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The RHS has created a new role within its scientific wing: Principal Scientist - Plant Health.

This new post, awarded to New Zealander Gerrard Clover, has been created to bring together the society’s expertise on plant health issues to more effective

Flowering plants may have originated more than 100 million years earlier than previously thought, according to scientists in Switzerland and Germany.

The previously oldest known flowering plant-like pollen dates from the Early Cretaceous period. But

A study conducted at the University of Strathclyde investigating the presence of Legionella in compost, has found that the bacteria exist in a significant number of commercial products.

The research, the first substantial analysis of Legionella in UK

Hi – (click on a picture to enlarge) - I'm recovering after a hip replacement and would like to share some pictures of our allotment from the last few years.

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CED Ltd have appointment Giles Heap as its new Managing Director.

After over 18 years at CED, Giles takes over from his father, Michael Heap, who has held the role since founding the company in 1975.

Giles commented, “I am very proud to be given the

From today the national minimum wage in the UK for adults increases by 12p an hour to £6.31.

The increase was announced earlier this year, and comes into force from today, 1 October.

The rate for 18-to-20-year-olds is increasing by 5p to £5.03 an hou

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