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Open Garden Squares Weekend (OGSW) takes place in London this year, opening some 218 hidden and little-known gardens to the public on Saturday 8 and Sunday 9 June, 2013.

Gardens are located across 27 London boroughs and range from the historic

Garden guru Chris Beardshaw is recommending a new technique for bigger blooms – blast your plants with heavy metal.

The broadcaster and gardening expert reveals on Radio 4's Gardeners' Question Time on Friday that a constant diet of Black Sabbath wor

It is not likely to bother the judges at Chelsea, but you have to smile at Debbie Ballard who her turned her front garden into a 'living room' after falling out with her local council.

The BBC reports that Debbie put an old chair in the garden of her

Up to £250,000 will be available to reimburse farmers for the cost of removing sheep killed in freak snow in England last month, farming minister, David Heath announced today.

This is the latest move in a programme of support to help farmers affected

The daffodil is one of the few plants with a 'corona', a crown-like structure also referred to as the 'trumpet'. New research suggests that the corona is not an extension of the petals as previously thought, but is a distinct organ sharing more genet

One of Scotland's rarest carnivores is showing encouraging signs of recovery, a new report has highlighted.

From Argyll to Aberdeenshire, and Caithness to the central belt, the pine marten is proving that rare mammals can recover their numbers, given

Bayer AG and Syngenta AG face more pressure over crop chemicals suspected in bee-deaths as retailers including Sainsbury's, the UK’s third largest supermarket chain, said they’re looking into the matter.

“At present we have not banned the use of neon

Composite Decking is an ideal alternative to traditional timber decking, with the following key advantages:-

• The warmth and feel of timber
• An attractive and contemporary appearance
• Little or no maintenance
• Defect Free - no splits, cracks, knots, warp or

The "extraordinary level of conservation" of genetic data in the tulip tree remains largely unchanged since the dinosaurs, a study suggests.

The species' genomic change is about 2,000 times slower than in humans, making it a "molecular fossil", a tea

The number of dead and distressed seabirds found on the south coast increased dramatically over the weekend. Hundreds of birds, mostly guillemots, but also a smaller number of razorbills and puffins, were washed up on beaches in Cornwall, Devon and D

It is National Gardening Week and this year's event is concentrating on two themes, horticultural careers and wild flower meadows.

Running until Sunday, April 21 there are a number of events and open days across the country, an online map is availabl

Compacted, waterlogged golf and bowls greens in Norwich are now a thing of the past after local grounds maintenance provider, Waveney Norse (based in Lowestoft) recently invested in a SISIS Autoslit.

Aeration is a key process to improve drainage, redu

video of us laying setts were working on a project in wiltshire .a courtyard on a new build country house. 170m2 reclaimed granite setts laid in bogun pattern there laid to road spec but this courtyard is foot traffic only there are eight videos to l

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Has anyone used or brought a Pellenc Helion Pole Hedgetrimmer, What are they like to use? What are the costs involved compared to a petrol version? and how good is the dealer network? as i have been asked to look into the pros a cons of Battery ver

British Seed Houses has launched a bespoke seed mixture especially for the specifiers trying to meet the demands of today’s market.

Designed with professional landscape gardeners and architects in mind, AberSustain will offer the ultimate low mainten

Sale of quarries and associated aggregates business

Marshalls plc ("Marshalls"), the hard landscaping specialist, is in advanced discussions to sell the aggregate quarries detailed below to Breedon Aggregates England Limited, a wholly owned subsidia

While writing this article for the May edition of Turf Pro, snow is still lying in many areas throughout the UK and Ireland. We have been subject to a savage Easterly wind for weeks that has dried the ground out so much that hill fires have been burn

Souters Irrigation Services (SISL), a specialist arm of sports turf contractor Souters Sports set up in 2010 to handle irrigation refurbishment and installation projects, have been awarded the contract to design, install and maintain an irrigation sy

I have noticed a number of new ground maintenance start up businesses around Glasgow this season, as always happens at the start of a new growing season.

2013 must be a particularly difficult year to try and start such a company though due to the late

ROYCE TURF AND IRRIGATION LAUNCH APP FOR SMART PHONES

TURF APP NOW LAUNCHED

now available for all your smart mobile equipment our Royce Turf App. We are the first turf company to launch an app in the UK. On the app you will find hints and tips details