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A celebration of all things woods lies at the heart of the second Grown in Britain week that runs from 13 to 19 October 2014.

Organised by industry groups within the forestry and woodland sector, the week of events looks to help promote everything fr

Etesia UK has confirmed its attendance at the ‘Coping with Slopes’ event which is being held on 22nd October. The company say recent reports of operators losing their lives in bank mowing accidents have triggered a high demand for demonstrations of t

Natural England and Defra have provided detailed information on what to do should a project you are working on have to deal with the presence of bats.

All bat species and their breeding or resting places (roosts) are protected, with the threat of pri

Crown Woods College in Eltham, South East London have become the latest sports facility to benefit from the specialist artificial surface cleaning from Replay Maintenance – one of the UK’s leading synthetic sports pitch maintenance providers.

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Injecting trees with a concentrated form of garlic might help save trees in the UK from deadly diseases.

Operating under an experimental government licence, a prototype piece of technology to administer the solution is being trialled on a woodland es

What comes after an Indian summer? Alan Abel, a Complete Weed Control franchisee for over 30 years tackles this sixty-four thousand dollar question as we have been treated to an exceptional weather run, which looks set to continue into the autumn.

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A tree surgeon dislocated his hip after falling more than 18 metres to the ground when the limb of a diseased tree he was working on gave way, a court heard today.

Daniel Hunt, 40, from Lydney, also suffered cuts and bruising in the incident at Court

Martin Guy Developments, a rapidly expanding golf course maintenance contractor based in the South East of England, is pleased to announce the appointment of Paul Copsey as Project Manager.

Paul will focus initially on the course maintenance side of t

Defra has published detailed guidance on landscape and seascape character assessments, designed to help in a variety of projects.

Defra says:

Landscape character assessment (LCA) is the process of identifying and describing variation in character of

A landlord is counting the cost of cutting down parts of three English oak trees without permission from the council.

Shabbir Ahmad, of Winchester Road in Tilgate, appeared at Crawley Magistrates' Court on Wednesday, October 1 charged with causing or

Blackpool Victoria Hospital, Lancashire, has recently undergone an amazing transformation following a £16.5 million redevelopment project designed by Gilling Dod and delivered by construction firm, Wilmott Dixon.

This redevelopment scheme has meant th

Sherriff Amenity has announced that it is now offering the Fortetub range of twin walled tree shelters exclusively to the UK market. The Fortetub range enhances plant survival on all Landscaping, Forestry and Agricultural planting projects.

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Seppi, Italian specialists in manufacturing top, quality forestry mulchers and mowers, unveiled its newest product at the recent APF 2014. The Starsoil, which is the latest soil tiller and stone crusher, certainly lived up to its name and Lamberhurst

NETWORK Rail have halted their plans to carry out a mass tree felling operation along Formby railway line after failing to consult residents on the proposals.

As reported in the Champion last week (September 24) residents living along College Avenue

Populations of toxic oak processionary moth (OPM) ‘exploded’ this summer despite control efforts, spreading from west London to as far as Stratford’s Olympic Park.

Children at a school have been affected and arborists at Kew Gardens have developed ra

Early Met Office figures show this is set to be the driest September across the UK since records began in 1910, with exceptionally low rainfall for many parts of the country.

It is also likely to finish in the top five warmest, with UK mean temperatu

The number of wild animals on Earth has halved in the past 40 years, according to a new analysis. Creatures across land, rivers and the seas are being decimated as humans kill them for food in unsustainable numbers, while polluting or destroying thei

New employment rights are set to come into force from October 1, 2014, that allow staff the chance to take time off work to accompany a pregnant woman to an ante-natal appointment.

Government guidance explains how an employee who has a qualifying rel