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It has caused severe damage to plants and trees in the US and southern Europe and now there are fears it is heading this way. With experts warning that it could make the devastating ash dieback disease seem like “a walk in the park”, the UK is on red

Compare and contrast these two stories. In Lancashire, five museums will close on 31 March because the county council needs to cut its museums budget from £1.3m to less than £100,000 so that it can maintain at least a skeletal version of statutory, e

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Health & Safety – Employees

Spring is a busy time and businesses may require more employees. Employers have several responsibilities towards the staff they employ under the Health & Safety at Work Act 1974;

-        Working alone: when le

National Trust Garden teams in South West England have been busy recording flowers in bloom in this year’s annual Valentine’s Flower Count, with nearly all gardens showing an increase on last year.

In 2008, 3,335 plants in bloom were recorded in Devo

More than one in nine children in England have not set foot in a park, forest, beach or any other natural environment for at least 12 months, according to a two-year study funded by the government.

Children from low-income families and black, Asian a

A TRADITIONAL ceremony which marks the arrival of spring has taken place - at the earliest time in 100 years.

For more than a century the blooming of six magnolia trees at the Great Gardens of Cornwall - a group of 12 of the best-known, largest, most

As a long time user of Limagrain products, Simon Cotterill – head greenkeeper at Market Drayton Golf Club, believes that the company has been instrumental in helping him transform the greens.

Positioned in the surrounding countryside of Shropshire; li

Etesia has launched three new battery-powered pedestrian rotary mowers – the PACS push and PACTS single speed 46cm models and the NACS push 41cm model. All new models are now also available with the new rear roller kit for easy, effortless striping.

Growing concerns over Recycling firms who set up on private land before going out of business, leaving waste mounds costing millions to clean up.

Research has revealed that environment agencies in the UK are dealing with dozens of abandoned waste mou

A report published today (9 February 2016) shows that taking part in nature-based activities helps people who are suffering from mental ill-health and can contribute to a reduction in levels of anxiety, stress, and depression.

The report A review of

Despite promises to improve the amount of woodland cover and tree planting in the UK, the amount of new planting in England has dropped from 3,300 hectares in 2013-14 to 2,400 hectares in 2014-15 and unconfirmed analysis of 2015-16 suggests that this

In Madrid, pretty much every unused space will soon be covered in plants.

The city is spending millions to expand existing parks, and as many roofs and walls will be covered with greenery as possible. Twenty-two vacant lots will be turned into urban

Governments should consider scrapping high denomination banknotes such as the £50 note to combat financial crime and tax evasion, including paying builders in cash, a former bank boss who advises the UK government has argued.

The Guardian: High-denom

Harrowden Farms Ltd purchased Norfolk based Q Lawns in 2007, then acquired Turfland, Lancashire in 2010 followed by Stewarts Turf in Edinburgh in 2012.

The three turf companies have been working together ever since but have now merged under the name

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After a number of improvements were made to the stunning eighteen hole golf course at Exeter Golf and Country Club, course manager John Parr encountered a problem with the newly built pond on the eighteenth hole. To find a solution to the problem he

ICL has announced the launch of their 2016/17 product guide – including some new and unique products and services.

The comprehensive brochure, designed using feedback gathered from a wide range of end users detailing what they wanted and needed to be

We all understand the woes of gardening, especially in the winter! HedgedIn is a fresh company that has recognized the growing demand for artificial alternatives to real plants.

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After a recent audit confirmed SALTEX 2015 as the UK’s largest turf care event, an encouraging post-show exhibitor survey has further confirmed the undoubted success of the event.  

95.24% of exhibitors answered yes when asked whether they generated n

Monsanto's signature herbicide glyphosate, first marketed as "Roundup," is now the most widely and heavily applied weed-killer in the history of chemical agriculture in both the U.S. and globally, according to a landmark report published today.

The p