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National Gardening Week is up and running and takes place until 20 April, 2014, with events on offer the length and breadth of the UK.

This year, to celebrate the 50th anniversary of RHS Britain in Bloom, the UK’s largest volunteering project, the we

Three garden cities are to be built, with at least 15,000 homes each, with the aim to tackle Britain's chronic housing shortage, Nick Clegg has said.

The deputy prime minister has issued a 'call to arms for visionaries' who have new and interesting i

A visionary project to accelerate the expansion and restoration of the country’s native Caledonian pine forests to their former glory will see thousands of trees planted on a nature reserve in Speyside.

The ambitious conservation scheme aims to expa

The Royal Forestry Society (RFS) is launching a flagship programme, Conifers for Colleges, to involve forestry students in research into the species which will ensure a healthy UK timber industry in the future.

Moulton College in Northamptonshire and

A new simpler licensing process for bats, which came into force on 31 March 2014, will save developers and consultants time and money.

The new annexed licence will reduce the number of licence re-submissions and will help Natural England meet its tar

Garden writer and broadcaster Alys Fowler is urging people to create bee-friendly gardens and help save these crucial pollinators.

The former Gardener's World presenter is passing on some bee boosting tips after teaming up with Friends of the Earth f

granite setts here we have a driveway project 190m2 plus we removed old concrete drive placed lean-mix concrete for base as we had clay under old drive 24m3 used.we installed 3000 litre rain harvester tank from germany .we are using reclaimed granite

It’s only been 30 days since we were talking about saturated ground and not being able to travel on it.

Now, we’ve seen that they were watering Cheltenham Race Course on the Thursday of the Festival, and we haven't had any significant rainfall during

An online petition has been launched calling on the government to reverse funding cuts at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

The gardens in west London face a £5m shortfall in revenue in the coming financial year and it is feared around 125 jobs will be

Scottish Premiership football club Hibernian have become the latest top flight club to purchase a new Dennis G860 34” professional mower with a range of interchangeable cassettes for use at their Easter Road Stadium.

The Dennis G860 first impressed Co

A party of Sherriff Amenity customers, delegates and staff from the company and sponsors Everris recently attended the Golf Industry Show in Orlando which followed the company’s education programme at BTME in Harrogate.

The group for the trip was made

In a study of bee colonies covering 17 EU countries, the UK was found to be suffering one of the worst rates of honeybee colony deaths in Europe.

The study, called Epilobee, described 10% as an acceptable threshold for bee colony mortality - and Gree

The future of one of Britain’s most important bog wildlife sites has been assured thanks to Natural Resources Wales’ purchase of the area’s last remaining peat cutting rights.

Fenn's Mosses is a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) that straddl

Celebrity gardener Rachel de Thame is leading the search for the UK's best urban garden designers to exhibit at 2014's Dig the City festival - which returns to Manchester’s thriving retail district from Saturday 2 to Sunday 10 August.

Following the s

The Soil Association's, Save our Seeds campaign, was highlighted by the charity's head of horticulture who recently spoke at the Edible Garden Show.

Ben Raskin, right, spoke about the growing threat to our seed diversity and the importance of saving

Gardening is the solution to wider issues such as obesity, flooding and air pollution, which can all be improved through urban greening.

This was the message to come out of the International Association of Horticultural Producers (AIPH) International

Award-winning garden designer Chris Beardshaw and gardeners from The Royal Parks have started planting a spectacular new herbaceous border – the largest in London – at the front of historic Queen's House in Greenwich Park.

Chris Beardshaw, above righ

Following reports that Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew faced financial difficulties the organisation has issued a statement.

A Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew spokesperson said: "The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, like many organisations, is facing significant fi

As part of Souters Sports continual investment in ensuring that clients receive the highest level of customer service, the contractor will now be offering free no-obligation pitch inspections.

Souters Sports have the expertise and state-of-the-art equ

Trees are woven into our urban and rural fabric, and in highly populated areas precious space is given over to their retention, writes Jago Keen chairman of the Arboricultural Association.

Trees provide so many benefits to our way of life, from urban