LJN Blog Posts

Campaigners have attacked the government for rejecting calls by MPs for greater action on air pollution, as severe pollution episodes were predicted for parts of the UK this week.

MPs warned in April that dangerously high pollution in British cities

Trees have friends, feel loneliness, scream with pain and communicate underground via the “woodwide web”. Some act as parents and good neighbours. Others do more than just throw shade – they’re brutal bullies to rival species. The young ones take ris

The Institute of Groundsmanship (IOG) has announced that a new unique feature called Pathology & Science LIVE will be coming to SALTEX 2016, which will be held at the NEC, Birmingham on the 2 and 3 November.

The Pathology & Soil Science LIVE area will

Mike Finney has been announced as the new International Technical Sales Development Manager for ICL’s AmegA Sciences.

Mike, an experienced commercial manager, joins AmegA Sciences from chemical manufacturing corporation BASF - where he played a key ro

Sherriff Amenity, one of the largest national amenity distributors in the UK, has launched a unique range of new biological pest control products.

It is that time of year again when we might just find some unwanted visitors dwelling in our soil, feedi

This year we saw the trend of a horizon, living wall and green roofs.

There are some suggestions from us to go green with a living wall or roof.

Cover the garden shed with living wall panels

Most gardens have a shed for store tools and unwanted furnitur

Alan Abel from Complete Weed Control gives Turf Managers his view ahead of the Autumn fertiliser treatment window and how to deal with the second leatherjacket season.

Olympic mania is still at fever pitch. The legacy left from the London games can st

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