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Brian Muelaner is the National Trust’s Ancient Tree Advisor. Here he explains how the recent weather has affected the UK's ancient trees.
We’ve heard all about the incredible storms which have battered the coast in the South West and Wales over recen
Severe flood warnings in place for #Thames particularly in #Berkshire & #Surrey for today & tomorrow http://t.co/Zsb5LJU5gF #floodaware
— Environment Agency (@EnvAgency) February 10, 2014
Communities along the Thames, particularly in Berkshire and
Fiona Campbell is embracing a wave of creativity in her locality.
Fiona's just returned from Kenya laden with various interesting pieces of flotsam and jetsam, sketches and ideas for new work and she's just finished the first of a series of new insta
Tobermore will be exhibiting at ecoSHOWCASE: The Green Building Roadshowon Tuesday 11th February 2014 at Salford City Stadium, Manchester.
Open from 10am - 2pm, ecoSHOWCASE provides a forum for local businesses, buyers and specifiers to debate issues
Despite a positive outlook for the year ahead, business rates and the cost of utilities remain key obstacles to small business growth plans for 2014.
Business organisation, The Forum of Private Business, conducted research on business plans for the y
As communities across the UK continue to be devastated by floods, hard landscaping manufacturer Marshalls asks why local authorities are not enforcing existing Sustainable Urban Drainage System (SuDS) legislation, and questions what is really causing
A new fungicide treatment developed at the University of Sussex is emerging as a weapon in the fight to inhibit growth of Chalara fraxinea, which causes ash dieback, according to initial trials at The Sainsbury Laboratory.
If developed further, it co
Blenheim Palace is home to the 11th Duke and Duchess of Marlborough and the birthplace of Sir Winston Churchill. The splendour of Capability Brown’s landscaped parkland and the formal gardens are unrivalled in Britain – where better to create a Show
The Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) has announced funding of nearly £5m towards two natural heritage projects: the UK-wide Saving our Magnificent Meadows and The Great Heath Living Landscape in south west England.
These projects will bring together a var
The first complete map and dataset of Scotland's native woodlands has been produced after an eight year Native Woodland Survey of Scotland (NWSS) carried out by Forestry Commission Scotland.
Thought to be the most comprehensive habitat survey project
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
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As Blue Monday is fast approaching, I thought it would be a good idea to give a small reminder to our community here on Landscape Juice to remember to tell people about your worries and if you’re having negative thoughts. Talking about emotions…
“Gardening programmes tend to be very ‘traditional’ white middle-class in their attitude towards gardening”, Julia Sargeant said in an interview after she won gold at Chelsea Flower Show in 2016. She was the first black gardener to design…
Studies report that burglary is one of the most emotionally impactful crimes to be a victim of. The prevention of being succumbed to it is always at the back of our minds – is anything on show? Are all the windows closed? Did you definitely lock…
Dan never knew that he would be orchestrating a ten-man-band five years ago when he packed in…
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The GroundsFest Academy has continued to build momentum following the success of its latest educational event, held in partnership with DLF Seeds and dedicated to the planning, establishment and maintenance of wildflower areas.The free-to-attend…
When Chris Roberts became Course Manager at Sutton Coldfield Golf Club, it quickly became apparent that the club's ageing irrigation system was becoming one of the biggest obstacles to maintaining consistently high playing surfaces.Originally…
"Thanks for that, Peter that a great help."
"i quite like photinia, quick to get to a good size, yes not so dense but it depends on the customer's requirements, to me its like the difference between solid wood fence and a trellis with plants on, still marks the boundary but not as…"
"Is this an isolated stretch of privet Clive or all the privet in general ?
Worrying if it's all the local privet , I know of flourishing privet over 70 years old .
Do you know when the affected privet was last pruned , I am thinking is it stressed…"
Worrying if it's all the local privet , I know of flourishing privet over 70 years old .
Do you know when the affected privet was last pruned , I am thinking is it stressed…"
"I would agree with Peter's suggestion of Grisilinia. I have some in a mixed shrub hedge, and it makes an excellent hedge. It's quite fast growing, but upright in growth as well, meaning that it keeps its shape well without too much side shoots…"
"Suspect Honey Fungus its highly susceptible and before retirement a few months ago we were seeing a lot of it, whether the weather has suited it and hence the increase?
As to replacement I would not use Photinia it has a rather open habit and does…"
As to replacement I would not use Photinia it has a rather open habit and does…"
Hi Has anyone got the same problem we have in our area in Warwickshire, the privet hedges atleast 40years old or more are dieing, I appreciate the dry weather hasn't helped but this looks like the same as what's destroying the box hedging.And any…
"Happened this year on a patio I installed 4 years ago. Lifted two porcelain slabs 10mm but were still stuck solid to mortar and the mot stone base. The base was 200mm and rolled with a sit on bomag roller with Terram membrane underneath the mot.…"
"Hi Peter,
Let me have a look into this.
Craig"
Let me have a look into this.
Craig"
Trying to change my email on here, followed instructions and received an email from LJN asking me to confirm changes by clicking on link within the email ,but there is no link!! Why make it so difficult? LJN is not exactly a high risk site , in…
"Liquid fert, anything will do miracle gro etc. Liquid iron will help it green up and get some granular fert on it when rain is forecast or water it in."
"A good idea to have a "Force Majeure" clause in your contract for such work. Just as nobody would expect a patio to withstand an earth quake of significant magnitude, nor a sink hole opening up beneath it, less exciting than such unexpected events,…"
Privet hedges dieing
Hi Has anyone got the same problem we have in our area in Warwickshire, the privet hedges atleast 40years old or more are dieing, I appreciate the dry weather hasn't helped but this looks like the same as what's destroying the box hedging.And any…
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Help change email on here
Trying to change my email on here, followed instructions and received an email from LJN asking me to confirm changes by clicking on link within the email ,but there is no link!! Why make it so difficult? LJN is not exactly a high risk site , in…
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Revive a lawn
Hi AllI would like some advice on the best way to revive a lawn after this hot weather we've had, please.I look forward to hearing from you
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Paving pushing up because of the hot and super dry weather
I would love to hear if anyone has had an experience of paving being pushed up because of the hot and dry weather this summer. We have had a number of patios where this has become a problem (a couple we laid ourselves and quite a few more where…
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