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11 Apr 2012 | by Colin Hambidge

This is a review of a seminar held on 29 March - Tree Ecophysiology - A seminar with Andy Hirons and Henrik Sjöman - written by Colin Hambridge.

Analysis: Easter Sunday trading questioned by garden centre industry figures

05 Apr 2012 | by Matthew Appleby

Bizarre Easter Sunday trading laws are ripe for testing and desperately need reform say Britain's biggest garden centre bosses.

Review of 2011 - Garden Retail

21 Dec 2011

January GCA figures released in January saw garden centre sales up two per cent overall in 2010 after a snow-hit December. VAT increases from 17.5 per cent to 20 per cent came in on 31 January. Haskins spent 3m on its restaurant at Southampton. Which? And Garden Organic criticised garden...

Review of 2011 - Ornamentals Production

21 Dec 2011

January The industry responded favourably to the Government s consultation on the Sustainable Use Directive for the use of pesticides and parts of the regulation for placing plant protection products on the market. A Defra consultation outlining plans to phase out the commercial use of peat by...

Review of 2011 - Historic and Botanic Gardens

21 Dec 2011

January The Eden project s plans for a 20m power plant drawing natural heat from underground was passed by Cornwall Council. February The National Trust rejected the possibility of taking on responsibility for woodland managed by the Forestry Commission after the government announced...

Review of 2011 - Green space

21 Dec 2011 | by Jez Abbott

January The Government announced that the Royal Parks Agency would become part of the Greater London Authority with management and power switched to the London mayor Boris Johnston Bristol City Council said it would sell off 41 green spaces under a 20-year parks and green spaces strategy....

Review of 2011 - Landscape

19 Dec 2011 | by Jez Abbott

January More than 60 landscape groups wrote to David Cameron urging the PM to give more political backing to the European Landscape Convention, developed to ensure greater protection and management of Europe s landscapes. Liverpool s Festival Gardens, one of the UK s most iconic international...

National Contractors Forum at IoG Saltex 2011 - Maintaining Quality

24 Oct 2011

This is a summary of the presentation by NCF chair Bob Ivison at IoG Saltex on Thursday 8th September 2011.

Horticultural apprenticeships - an overview

01 Sep 2011 | by Jez Abbott

Why do an apprenticeship?

What went wrong for garden centres in 2011?

29 Jul 2011 | by Gavin McEwan

What went wrong for garden retail sales with a season that started with so much promise? Gavin McEwan investigates.

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