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The Association of Play Industries (API) has published a new code of practice with guidance to help clients, installers and specifiers find the right play surfacing.Continue reading...

Avalon Surfacing has transformed the promenade and village green footpaths at Westward Ho! seafront by laying RonaDeck resin-bound surfacing as part of a refurbishment project by Torridge District Council.Continue reading...

Sodexo has redesigned a roundabout at Stoke Mandeville Hospital to reflect the site's links to the origins of the Paralympic Games.Continue reading...

Plantarium exhibitors say growers need to adapt to latest technology to survive recent downturn.Continue reading...

IT'S A fair bet that if you're a keen gardener you will already have heard of James Wong. And if you haven't, that's probably about to change. James made his name with a book called Grow Your Own Drugs, which shot into the international bestseller lists possibly for all the wrong reasons. No,...

Farm workers are the only workers on Jersey to see their wages fall over the past year, according to latest figures from the States of Jersey, the island's government.Continue reading...

Vegetable specialist suggests method to extend courgette season at variety demonstration day.Continue reading...

The GROEN-Direkt autumn fair has achieved a six per cent higher turnover compared with last year.Continue reading...

Calibrachoa 'Lemon Slice' in the Proven Winners Superbells range - presented by Kernock Park Plants - and Fatsia 'Spider's Web' introduced by Javado UK won top votes in an exceptional year for new plant entries at the Four Oaks Trade Show.Continue reading...

Growers at Four Oaks Trade Show report good August bedding sales thanks to better weather but endured a poor spring.Continue reading...

Eden Project directors Peter Stewart and Rita Broe have won honours from the Queen for work involving Diamond Jubilee celebrations.Continue reading...

Plans to combat Japanese knotweed and other invasive weeds have been stepped up after a big client put out a tender notice for control worth up to millions of pounds.Continue reading...

Thompson and Morgan has donated £1,216 to the RHS from the profits of its Candelabra Primula ‘Harlow Carr Hybrids’.Continue reading...

Singapore's Gardens by the Bay designed by British landscape architect Grant Associates has welcomed over one million visitors in its first two months including the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge on Wednesday.Continue reading...

Supermarket Waitrose saw growth in sales of nearly 7 per cent for the six months to the end of July, following a number of new store openings and increased online presence.Continue reading...

A Hampshire family found a juvenile frog in a bag of baby leaf salad bought from the Waitrose supermarket in Ringwood.Continue reading...

Like-for-like sales at 340-store Homebase fell 3.7 per cent in the second quarter, with total sales down 3.9 percent to £366 million.Continue reading...

One of the wettest summers ever has sluiced £30m of profit down the drain at B&Q and other Kingfisher names as demand for gardening goods and outdoor tools plunged.Continue reading...

IF there's one major London art exhibition that will entrance most gardeners it's Tate Britain's Pre-Raphaelites: Victorian Avant-Garde at Tate Britain.Continue reading...

Retail analyst GfK has reported that value sales for the total garden care market (lawn fertilisers, lawn spreader, lawn seed, plant fertilisers, houseplant care), decreased by 14 per cent in July 2012 year-to-date (YTD), versus 2011.Continue reading...