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Bridgwater College’s Cannington Centre, in Somerset, recently held a Grow Careers in Horticulture event to encourage the next generation of professional horticulturists.

More than 50 local secondary school pupils from Robert Blake Science College and

There comes a time when your tennis court has reached that stage which at best could be called “worn out”.

No matter how much and often you had cleaned the court, eventually the surface will require remedial repairs and or freshening up with repaintin

As part of its plan to significantly increase business and provide customers with the highest level of service, Complete Weed Control has appointed Ben Smith as a new member of its head office team with immediate effect.

A former general manager at In

After Southampton FC and its rising young stars attracted much acclaim for their brand of flair football on the pitch, now the quality of its pitch has won a prestigious accolade for its grounds manager.

Andy Gray and the team at Southampton FC have b

Specialists from Natural Resources Wales are tracking the spread of a disease affecting larch trees by conducting helicopter surveys of public and private forests across Wales.

Initial results from a survey earlier this month found the disease (Phyto

A rare orchid has been discovered at a Dorset sewage works.

The early spider orchid was found on a grass roof at Swanage sewage treatment works by ecologists from Wessex Water after staff changed their usual mowing process.

It is unclear how the prot

In Britain, storage of water in garden water butts is increasing, potentially expanding mosquito larval habitats and influencing population dynamics and mosquito-human contact.

Changes to UK urban areas provide habitats for mosquitoes, including spec

The commercial landscape maintenance company, Norris & Gardiner - formed in 1964 by Cedric Norris & Colin Gardiner - has been acquired by the Gavin Jones Group.

Although wholly owned by Gavin Jones, Norris & Gardiner will continue to trade independen

Garden and leisure product supplier, Solus, has said that 91 staff will lose their jobs after administrators failed to find a buyer for the business.

Solus went into administration on 15 May with PwC representatives, Rob Hunt and Tony Barrell, appoin

William Sinclair - the growing media and horticulture product supplier - says that whilst order intake and sales early in the season were encouraging, the extent of the growth in revenues compared to the prior year that had been anticipated to result

A huge floral exhibit featuring a Falkland farm cart, dozens of planted wellies from St Monans in Fife and life-size figures of Bayleaf the Gardener, Dill the Dog and Parsley the Lion from children’s tv show ‘The Herbs’, is heading to Gardening Scotl

The Laurent-Perrier Garden (above) has been awarded Best Show Garden at the 2014 RHS Chelsea Flower Show, recognising its combination of texture, light and form, with a cool, contemplative design.

Best Artisan Garden went to the Japanese garden, Tog

The City of London Corporation is sponsoring an RHS Chelsea Flower Show garden for the first time to highlight the issue of the oak processionary moth (OPM).

Working alongside garden designer Helen Elks-Smith, the corporation hopes to raise awareness

It appears that the robin and sparrow could lead a threatened life after legislation has been proposed to make the destruction of their nests easier.

The Guardian reports upon a consultation by Natural England, the body that advises the government on

Fifteen Wyevale Nurseries' employees will walk 30 miles along the Mortimer Trail on Saturday, 7 June in aid of Greenfingers, which is dedicated to creating gardens at children’s hospices nationwide.

Adam Dunnett, Sales and Marketing Director at Wyev

The Treebox living wall is appearing on BBC One’s Countdown to Chelsea programme.

Treebox, which specialises in urban greening, has been working with garden designer Matthew Childs and Dan Riddleston of landscaping contractors Bowles & Wyer.

Countdo

The RHS Chelsea Appeal 2014 at this year's RHS Chelsea Flower Show (20–24 May) is raising funds to help the charity engage with more secondary schools.

The charity is also raising funds to create more horticultural apprentice positions over the next

Natural Resources Wales has decided to close part of a south Wales attraction later this year to carry out large-scale felling of trees affected by larch disease.

Forest Drive, a 7-mile road through Cwmcarn Forest, will close on Sunday 2 November 201

Following positive comments from greenkeepers and groundsmen at BTME in Harrogate earlier this year, Sherriff Amenity are pleased to announce the launch of the Duo, which is the only spreader available on the market to feature two dispersal plates fo

Angus Macleod, Course Manager at The Belfry, has selected SISIS Megaslit and Multislit tractor mounted deep slitters for maintaining the greens surrounds, approaches and fairways on all three world renowned courses.

Whilst Angus has only worked at the