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Scientists who released 1,000 weed-eating weevils into a Somerset canal to get rid of an invasive aquatic fern have declared the experiment a success.

The 2mm-long insects were dropped into the Bridgwater and Taunton Canal in July to eat up the plant

A major reorganisation of the way the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) operates has been announced.

In a statement the RHS has said that it will amalgamate its three divisions of gardens, shows and retail into one unified division.

A new role, RHS D

A female wasp spider has been found at an RPSB reserve in East Anglia for the first time, reports the BBC.

The arachnid, measuring about 2.4in (6cm) in length, was found at Lakenheath Fen, which crosses the Norfolk and Suffolk border.

Experts said th

A case of the tree disease Chalara, also known as ash dieback, has been confirmed in woodland in Somerset, near Minehead.

Somerset is the 15th county in England where Chalara has been discovered in the wider environment (forests and woodland); the ot

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Some recent gardening headlines have featured EU legislation that supposedly could see people banned from 'buying favourite iris, lavender and clematis plants'.

The Daily Mail said that proposals had been put forward by Europe to create a plant regis

NHS Lothian has said it is investigating four cases of Legionella longbeachae linked to gardening compost.

Two patients are currently being treated in intensive care in hospital. Another two have been discharged after treatment.

Symptoms of the infec

It is hoped a web-like network of volunteers across the UK will help in the study of male house spiders.

Autumn is the best time of year to see the spiders and scientists at the Society of Biology have developed a smartphone app to help count the ins

The Shade Zone is pleased to announce that we will be exhibiting our Algarve Rotating Blade Canopy on the Jacuzzi stand at this years’ LANDSCAPE Show in Battersea Park, London. Exhibition takes place on the 24th/25th September 2013.
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Long spells of warm summer sunshine provided a boost for beleaguered butterflies with four times as many recorded during this year’s Big Butterfly Count than in 2012.

A record-breaking 46,000 people took part counting more than 830,000 butterflies an

We visited Harrogate Autumn Flower Show on Sunday the 15th September 2013, its the first time we have been to the Harrogate flower show so we was looking forward to it

The weather forecast was not good for the weekend and it did rain a little bit as w

Having been the unfortunate victim of equipment being stolen on numerous occasions, I naively believed that by giving the police the serial numbers and item description would hopefully allow for the equipment being returned if they ever found them.

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our brief new entrance using new bush hammered setts which were 100mmx100mmx80mm sawn cropped and bush hammered to top for flat finish no trip hazard .traffic up to 40 ton drive over these setts delivering new homes had to be done in two halves to ma

Natural and artificial sportsground contractors White Horse Contractors (Northern) have recently completed the design and construction of a new state-of-the-art 3rd generation artificial surface and three artificial cricket wickets at Trinity Academy

As part of Devon Council's commitment to reducing its carbon footprint, South Hams District Council has purchased a range of Pellenc battery-powered grounds maintenance equipment. The new machines, supplied and supported by local dealer Radmore and T

A wildflower meadow has transformed unsightly weed-infested land into a riot of colour, delighting its owner, the man responsible for sowing it and an increasing population of bees and pollinators.

Estate manager James Chipchase created the two-and-a

The organisers of the South West Growers Show say that all exhibition space is now sold.

Billed as the South West's only trade event that is aimed at growers and plant buyers from local authorities, garden centres, retail outlets and the landscaping

The launch of the pilot Peatland Code today represents a once-in-a-generation opportunity to restore a million hectares of some of the UK’s most beautiful and important landscapes – if we don’t let ideological differences get in our way.

The draft Pe

September and with autumn just around the corner the late summer blooms of Rudbeckia ‘Goldsturm’ light up the borders and make a winning planting combination with asters, ornamental grasses, crocosmia and the bee friendly sedums, all easy to grow an

In its response to the Environmental Audit Committee report on Pollinators and Pesticides, the government rejects the mounting peer-reviewed evidence that led the European Commission to conclude that a moratorium on the use of three neonicotinoid ins