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Pinnacle Power Equipment says it has the world's quietiest industrial-duty leaf and litter vacumm machine in its class.Continue reading...

The second stage of landscaping work on Jubilee Gardens overlooking the River Thames has started and will run for five weeks.Continue reading...

Garden Centre Group chief executive Nicholas Marshall has welcomed the appointment of former Virgin Group chief executive Stephen Murphy as chairman five months after Terra Firma bought the 129-centre chain in a 276m deal. Murphy joined Virgin in 1994 as group finance director following a string...

Garden designer and TV presenter David Domoney FI Hort will be unveiling Powys-based The Old Railway Line Garden Centre s new shop area and restaurant at 11am on Saturday, September 29. Shop manager Katie Cleary said the Love Your Garden presenter will give a 30-minute talk about unusual and...

A Dutch research team has identified a gene in a wild relative of the tomato which keeps the virus-carrying whitefly Bemisia tabaci at bay.Continue reading...

Floramedia is launching a range of videos covering the essentials of gardening at Glee (Birmingham NEC 17-19 September) which can be used on garden centre websites or played on TV screens in retail outlets.Continue reading...

The Government is still committed to safeguarding the Green Belt and inappropriate development will not be allowed unless very special circumstances apply, Malcolm Scott Consultants planner Chris Primet has said following the changes to the planning regime announced by ministers.Continue...

A lecturer who helped create a therapy garden for a rehabilitation centre used by his horrifically injured paratrooper son is to win a royal salute.Continue reading...

The Sustainable Growing Media Task Force met on Tuesday (11 September), along with other industry representatives, to provide feedback to Defra and to Task Force chairman, Dr Alan Knight on his report and proposed road map of actions that were published at the end of June.Continue reading...

The British Christmas Tree Growers Association (BCTGA) will launch its annual best tree competition later this month.Continue reading...

The nursery side of the farm will be closing at the end of September to make way for plans to build a 'herboretum' to display the unique herb collection on the site.Continue reading...

Glee will showcase Robimatic Ecobust, a GIMA-award winning garden landscaping product that the company describes as the "environmentally-friendly way to demolish or split rock and concrete".Continue reading...

Agronomy services supplier Agrovista UK has bought farm monitoring and prediction specialist Plantsystems for an undisclsosed amount.Continue reading...

Stewart, the UK manufacturer and distributor of gardening products, catering supplies and homewares, has completed the development of its new facility at Banbury as it moves from its Croydon home of 67 years.Continue reading...

Research funders have come together in a multi-million pound bid to find ways of addressing current and emerging threats to UK forests, woods and trees from pests and diseases.Continue reading...

The Royal Forestry Society (RFS) has appointed Simon Lloyd to the new post of director of development from the beginning of December.Continue reading...

Jekka McVicar to close nursery to make way for Herboretum sContinue reading...

The Turfgrass Growers Association (TGA) has published a new consumer leaflet that promotes the responsible use of water in the garden.Continue reading...

Glee will showcase Robimatic Ecobust, a GIMA-award winning garden landscaping product that the company describes as the "environmentally-friendly way to demolish or split rock and concrete".Continue reading...

The Campaign for School Gardening celebrates five successful years of getting pupils growing plantsContinue reading...