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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

More than four out of five people want laws protecting wildlife to remain as strong or be made tougher after the UK leaves the European Union, according to a new poll.

The EU has world-leading environmental protection standards and there have been fe

Capability Brown, the most famous of all English landscape gardeners, moved mountains and flooded valleys to create his illusions of idyllic pastoral vistas – but he was staggeringly well paid for his efforts, earning more than the equivalent of £500

Adam Grantham grounds manager for Reading FC, believes that Limagrain’s MM60 grass seed has helped him achieve a pitch which can stand up to the rigours of a multitude of both rugby and football games.

The Madejski Stadium is home of Reading FC, who p

Scientists have discovered the cause of the recent run of miserable wet summers as they begin to unravel the mysteries of the Atlantic jet stream.

Researchers from the University of Sheffield and the Met Office have identified a number of possible fa

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Most countries in the world have little capacity to deal effectively with invasive species, a study suggests.

The spread of non-native species threatens livelihoods and biodiversity, but the issue is worsened by global trade, travel and climate chang