big challenges facing contemporary urban society including flooding and public health.
 
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Complete Weed Control has announced that it has appointed Simon Akerman as its new area manager covering London South-East, London Central and London North East. Simon was promoted internally and is relishing the challenge of his new position.

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Having a head for heights is a pre-requisite for the four strong team of gardeners at St Michael’s Mount, located just off the south Cornwall coast.

As part of the work to conserve the 12th Century castle, the granite stone walls need weeding three t

Torrid European summers like the one in 2003 which claimed an estimated 70,000 lives are set to become a regular occurrence within two decades and the “new normal” by the end of the century, according to a new Met Office study.

The climate modelling,

Last week four Soil Association trustees resigned from the charity accusing it of lacking conviction on organic. But to create real change you sometimes just have to compromise, says Craig Sams.

In 1946 two pioneering women, Eve Balfour and Dr. Innes