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ANALYSIS

Will new machinery unveiled at Saltex boost green credentials?

What does your first-aid assessment need to cover?

Fifteen exceptional planting suggestions for multi-stem trees

Head gardener - How bare-root planting can benefit your garden

Tree a Week - Corylus colurna AGM

Horticulture tender awards roundup: 22 - 28 November 2023

10 Majestic futureproof trees

Tree a Week - Betula ermanii ‘Mount Zao Purple’

Tree a Week - Quercus dentata

Horticulture tender awards roundup: 8 - 14 November 2023

12 days of Christmas in horticulture: what's the latest?

Tree a Week - Sorbus carmesina Emberglow

Can smart design reverse the gender imbalance in park use?

Fifteen of the very best trees to choose for ornamental bark

Tree a Week - Parrotia persica Persian Spire (‘Jlpn01’ PBR)

How to manage the risk of work-related violence

LATEST NEWS

MP for Wimbledon warns AELTC’s planning application could set ‘dangerous precedent’

Stephen Hammond, MP for Wimbledon, wrote in a Times column calling the application “the most controversial planning application in the last decade”.

New park registered at Grade II by Historic England

A new home for Edinburgh Botanics’ plants

UK public infrastructure worse then East Germany claims University of Cambridge report

Plans develop for brownfield ex-nursery site Regents Park garden to commemorate Queen Elizabeth II

Royal Botanic Gardens Kew plans for 2024

Parks quality manual launched to help cash-strapped councils

Apprentices celebrated at award ceremony in Hyde Park

Ancient tree designation derails road plan

HortWeek Survey: Should poisonous plants and trees in public carry warning labels?

Concern over warning signs on yew trees after teenager poisoned: industry reaction

Nine new gardens join RHS Partner Gardens scheme

Bodnant acts to help save ‘critically endangered’ trees from extinction

Green space charity launches parks manifesto amid climate crisis

Battersea Power Station roof gardens from Willerby Landscapes wins BALI top award

National Garden Scheme breaks funding record

House of Commons to hear evidence on urban green spaces

Open Spaces Society opposes Royal Parks’ plans for gating of Primrose Hill Park

Famous 20th century gardener’s house and garden for sale

Tree demand outstrips supply

Weed control policies: are councils moving away from or towards glyphosate?

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HEAD GARDENER - WITH JANE MOORE

Head gardener: Brilliant box substitutes to replace lost planting

Head Gardener: Planting to fill the air with winter fragrance

Head gardener: Drastic action to deliver significant improvements to a garden

Head gardener: Naturalising bulbs to create a spring glade

Head Gardener: Planting hedges to create interest

Head gardener: Better irrigation at Lincoln’s Inn

SARGENT'S SOLUTIONS

Landscape work on lavish residential estates

Modern tools for landscape site assessments

The drawbacks of modern landscaping materials

New business for garden designers

Proper coverage for your landscape business

Avoid landscape project disputes by knowing the rules

Band together for better marketing - how landscape designers and contractors can benefit

Hand out photos to help win landscape project clients

KIT AND MACHINERY

The latest battery tools built to match up to petrol equivalents

How cutting-edge technology is taking batteries to the next level

Smarter tools for preparing fine turf and lawns for winter

Which jobs are new petrol and diesel mowers built to handle?

Latest models confirm why battery power is the future for mowing

Do the latest battery chainsaws mean petrol is on the way out?

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