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Extending the season and "weatherproofing" garden centres was a big theme on the opening day of Glee after the record levels of rain this summer led to depressed sales.Continue reading...

Association of Professional Landscapers (APL) is making a last call for entries to its awards in 2013.Continue reading...

Cold atmospheric plasma (CAP) treatment shows promise as an alternative way of removing harmful bacteria from fresh produce, according to new research.Continue reading...

British designers Jo Thompson and Richard Miers flew out to Japan last week for an event hailed as the "world's most extraordinary world cup".Continue reading...

The HTA is offering a reduced rate for its October Garden Futures conference for smaller businesses to encourage them to attend.Continue reading...

Greenkeepers are being urged to take advantage of good autumn growing conditions to tackle thick rough, identified in a survey as number-one enemy for golfers.Continue reading...

Jekka McVicar is to convert her herb farm into a display garden and schoolContinue reading...

New species of slug may pose a threat to British species and cause problems for gardenersContinue reading...

THE mood is to support nature rather than try to fight or control it.Continue reading...

Spectators who visited the International Garden Festival in Liverpool nearly 30 years ago have made a return visit to the newly reopened landscape.Continue reading...

Nottingham-based QD Stores has bought the Roman Way garden centre in Milton Keynes.Continue reading...

Two highly respected industry figures died this month, vegetable seed specialist Laurence "George" Beaven, and Joan Beales, a company director and wife of the rose specialist Peter.Continue reading...

The National Cider Makers Association (NACM) has lent its support to next weekend's (22-23 September) cider festival at the National Fruit Tree Collection holder in Kent, including holding a new competition for the county's cider makers.Continue reading...

Manchester City is to start work on a £100m football academy with 16 football pitches on 32ha of land.Continue reading...

Kit including mowers from the last 180 years are to form the focus of an open-house event from Ransomes Jacobsen.Continue reading...

Dobbies Garden Centres has submitted plans to develop a £5 million pound Dobbies Garden World at Inshes Retail Park, Inverness, to the Highland Council.Continue reading...

Kelways has relaunched its website, aiming to make it attractive, modern and informative, and ensure ordering goods is easy and secure.Continue reading...

The RHS just carried out a survey which found that 24 per cent of adults "don't buy" plants. I'm startled: a full three-quarters of grown-ups really go to a garden centre and purchase plants? I'm used to thinking of gardening as a niche interest, like road cycling. And actually everyone knows...

A spectacular display of autumn colour is predicted at RHS gardens this year thanks to the wet summer and recent sunny weather.Continue reading...

Town & Country will be using this year's Glee as a platform to showcase a raft of new footwear and glove products.Continue reading...