Business
The Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) and the Garden Centre Association (GCA) have produced a list of garden centres and retailers that stock only peat-free growing media.
Business
Launching this week, is the first online service to connect people to independent funeral florists offering natural, beautiful and compostable floral arrangements across the UK
Environment
The DIY and home improvement retailing company, B&Q have recently launched plastic plant pot recycling stations in over 100 of their stores across the UK.
Wildlife
To mark the upcoming Hedgehog Awareness Week (5th – 11th May), thedirt.news sheds light on the various conservation campaigns and initiatives working to halt their decline.
Environment
Designed by Dr. Edward Barsley and Blue Heart, the Lego Flood House aims to help highlight the impacts of flooding and benefits of adaptation and resilience.
Environment
New data from Flood Re suggests that due to low awareness and understanding of flood risks, people in the UK are wasting £2.9 million per year on their gardens.
Environment
Daniel Graham and Adam Carruthers have been charged with criminal damage for cutting down the 200 year old Sycamore Gap tree last September.
Health
Regardless of the size of the flock, Defra has announced compulsory registration requirements for all bird keepers to combat avian influenza outbreaks.
Gardens
The Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh needs to raise £250,000 towards completion of the Palm Houses restoration to ensure their ongoing to legacy inspire and educate.
Wildlife
The Bugs Matter Survey report reveals that the abundance of flying insects sampled on vehicle number plates has fallen by a staggering 78% since 2004.
Environment
The Forestry Commission outlines their move towards more sustainable forestry with plastic usage reduction and recycling programmes.
Book Release
In her new book, Kate Bradbury writes passionately about how her climate-change anxiety pushes her to look for positive ways to keep going in a changing world.
Research
Study found that London’s urban forest helped avoid 153 heat attributable deaths, representing around 16% of Urban Heat Island related mortality.
Wildlife
Similar to our equivalent Big Butterfly Count, the people of the Netherlands are counting bees to help assess the health and prevalence of wild bee populations in the country.
Wildlife
Despite their maligned reputation, bats carry out important work and contribute to the health of our ecosystem.
Media
Based on Isabella Tree’s best-selling book by the same title, the new documentary feature film about the story of rewilding Knepp releases in June.
Gardens
The Flood Resistant garden, designed by Naomi Slade and Dr Ed Barsley to drive awareness of flood risk is destined for Howbery Business Park in Oxfordshire.
Wildlife
Research conducted in Wytham Woods near Oxford suggests that great tits (Parus major) have been able to manage the effects of climate change.
Environment
A trial series of traditional ‘railway hedges’ are thriving at a North London station along one of Britain’s busiest main lines, following intervention by Network Rail and The Tree Council.
Shows
At the new RHS Urban Show Manchester, the garden centre group Blue Diamond will be championing the move towards British grown peat-free and soil-free houseplants.
