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Signs of a British spring including spawning frogs, the arrival of migrating swallows and the first leaves on oak trees took a week longer to spread across the UK this year than in the last two decades, according to nature watchers.

A mild winter saw

The National Trust for Scotland has been warned it risks "damage to its long-term aims" with plans that could see up to 139 staff made redundant.

The trust wants to reduce costs by 10% and "simplify" its management structure.

It said it had "a bold a

The GMA (Growing Media Association) and the Horticultural Trades Association (HTA) will launch the pilot Responsible Sourcing Scheme for Growing Media at the National Plant Show on 21 and 22 June.

Paul Alexander, head of horticultural and environment

Environmental scientists from the University of Stirling have found beech forests across western Europe are increasingly at risk from drought – with areas of southern England worst affected.

In a new €1.4 million study, part-funded by NERC, researche

The Soil Association is demanding that EU Member States implement the recommendations of the European Parliament, and ban the use of glyphosate on crops immediately before harvest, and ban all use in public spaces and gardens.

Soil Association: Judge

Dennis and SISIS have announced that they will be exhibiting at booth number 38 at the 32nd Australian Turfgrass Conference & Trade Exhibition, which will be held at The Crown Entertainment Complex in Melbourne from 21-23 June 2016.

Held annually, thi

Tesco has sold the UK’s second largest garden centre chain, Dobbies, for £217m, in the latest of a string of disposals.

The business, which runs 35 garden centres across Scotland, England and Northern Ireland, has been sold to a group of investors le

Sherriff Amenity has announced the appointment of Joseph Dormer and Rob Bradshaw, who both join the company’s renowned team of Amenity Specialists.

Joseph joins Sherriff Amenity with excellent knowledge of the sports turf industry having previously be

Pellenc has launched two new battery-powered pruners – the Prunion and Vinion, which replace the older generation Treelion and Lixion pruning shears. Pellenc is sold exclusively in the UK by Etesia UK.

The two new models, priced at just £799.00 +vat f

Drivers at landscape products group Marshalls went on 24-hour strike in a “last resort” protest over rates of pay.

Placard-waving protesters were asking vehicles to turn back at the gates at the Eaglescliffe depot at Durham Lane today, joining depots

Scientists have learned that cabbage and cauliflower crops could potentially be "devastated" by a species of moth arriving from continental Europe.

BBC News understands that tens of millions of diamondback moths are thought to have come to the UK in

Organisers of SALTEX 2016, which is being held on 2 and 3 November at the NEC, Birmingham, have launched a new photo competition in which one winner will receive two VIP tickets to SALTEX and the IOG Industry Awards, PLUS overnight accommodation.

Each

One of the most common uses for skip hire is driveway work. Almost all driveway installations cause a considerable amount of waste, whether it be a new driveway, or replacing an old driveway. Hiring a skip for your drive and path removal waste can be

Hammersmith & Fulham Council (H&F) is the first council in London to halt the use of potentially harmful sprays in parks and open spaces. The borough is pioneering trials of chemical-free weedkillers.

The scrapping of controversial glyphosate-based w

Georgie Newbery sometimes has to dodge a hunting barn owl when she rises at 5am to harvest flowers on her seven-acre plot near Wincanton in Somerset.

Picking sweet rocket, foxgloves and cornflowers as dawn light streaks over the fields may sound idyl

Freelancers, the gig economy, the self-employed army; whatever you call them, the numbers are on the rise. Workers are embracing greater flexibility and control over their hours by working as freelancers who dictate their own hours rather than submit

The UK government’s ambition to manage the country's soil sustainably by 2030 will not be met unless further action is taken, the Environmental Audit Committee has warned in a report published today on the health of UK soil.

Failing to prevent soil d

ICL, along with specially selected partners - Syngenta and Bernhard and Company, recently hosted another successful Pitch Focus event. This year’s venue was at the Tottenham Hotspur Training Centre in Enfield.

The popular educational event has been de