
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.
Local Heroes
Westland Horticulture has announced a New Horizon Fund aimed to support community garden projects across the UK and Ireland in 2024.
Gardens
Commissioned by Canterbury City Council, Blakedown Landscapes have been appointed as principal contractor to deliver the landscaping of the city’s new realm enhancement project.
Natural Capital
Foresight Sustainable Forestry Company Plc and the Upper Urr Environment Trust celebrate completion of initial works at the new Glaisters Bridge Community Woodland Site in Scotland.
Charity
The National Trust has announced that £1 million of funding from Blue Diamond Garden Centres will be spent on garden and plant conservation projects.
Environment
New maps show climate changes by constituency, allowing constituents to see not only the changes over the years, but how they compare and future projections.
Charity
Charitable fund, the Julia Rausing Trust has awarded £16.7 million in heritage grants to UK cathedrals, botanic gardens, and museums and galleries
Design
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.
Wildlife
Experts believe blackbird numbers in Greater London and southern England have plummeted on account of the Usutu virus, first detected in UK in 2020
Regulation
Government pledges to champion the environment in the run up to the COP28 Climate Summit in Dubai.
Charity
Horticulture Wales and the Woodland Skills Centre have announced the continuation of their partnership in 2024 to promote horticulture to businesses, communities and schools in Flintshire and Denbighshire.
Environment
A new fund has been established to support local people looking to improve and support their water environment.
Environment
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.
Awards
A collection of innovative gardens and landscapes were celebrated at the Society of Garden + Landscape Designers Awards, recognising the industry’s design talents
Charity
A significant milestone for both the Greenfingers Charity and the team at Derian House Children’s Hospice as the all-new Sensory Garden was officially opened.
Wildlife
In the aid of the endangered High Brown Fritillary, Longhorns and Mangalista pigs will be creating potential breeding habitat by ‘mowing’ through Exmoor.
Plants
Fuelled by consumer demand and mandated by legislation, native plant consumption in the US is growing but it’s a protracted process.
Wildlife
Wakehurst is using citizen science to help discover the trees most favoured by pollinators and how to make cities more pollinator-friendly.
Business
The results of the Herbarium Impact Survey for staff of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, confirm that the majority of respondents are not in favour of the move to Thames Valley Science Park.
Wildlife
This week saw the launch of The Wildlife Garden Directory, a cunning platform to link keen wildlife gardeners and professionals in their quest to create and maintain a wildlife garden.
Awards
Emerging talent in garden and landscape design were celebrated at the Society of Garden + Landscape Designers (SGLD) Annual Awards Ceremony, in London.