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The UK’s hugely popular public parks face falling into decline and neglect as a result of budget cuts, a new report warns.

Park use is rising, with 57% of adults now visiting their park once a month or more, while 90% of families with children under

David Edmondson, Links Superintendent at the Island Golf Club in Donabate, Dublin, believes that Praxys, ICL’s high performance, highly concentrated systemic selective herbicide has provided ‘phenomenal’ results since he has been using it.

The Island

This year has seen a myriad of events at locations across England and Wales celebrating the stunning landscapes created by Lancelot ‘Capability’ Brown and these are set to continue with a range of events in support of Heritage Open Days, running from

Tiny magnetic particles from air pollution have for the first time been discovered to be lodged in human brains – and researchers think they could be a possible cause of Alzheimer’s disease.

Researchers at Lancaster University found abundant magnetit

Alan Hatherley and Gregg Nichol from Newmarket Racecourse believe that their Dennis G760 and two Dennis Premier cylinder mowers are key to maintaining the immaculate turf you see at the Home of Horseracing.

There are few lovers of equestrian sport who

Head of grounds, Bob Carder, has claimed that his SISIS Multitiner tractor-mounted drum-type aerator keeps the turf “nice, clear and breathable” on the playing fields at the Stamford Endowed Schools in Lincolnshire.

The Stamford Endowed Schools are si

Small Business Saturday is a great initiative to get small businesses connecting and highlighting some of the best businesses across the UK.

Aura Landscapes has been chosen as one of the 100 companies benefiting from this year's campaign.

Through thi

Grange Fencing in Telford is entering a consultation with 110 members of staff – almost half of its 230-strong total workforce in the town – about closing its UK manufacturing operation by the end of the year.

It will retain its sales, marketing and

LEARNING LIVE, the all-encompassing education programme designed for all sectors of the groundscare industry, has now been finalised and is set to be a major attraction at SALTEX 2016 on the 2 and 3 November at The NEC, Birmingham.

SALTEX 2015 feature

This year has been one of annihilation in gardens all over Britain. The slugs and snails that thrived in a wet spring and damp early summer seem to have grown to alien proportions and feasted nightly on our precious plants.

As gardeners nationwide pu

Provisional statistics for Summer 2016 show that it was both rather wet but also slightly warmer than average.

The UK's mean temperature for this summer was 14.9 °C which is just over half a degree warmer than average based on data from 1981 to 2010.

Landscape installer, Dan Grimes of Winslade Landscapes, Aldershot has been announced as the winner of a national competition to mark the 60th anniversary of hard landscaping manufacturer, Bradstone.

Dan takes home an Isuzu D-Max Utah 4x4 pick-up truc

Almost a third of dogs checked at random across the UK were found to be carrying a tick, researchers say.

The finding comes from the largest survey of ticks in dogs.

Researchers also found that the risk of an animal picking up a tick is as great in u

A FAMILY-run garden centre has appealed for help after being targeted by a thief who stole hundreds of pounds worth of garden plants.

John Goodey, whose family owns Thamesdown Garden Centre in Garsington, says he believes the box topiary was taken sp

CED Stone Group are sponsoring this year’s 30 Under 30: The Next Generation initiative, run by Pro Landscaper Magazine. Open to all who were under the age of 30 as of 01st January 2016 and who have been working in the horticultural industry for at le

Autumn could come as early as mid-September as a wet spring and sunny conditions pave the way for a spectacular display of colour, the Forestry Commission has said.

England’s wet spring saw rainfall 30% above average in the east and the south, data f

No-one knows just how many trees the Church of England has on its land.  It is has some 10,000 churchyards, and many often provide the only, ‘green lung’ within a community and rare habitats for a wide range of biodiversity. 

The Church is responsibl

A lawnmower has been blamed for wrongly triggering sensors that predict when the Northern Lights will be visible in the UK.

A red alert issued via the Aurora Watch mailing list was withdrawn after sensor readings were found to be "spurious".

An inves

Paul Fitzgerald, Course Superintendent at Castle Golf Club - one of the finest 18 hole parkland golf courses in Dublin, has been using ICL products for the last ten years and believes no other products can compare.

Nestled at the foot of the Dublin Mo