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Cuts to the environment budget announced in Wednesday's spending review prove the need for a radical rethink on how we protect our threatened wildlife, the RSPB has said.

Alongside several other Government departments, the Department for Environment,

The Agency's Challenges and Choices consultation runs for six months until 22 December, 2013.

The

Sir Nicholas Bacon Bt OBE DL has been elected as President of the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS). Sir Nicholas has been Treasurer since 1 July 2010.

Sir Nicholas succeeds Elizabeth Banks DL, who has been president of the RHS since July 2010.

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If you attended the RHS Chelsea Flower Show and saw the Stop the Spread show garden, sponsored by The Food and Environment Research Agency (Fera), cost details have been published.

The total cost of the exhibit was £95,000 with a breakdown of:

Design

Sherriff Amenity, one of the leading turf care and sports equipment suppliers in the UK, has supplied a range of products to Beversbrook Sports and Community Centre in Calne, Wiltshire. The facility is one of the leading sports facilities in the Sout

Sue Illman, president of the Landscape Institute, has criticised the Farrell Review as backward looking and too inwardly focused.

She was responding to the call for evidence issued by the Farrell Review of Architecture and the Built Environment. Illm

A study by Greenpeace of Chinese herbs has found many contain illegal and hazardous chemicals.

Once growing in forests and only picked at certain times of the year, Chinese herbs are now grown on an industrial scale and reliant on the use of pesticid

The Health and Safety Executive has published its Pesticides Forum Annual Report 2012, which looks at the use and trends of pesticide use in the UK.

Covering the work of farmers and commercial users of pesticides, the report highlights how the wet we

A project that transformed neglected land into a popular community garden has earned national recognition.

Mill Street Garden in Farington has been named national runner-up in the community-led design category of the 2013 Street Design Awards, a comp

CAMON’s top turf cutter is is about to hit the limelight when it stars in the new series of the peaktime show, ‘Love Your Garden’, with Alan Titchmarsh, which begins on 25th June at 8pm on ITV1. An effective, self-propelled machine that cuts strips

In a bid to dramatically improve the playing characteristics of the green at Laguna Beach Lawn Bowling Club in California, a SISIS Auto Rotorake MK5 pedestrian heavy duty de-thatcher has been purchased.

US Open Bowls winner Joe Regan has travelled the

Leading natural and artificial sportsground contractors White Horse Contractors are pleased to announce the appointment of Gary Kneller as their new Managing Director.

Gary originally joined the company as a graduate in 1994 and worked his way up thro

The Royal Horticultural Society and the Eden Project are to create the UK’s largest butterfly rainforest experience at the RHS Hampton Court Palace Flower Show (9 – 14 July).

The RHS Butterfly Dome with Eden is a re-creation of Eden’s world-famous Ra

A quick look over some of the recent headlines.

Plants 'do maths' to control overnight food supplies
Plants have a built-in capacity to do maths, which helps them regulate food reserves at night, research suggests.

Growing scented roses for summer
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With today officially being the start of summer, now could be the perfect time to check out our product range for that parasol, retractable canopy or awning that will give your garden the "wow factor".
With large parasols with fixed or moveable bases

(image: Mike Warman (right) receiving a highly commended award from Marshalls)

Mike Warman is director of Aura Landscapes Ltd, based in Southampton. The company is fairly young, trading for just over three years but it has gone from strength to stre

The RSPB has launched the Giving Nature a Home campaign as it urges the nation to provide a place for wildlife in their own gardens and outside spaces.

The campaign comes a month after 25 wildlife organisations, including the RSPB, released the State

Specialist in Perennials to the trade 10% off all trade orders before 8 July 2013.

Trade Open Days 20-21 June, 3 - 8pm.

Oak End Nursery & Potager has opened, providing top quality herbaceous perennials to garden designers, landscapers and contractors

The 35-acre Polesden Lacey National Trust property on the North Downs at Great Bookham, Surrey, one of the Trust’s most popular properties, is now using Pellenc battery-powered equipment to keep tree & hedge cover and grass verges in check, quietly a

Hi all,
Hope everyone is well, i am wondering if anyone has any experience of a PC garden design program that enables the user to draw or sketch accurately over their own photos. I want to be able to show clients what an area or section of the garde