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A QUICK pick of articles that may prove interesting.

Let the fading foliage stand this autumn
When autumn wilts your garden into shrivelled foliage and toppled stems, don't be tempted to tidy up – yet.

Botanical wizards of Oz: exploring Australia's b

Having recently had my trimmer head jam up on me, i took it apart to find one of the con rods had started to break up where the bearings rub on the spur gear cam, and as a result loose parts had quickly stopped play!

I took everything out and removed

Hiab, part of Cargotec, has won a contract to supply 70 loader cranes to Marshalls, the UK's largest manufacturer of hard landscaping materials based in Huddersfield in the UK.

The cranes will be fitted to vehicles supplied by the leasing companies C

Traffic fumes render the scent of flowers barely recognisable to honeybees and could have a serious impact on their ability to find food, new research has found.

Scientists discovered that reactive pollutants in diesel destroyed key chemicals in the

Phytophthora ramorum, a disease already affecting thousands of larch trees across the South West of England, South Wales, Northern Ireland and the West of Scotland has been confirmed in Wales’ largest ancient forest.

The vast majority of the 1000 hec

David Dodd of The Outdoor Room is bowing out of a third series of ITV’s Love Your Garden presented by Alan Titchmarch.

Love Your Garden follows Titchmarsh and co-presenters carrying out garden transformations for deserving people. It launched in June

William Sinclair Horticulture has appointed Simon McArdle as Marketing Director.

Simon McArdle was formerly Group Category Director at Hozelock, having previously filled a number of senior roles during a 15-year period, including Group Marketing Dire

Two revised health and safety regulations are now in place that will help businesses more easily comply with the law.

The reporting of workplace injuries has been simplified and greater flexibility has been introduced for managing the provision of fi

Driveway Extension using Marshalls Cobbletech

Today we are starting a new project in the Netherton area of Liverpool. The customer has requested that we extend her already existing tarmac driveway as she is currently stepping out of her car onto the

The Met Office has said that September has been drier than average for the UK.

There was 70.7mm of rain during September, which is 73% of the long-term average.

Parts of Wales, eastern England and Scotland had less than half the normal amount. For Sc

Data has been made available by Defra on the volume and composition of growing media supplied to the UK amateur and professional horticultural markets.

It shows that in 2012 amateur gardeners, via the retail trade, used nearly 1.4 million cubic metre

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