LJN Blog Posts

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

Players at Wirral Rugby Club on Merseyside are benefiting from the recently completed drainage works by leading natural sportsturf contractor Souters Sports.

The specialist contractor, based in both Cumbernauld, just north of Glasgow and Knutsford in

A detailed 3D map of tree canopy cover is supporting an English council’s ambition to turn its part of the Black Country green.

Bluesky’s National Tree Map data was supplied to Walsall Council for use in their tree management software complete with a

The Alzheimer’s Society is leading the fight against dementia and their inspiration campaign - Dementia Friends has touched the hearts of many of the Green-tech team.

The Dementia Friends initiative about breaking down the barriers and misconceptions

Three separate companies - Wyevale Containers, Wyevale Trees and Wyevale Transplants - have re-launched under a single Wyevale Nurseries brand.

The new company will be overseen by Managing Director, Andy Johnson. He said: “We aim to be the ‘one-stop-

Marshalls announced revenue from continuing operations for the four months ended 30 April 2014 was up 22% at £113 million (2013: £93 million). This compares with a 9% reduction for the same four month period last year. Compared with 2012, the continu

Forestry Commission Scotland is resuming harvesting work at Glen Righ on May 27 and will be dealing with some of the biggest trees that have had to be felled to date.

With some of the trees being nearly 40 metres high and weighing over 5 tonnes, the