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Natural grass pitches at grassroots sports facilities throughout England are to benefit from expert turf care advice in a new £1.3 million programme funded by national governing bodies of sports, Sport England and the Institute of Groundsmanship (IOG

Employers are giving elaborate excuses for not paying the National Minimum Wage (NMW) when challenged by HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) officers.

To coincide with the 15th anniversary of the National Minimum Wage, HMRC is today revealing some of the m

House builders should devote more attention to the exterior landscaping of new build developments in order to enhance the saleability of ‘turnkey’ projects, says paving manufacturer Brett.

“No longer can developers rely on selling a property by simp

Premier League Football Club Chelsea FC has transformed the entrances to the first team training pitches at their Cobham training ground with the installation of baseguard - a new product and service by Complete Weed Control, the UK’s leading special

The Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) has announced funding of £30m towards 10 projects that reflect the diversity of the UK’s heritage.

A major beneficiary is Polli:Nation, a UK-wide biodiversity project that aims to protect UK insects, and has gained ini

National Trust head ranger on the Trelissick Estate, Neil Stevenson, tells us how the trees uprooted by this winter’s storms are being used both on and off-site.

Like many parts of South West England, the Trelissick estate sustained considerable dama

The Farrell Review, an unprecedented, industry-wide review of architecture and the built environment, led by Sir Terry Farrell and commissioned by Culture Minister Ed Vaizey, was published today.

After a wide-reaching consultation process including w

Homeowners will be given a helping hand to make their home more flood resilient in the future thanks to a new government grant scheme opening today.

People whose homes and businesses were flooded between 1 December and 31 March can now apply for a go

Ordnance Survey - makers of maps since 1791 (see history) has denied reports that it is to stop printing paper maps.

Responding to and article in the Daily Telegraph - End of the road for paper maps? - Ordnance Survey said: "This [the article] is sim

Sedgwick Cricket Club of the Westmorland League had a season to remember in 2013 both on the pitch and because of the pitch, thanks to Sherriff Amenity, one of the UK’s leading turf care and sports equipment suppliers.

The village club, just south of

Wimborne’s Knoll Gardens will enter a new era when it re-opens on 1 April after weeks of enforced closure caused by major storm damage.

The garden lost several trees during the horrendous storms on Valentine’s night, including a stunning Monterey Pin

Job losses are on the cards at Kew Gardens as the world-famous botanical site faces up to a £5million funding gap.

The 300 acre Unesco World Heritage gardens opened in 1759 and saw a rise in visitor numbers last year of 29 per cent. Yet it is still s

Maintaining their commitment to educating groundsmen and greenkeepers, Dennis and SISIS have kicked off their 2014 series of ‘on the green’ seminars, starting at Potton Bowls Club in Bedfordshire.

Continuing its programme of working closely with turf

Reelig Glen, a Forestry Commission Scotland site near Inverness, is home to four of the tallest trees in Britain – one of which is also the tallest of its kind in Europe.

Everyone knows the famous Dughall Mor – a Douglas Fir that at one time held the

Seven new research projects have received a share of £7m to help address threats to UK forests, woods and trees.

The multi-disciplinary Tree Health and Plant Biosecurity Initiative (THAPBI) will generate knowledge to tackle pests and diseases and to

Wildflowers are to be planted in Monmouthshire to increase pollination and help reduce the decline of bees.

Some grassed areas such as roadside verges and cemeteries will also be cut less often to allow existing plants to set seeds.

Monmouthshire cou

A pick of National Trust (NT) gardens are set to feature in a new BBC 4 series uncovering the rich social and horticultural history of four British heritage landscapes in April.

British Gardens in Time, explores the grand Georgian landscape at Stowe

Charity organisation, Groundwork, has announced the appointment of a new national chief executive.

Graham Duxbury (right), who has worked for Groundwork for more than 15 years, most recently as its director of development, replaces Sir Tony Hawkhead

Nasa has developed a spacecraft that looks like a giant sunflower that they hope might one day be used to find Earth-like planets.

The prototype deployable structure, called a starshade, is being developed by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasa

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