The BBC has launched a search for the a young gardener who will be "a true ambassador for their trade" in a series to air later this year.
Haymarket Business Media, parent company of Horticulture Week, has been named Best Digital Publisher of the Year for business publishing at the Association of Online Publishers awards.
Scottish Agricultural College is leading a two-year £1.7m rural training programme for the farming, food and forestry sectors in Cumbria. Each project, funded by Defra, was drawn up in response to needs analysis work out in rural Cumbria in 2009.
Perennial has received its largest donation of £150,000 from the National Gardens Scheme.
Coolings Garden Centre staff have received customised training from the National Skills Academy for Retail leading to a 50 per cent increase in sales in February 2011 compared to the previous year.
Training courses and professional advice offered as part of enhanced membership services.
Professional Gardeners Guild chairman Tony Arnold, head gardener at the University of Cambridge's Newnham College, has warned gardeners about the threat of skin cancer this spring.
John O'Conner Grounds Maintenance has taken on five work experience interns as part of the Government's extended work experience scheme.
HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) is tackling gangmasters who fail to pay their tax by doubling the number of specialist officers cracking down on them.
Garden design students from Craven College in North Yorkshire scooped a premier award at this year's Harrogate Spring Flower Show.
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