LJN Blog Posts

Local authorities and developers are, for the first time, being given greater certainty on the robustness of different Green Infrastructure tools, thanks to a report published by Natural England today.

The report looked at a range of global tools and

A quick pick of headlines from the last few days.

Gardens: five ways with trees for small spaces
Think your plot is too wee for a tree? Think again.

False widow spider: small, deadly – and in the UK
A cousin of the black widow, Steatoda nobilis has i

We have some places become available at the last minute on our ROLO H&S course next Thursday 3rd October. Held at Whiteley Village, Walton on Thames, Surrey. Please contact me asap if you would be interested in taking up these spare places. Cost incl

An insect that has killed more than 99% of North American ash trees it has infested could be heading to the UK, according to scientists.

The emerald ash borer is a beetle that is native to Asia and eastern Russia, but entered into North America aroun

The ever changing world of online search has seen a major shake up with Google announcing Hummingbird is now in operation.

It is a major retooling of the search giant's inner workings with it looking to account for the more modern forms of search, su

Investment in the maintenance of athletics tracks is as vital as the initial design and specification. Replay Maintenance, who are one of the most respected and longest established names within the synthetic surfaces’ maintenance sector, has recently

From 23rd September 2013, the vast majority of Aggregate Industries’ businesses will be consolidated into a single brand to help simplify our offering to customers.

Although the majority of businesses will now trade as Aggregate Industries, brands su

Liverpool, a city famed for its football, is making a big effort to raise the quality of public pitches controlled by Liverpool City Council. This summer, end of season renovation work began on 90 of them across the city, conducted by Souters Sports,

The Shade Zone enjoyed a successful exhibition of our Algarve Rotating Blade Canopy at The Landscape Show in Battersea, London, exhibiting on a stand alongside Jucuzzi Hot Tubs. With lots of interest shown in the Algarve, as well as the rest of our r

Sports facilities at a school in Rochdale will soon be of a premier standard thanks to White Horse Contractors (Northern), one of the UK’s leading natural and artificial sports ground specialists.

The company continue to go from strength to strength i

Once again, Pellenc is proving that it is technologically ahead of the field with the launch of its Excelion 2000 ‘cow-horn’ handle professional brushcutter, sold exclusively in the UK by Etesia.

The new Excelion 2000 is also part of an introductory l

A patch of young trees growing at an estate in Kent could provide clues to the kinds of trees we should plant for a warmer future in Britain.

The saplings are being grown by the Forestry Commission's Forest Research agency on the Woodland Trust's Huc

Brett Landscaping has successfully enabled a Headmaster with a side-line flair for design to pave his own success, by creating and implementing the installation of an impressive 3,000 sq m of road and footpath paving using Brett materials at Chase G

One for the diary, but early next year there will be the chance to experience hundreds of exotic butterflies after their release into the glasshouse at RHS Garden Wisley, in Surrey.

Butterflies in the Glasshouse will run from 18 January to 9 March, 2

A green-fingered council worker who single-handedly maintains one of Croydon's best parks has been crowned London's Gardener of the Year.

Terence Meredith, known as Tec, was given the award at the London in Bloom competition on September 18.

Mr Mered

The great-crested newt, the natterjack toad and the iconic Scottish wildcat, although indigenous to the country, are rarely glimpsed as their numbers decline to nearing extinction.

Their fight for survival has been given a helping hand as the Heritag

Continuing its programme of working closely with turf professionals, Sherriff Amenity, in association with Bowcom and Everris, recently held a ‘Differences in Fertilisers and release patterns’ seminar and line marking demonstration at Pembroke Colleg

Among a range of new product launches from Etesia this autumn are two high quality professional rotary mowers, two domestic pedestrian lawn mowers and a new revolutionary electric wheel barrow.

The PKCTM 46cm and LKCGM 53cm models join the Duocut rang

Gate Safe, the charity set up in 2010 (following the death of two children in separate automated gate accidents), to improve standards in safety for automated gates, is joining forces with the Joint Industry Board, which administers the Electrotechni

Golf Management students at The University of the Highlands and Islands (UHI) recently had a unique opportunity to help install a new putting facility at North Highland College.

The installation, a 30ft by 15ft all-weather putting green from Huxley