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A dramatic spike in the price of iron ore this week has been blamed on an upcoming flower show that is designed to showcase green-living in one of China’s most smog-choked industrial cities.

Steel mills in Tangshan – a city of about 7 million inhabit

A rebellion by several EU countries could scupper plans by the European commission to approve the relicensing of a weedkiller linked to cancer by the World Health Organisation (WHO).

The vote to relicense glyphosate, a key ingredient in herbicides

Jason Cummings of JSC Paving and Landscaping, based in Poole, Dorset, was crowned ‘Marshalls Contractor of the Year’ after scooping the top prize for the ‘Best Engineering Achievement’ category, and was presented with a brand new Toyota Hilux pickup

Green-fingered Scots are being urged to do the right thing when it comes to sourcing plants, with the publication of the first national plant health strategy.

Bringing plants and trees into Scotland from holiday and purchasing plants with unknown pro

Japanese knotweed is growing months ahead of normal in parts of the UK according to a national trade body.

Mild winter weather has prompted unusually early sightings of the invasive plant, according to the Property Care Association (PCA).

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When I decided to muster a panel of experts both in and out of the gardening world to a debate titled “The future of gardening – How do we spark a revolution?”

I was naive to think that we may have to cajole people to get animated about the subject.

Following the success of last year’s exhibition, more than 70 per cent of SALTEX 2015 exhibitors have already re-booked for the 2016 event - which will be held at the NEC, Birmingham on 2-3 November.

Firmly established as the UK’s leading turf managem

This winter was the wettest recorded in Scotland since records began in 1910.

Met Office statistics show that an average of 760mm (2.5ft) of rain fell across the country in December, January and February.

This resulted in a spate of floods which inun

Alan Abel from Complete Weed Control considers some of the seasonal maintenance activities for the part-time groundsman.

Typically, now is the time that turf managers need to keep an eye open for any disease infestations. Regular brushing is vital dur

Just before Christmas I tentatively embarked on something that looks set to change the course of my life. I had returned from South Africa a few months earlier with seed of many threatened members of the protea family and I was forced to make some de

Seeds of exotic plants illegally collected in the Himalayas are being sold in the UK, the BBC has found.

National Himalayan authorities say no permission was obtained to gather and export the plant material.

The activity harms the environment and dep

The valuable cooling effects of large urban green spaces has been established; now scientists from Forest Research, the research agency of the Forestry Commission, have studied small and medium sized  parks in London to determine the optimum size, di

This winter is on track to be the warmest ever recorded in England and Wales, according to preliminary figures from the Met Office.

The agency is due to process the final set of winter temperature readings from weather stations around the UK on Tuesd

Today marks the start of Invasives Week, which aims to raise awareness of the huge problem of invasive non-native species like the American Signal crayfish.

During Invasives Week, which is led by nature NGO coalition Wildlife & Countryside Link, cons

The European commission plans to give a new 15-year lease to a controversial weedkiller that was deemed “probably carcinogenic to humans” by the World Health Organisation’s International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC).

A draft implementing law

Thousands of workers who have been encouraged by the government to take out pension plans could be at risk of losing their savings, the industry regulator has told the BBC.

It follows fears that dozens of companies providing auto enrolment pensions a

The Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) is on a quest to find the best emerging talent from the landscape and plant design arena with the introduction of a brand new category - the RHS Young Landscape Contractor and RHS Young Planting Designer 2016 com

Louise wanted to put the house on the market to sell. There was a problem, because from her living room she could see a mouldy wall in her courtyard.

Louise searched online and decided to cover the offending wall with artificial hedges. After examinin

Turf Rewards from ICL and Syngenta is a loyalty scheme for golf, sport and amenity turf managers and provides the chance to earn points from purchases and convert them into a range of valuable agronomic or educational items. Not only does it benefit

In today's world of gardening, there exists a discussion so heated that puts even the age-old coffee vs. tea debate to shame. And it all began with one deceivingly simple question – should you seed or sod your lawn? As it turns out, both sides of the