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News & Analysis
The latest news for horticulture professionals, including garden retail, ornamentals nurseries, field vegetable and salad crops, sport and amenity turf, landscape contracting and design, grounds maintenance, parks & gardens and arboriculture.
Latest News
- Quinton Edwards agent as Ornamental Tree Nurseries sells internet business to Hedges Direct
- Glee launches video
- Phytophthora ramorum films launched at ICF conference
- Squires Garden Centres introduces plant guide
- Garden industry runs for Greenfingers
- Racecourse steals a march with new aeration kit
- Robot scores the latest green goal at Forest Green Rovers
- More green spaces and trees promises re-elected Boris Johnson
- Travis Perkins like-for-like consumer sales fall
- Messaging and product placement is an art says John Stanley
- Largest ever man-made wildflower meadows herald Olympics
- Charity Chelsea Flower Show ticket offer to help Horatio's Garden
- Perrywood Garden Centre makes Chelsea Flower Show debut
- Malcolm Scott says supermarket garden centres may not be allowed outside planning
- Chelsea Flower Show tickets hit £315 on Ebay
- West Six garden centre runs events
- Garden centre closes for jubilee
- Diarmuid Gavin recommends Giants Seat garden centre
Columnists & Comment
Farrer On ... Collaboration key to industry progress
11 May 2012This year, I have attended many forums where the representative organisations for our industry have independently identified the need for shared goals and a common voice.
Reader Panel - What could the Government do to make business better?
11 May 2012We asked industry leaders what legislation changes the Government could make that would help them.
Kossoff On ... Be prepared to learn from retail masters
04 May 2012You just received a very big gift. Terra Firma is giving you a "teaching moment" with its acquisition of the Garden Centre Group (GCG).
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Arboriculture RSS
- Phytophthora ramorum films launched at ICF conference
- More green spaces and trees promises re-elected Boris Johnson
- Deluges put an end to drought but not hosepipe bans
- Kew to spray for oak processionary moth
- Tree treatment stimulates natural defence in battle against Phytophthora infections
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Careers and workplace RSS
- Plumpton College cancels open day because of waterlogged parking
- Bicton College to promote vocational qualifications
- University of Buckingham masters to focus on garden history
- National Trust offers new diploma
- RHS Hampton Court Palace Flower Show launches student award
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Contracts RSS
- Ninth Stakeholder Forum non-native species update in May
- Top groundsmen speak at seminar on turfcare techniques
- Garden Thyme buys blower
- Mower dealership agreed
- New Contracts - Grounds Maintenance
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Edibles RSS
- It's not a true sandwich without watercress, say growers
- Deluges put an end to drought but not hosepipe bans
- Food security on the Warwick Crop Centre agenda
- Potash mine plan unveiled for Yorkshire
- Potato trade value on the up
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Landscape RSS
- Quinton Edwards agent as Ornamental Tree Nurseries sells internet business to Hedges Direct
- Phytophthora ramorum films launched at ICF conference
- More green spaces and trees promises re-elected Boris Johnson
- Racecourse steals a march with new aeration kit
- Robot scores the latest green goal at Forest Green Rovers
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Ornamentals RSS
- Quinton Edwards agent as Ornamental Tree Nurseries sells internet business to Hedges Direct
- Squires Garden Centres introduces plant guide
- Largest ever man-made wildflower meadows herald Olympics
- Chelsea Flower Show tickets hit £315 on Ebay
- Deluges put an end to drought but not hosepipe bans
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Parks and gardens RSS
- Phytophthora ramorum films launched at ICF conference
- More green spaces and trees promises re-elected Boris Johnson
- Racecourse steals a march with new aeration kit
- Robot scores the latest green goal at Forest Green Rovers
- Largest ever man-made wildflower meadows herald Olympics
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Pests and diseases RSS
- HDC seminar video goes online
- Fungicide use approved on strawberries
- EC consults on alien species
- Pesticide treatment clarified for fuchsia gall mite control
- Pesticide guide updated
Additional Information
Latest jobs Jobs web feed
- Cut Flower NPD Manager Tailor Made Resources £30-35k, East of England
- Head Gardener Horticruitment DOE, Oxfordshire
- Marketing Manager MorePeople £35000 per annum, Cheshire
- Plant Area Manager MorePeople £30000 - £40000 per annum, London
- Category and Insight Manager Henderson Brown Recruitment £35000 - £45000 per annum + Benefits, Peterborough
Latest Tenders
Contract for the Supply of Horticultural Machinery & Equipment
Sunderland City Council
CONTRACTS FOR THE SUPPLY OF PARKS
MAINTENANCE AND TREES MAINTENANCE
Wandsworth Borough Council
In This Issue
NEWS: GreenSpace conference hears Camley call for parks to scale the political agenda
CAREERS IN HORTICULTURE: What's on offer and how to build a horticultural career
INTERVIEW: Olympics garden chief Des Smith on his job as head gardener of the Olympic Park
PLANT FOCUS: Hosta
GREEN SPACE MANAGEMENT: Best Practice Tendering -Part 3: service delivery
GROWER PROFILE: Lincolnshire Herbs' Patrick Bastow
