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Local Heroes

Westland’s Community Gardening Fund

Westland Horticulture has announced a New Horizon Fund aimed to support community garden projects across the UK and Ireland in 2024.

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Design

The biophilic design trend

The desire for restoration, reconnection with nature and being part of the solution against climate change has spurred the adoption of biophilic design in urban, commercial and domestic architecture.

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Wildlife

Blackbird facing rapid decline

Experts believe blackbird numbers in Greater London and southern England have plummeted on account of the Usutu virus, first detected in UK in 2020

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Environment

Pioneering mushroom farm at Blenheim estate

Work has begun on a pioneering mushroom farm on the Blenheim Estate to grow gourmet mushrooms on spawn-inoculated substrate created from organic waste from Blenheim Palace.

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Wildlife

Trees for bees at Wakehurst

Wakehurst is using citizen science to help discover the trees most favoured by pollinators and how to make cities more pollinator-friendly.

Winning entry for the Student SGD Garden Design for Domestic category: Bronte Seller (London College of Garden Design) showing a natural woodland with mature trees and path through natural planting

Awards

2025 SGLD Student Award Winners

Emerging talent in garden and landscape design were celebrated at the Society of Garden + Landscape Designers (SGLD) Annual Awards Ceremony, in London.