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The Growing Media Task Force is to give growers a platform to air their views on peat at a meeting on 11 September.Continue reading...

Garden centre turnover for the week from 27 August to 2 September was almost exactly the same as in the same week as 2011, according to Horticulture Week analysis.Continue reading...

Wholesaler Stax Trade Centres will be exhibiting for the first time at Glee this September, launching a range of Ambassador premium garden tools.Continue reading...

Dingle Gardens continue to do Shrewsbury credit. The turf and formal flower beds have been maintained to the highest standards for more than 60 years to my certain knowledge. It would be a tragedy if Britain lost the art and skill of producing these colourful displays.Continue reading...

The Association of Gardens Trusts has thrown its weight behind Horticulture Week's Make Parks a Priority campaign, which is calling for a parliamentary inquiry into the crisis facing urban parks.Continue reading...

The RHS is launching a campaign to promote planting in autumn following a survey that shows only 12 per cent of people think it is the best time to get plants in the ground.Continue reading...

Quadron has strengthened its tree surgery services after buying a half share arboricultural business Blythe Valley.Continue reading...

ISS Facility Services Landscaping has scored a hat-trick of international quality kitemarks with its latest accreditation for occupational health and safety management systems, the OHSAS 18001:2007 certification.Continue reading...

James Coles marketing manager Lynn Hunter is leaving the horticulture industry after 12 years with the message that industry bodies are on the right track with greater collaboration.Continue reading...

A new training company offering management and leadership programmes specifically for horticulturists, by horticulturists, has been launched by MorePeople and Horticulture Week.Continue reading...

Exhibitor numbers at Glee are likely to be up to 100 lower than in 2011, with latest numbers quoted by organisers at 500 for 2012 s Birmingham NEC event on 17-19 September. Glee has lost its PetIndex hall after competition from Pets and Aquatics Trade shows in Sandown (20-21 March) and Harrogate...

Timberplay has introduced a range of puzzles for children and adults as eye-catching features for landscapes. The Kaleidoscopic pieces have been designed to stimulate the senses.Continue reading...

The Association of Play Industries has launched a "community hub" website to give schools, parish councils, families and community groups the latest news on play funding and resources. See www.api-play.org/community-hub.Continue reading...

Good autumn weather will not be enough to redeem a poor season for many historic and botanic gardens, managers have said.Continue reading...

Stagecraft has launched its Christmas brochure for 2012, Prepare for Christmas, which includes 16 new products and offers reductions of up to 40 per cent on its 2011 prices.Continue reading...

Beleaguered government officials are said to be lining up a new strategy to increase the volume of housebuilding in an effort to pep up construction.Continue reading...

Trainee gardeners are presented with qualifications by RHS School of HorticultureContinue reading...

Beleaguered government officials are said to be lining up a new strategy to increase the volume of housebuilding on a huge scale in an effort to pep up construction.Continue reading...

Beleaguered government officials are said to be lining up a new strategy to increase the volume of housebuilding on a huge scale in an effort to pep up construction.Continue reading...

The latest development in a collaboration between PepsiCo and the University of Cambridge takes guesswork out of harvest prediction, it is claimed.Continue reading...