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Work by Natural Resources Wales to replant large areas of woodland felled due to larch disease has been completed at a number of forests.

These include important areas such as the Bwlch Nant yr Arian near Aberystwyth, the Afan Valley near Neath and W

Killings of people protecting the environment and rights to land increased sharply between 2002 and 2013 as competition for natural resources intensifies, a new report from Global Witness reveals.

In the most comprehensive global analysis of the pro

The Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO) has worked with the Forestry Commission and the Woodland Trust to deliver woodland at Catterick Training Area, which will enable armed forces to develop skills in using wooded areas as cover in battle.

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A committee of MPs has said that the UK has to do more to fight the threat of non-native species wrecking havoc on other plants and animals.

Japanese knotweed is one of the dangers highlighted in a report by the Environmental Audit Committee which sa

A cosmic mystery is uniting monks and scientists in Japan after a cherry tree grown from a seed that orbited the Earth for eight months bloomed years earlier than expected -- and with very surprising flowers.

The four-year-old sapling -- grown from a

A garden designed by Andrew Fisher Tomlin and Dan Bowyer which won best in show and a RHS gold award at the Royal Horticultural Society Flower Show in Cardiff is to be permanently relocated just yards from where it was on show.

The woodland garden w

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