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An influential group of organisations, landowners and individuals are one step closer to marking the 300th anniversary of the birth of Lancelot Capability Brown with a nationwide festival celebrating his life and influence in 2016.

The Capability Bro

Etesia UK is pleased to announce the appointment of a new Pellenc dealership - Morris’s Stores based in Rhuddlan North Wales, covering the entire North Wales area.

Morris’s Stores was first founded in 1934 and is a family run business. The company fir

The story of a ‘forgotten’ group of British men who set up a horticultural society in a German internment camp is set to be revealed in a new exhibition in October to commemorate the centenary of the start of the First World War.

The story has been

HSE has again teamed up with the Forestry Commission’s Learning and Development team to host two events, which are dedicated to raising awareness of important health and safety issues specific to the forestry industry.

Attendance on the day is free.

The Emerson Country Club in Sejong City, South Korea has recently upgraded its turf maintenance machinery with the delivery of a SISIS Javelin Aer-Aid 1500 tractor mounted aerator by local SISIS dealer Arcwin Co, which has led to six further sales of

A  groundworks company from Crieff has been fined  after a worker had to have a leg amputated when it was crushed whilst working on site.

Gregor Steele, from Perthshire, suffered severe injuries when his left leg was trapped between a tractor pulling

A controversial French biologist, whose 2012 paper on the alleged dangers of pesticides was withdrawn, has published new claims that the chemicals were many times more toxic than advertised.

Read more at: http://phys.org/news/2014-01-controversial-sc

If you thought it was a bit wet out this past month, well it was as parts of southern England have had their wettest January on record.

The Met Office said that a large area of southern England, from East Devon to Kent and inland across parts of the

A federation aimed at continuing the work started by community gardeners across the UK has been launched.

The Bloom Federation comprises the RHS and 16 regional and national Britain in Bloom groups.

The aim of the federation is to increase the scale

A new site from the HSE shows what employers need to do to protect their staff when they work at height.

It replaces the guidance previously available in the HSE falls microsite.

Website: Work at height

Natural Resources Wales is inviting people to a community drop in event to find out more about the action it is taking to tackle Larch disease, or Phytophthora ramorum, in the Wye Valley.

Last year, the organisation felled approximately 80 hectares o

Of the latest round of job cuts, some 560 are relationship managers working in the commercial banking arm and working with small businesses, which is half of the team in an area that is being closely watched by politicians concerned about the lack of

Oldham Athletic Football Club has signed a three year supply agreement with Sherriff Amenity for all line marking and paint requirements. The agreement sees the Bowcom GMX line marker and Bowgrass Supreme Plus paint used for line marking duties at th

The YoungHort initiative, which has been set up to promote and showcase young people in the industry and also to help encourage more young people to choose a career in horticulture, is to host their first event on Friday 7 March at the RHS Gardens Wi

In London last Friday, research scientists, chemical industry representatives, and journalists gathered for an open discussion session that concluded a three-day summit about the impact of neonicotinoid pesticides on honeybees.

The result was a rich

Milton Keynes based landscaping company, Frosts Landscapes, is at the centre of a row to develop its current headquarters at Wain Close, Wavendon.

MKWeb reports that Frosts has outgrown its current facility and need to increase storage to 20,000 squ

A £200,000 ‘helping hand’ will give young people in Yorkshire the chance to get horticultural training and increase their chance of finding a job.

The Peter Sowerby Foundation has donated £200,000 to the RHS to deliver the three-year programme.

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With the ground being so wet the idea of turfing is perhaps not high on your agenda it may surprise you to know that we have been selling turf throughout January, the quality of the grass is good for the time of year and the sandy soil on which it is