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ANALYSIS

R to L - Emmanuelle Courchel, Horticulture Supervisor, Steve Arnold Horticulture Manager with Andrew Fisher-Tomlin - Credit: CWGC

How is the Commonwealth War Graves Commission building resilience for the next 100 years?

Head Gardener: Tough annuals for an easy-to-grow summer show + Jane Moore VIDEO

Annuals

Stop treating weeds as a cosmetic issue: The 25mm rule and proactive asset management

Weed control

Sargent’s Solutions: How to give a valuable guided garden tour

Alan Sargent

How local government reorganisation will impact parks services

Green assets

The landscape of local authority parks: Budgets, maintenance, and income

Park

Growing revenue in parks and gardens: challenges and opportunities WATCH NOW!

Parks and Gardens Summit

Parks and gardens faced ‘toughest year financially’ since the end of lockdown in 2025

ALVA Map

Kevin Line’s Plant Favourites: Primula elatior

Primula elatior

International Women’s Day: how close is horticulture to gender parity?

International Women's Day

Kew’s 30th Orchid Festival highlights the success of weather-resilient programming

RBG Kew’s orchid festival

Head Gardener: Bare-root plants tick all the boxes for winter planting + Jane Moore VIDEO

Newly planted bare-root hedge at Bath Priory

RBGE Regius Keeper Simon Milne highlights importance of plants

Simon Milne

Why is it so hard for gardens to be financially self-sustaining?

The Laskett Gardens

New product highlights showcased at LAMMA 2026

Packed hall at LAMMA 2026

Sector Preview 2026: Parks & Gardens

Parks & Gardens

LATEST NEWS

Easter

Forecast settled after Storm Dave

The weather is forecast to be calm after Storm Dave hit on Easter Saturday night.

Six sites shortlisted for Historic Houses garden of the year + previous winners list

Lake District visitor centre and garden taken over

Caerhays' magnolias star at Cornwall show

RHS holds plant trials symposium and reviews roses AGMs

Most read this horticulture week: Blue Diamond, parks and gardens week,RHS awards

Air-Pot a ‘gamechanger’ in Edinburgh’s Palm Houses historic restoration

RHS award VMHs to Chris Baines, Philip McMillan Browse, Linda Philips, David Rae and Jennifer Trehane

Capel Manor College relaunch gardens VIDEO

Chatsworth launch new fellowship to next generation of horticulture leaders

Monty Don: ‘I’m not snooty about gardens’

Winners and losers this horticulture week: Beckham garden, Yellow Day, plastic pots

Outdoor attractions 2025 visitor numbers up 2%, reveals latest ALVA figures

Kew looks to philanthropy to help herbarium move

RHS launches well-being garden blueprint

Rhododendrons blooming at Kew Wakehurst as conservation project begins

Chris Packham plants Trees for Cities’ two millionth tree

Trust seeking views on how good UK parks are for wildlife

Council lease saves threatened Duke of Northumberland allotments

THE WAR ON PLASTIC PLANT POTS: Which councils plan to recycle following new regulations? UPDATED

Hockney exhibition set to bring more visitors to Hyde Park

UK HEAD GARDENERS LISTING

Woman hoeing a flower bed

UK Head Gardeners Listing

HEAD GARDENER - WITH JANE MOORE

Head Gardener: Making the most of the garden in winter + Jane Moore VIDEO

Drifts of hellebores

Head Gardener: Brilliant trees for planting in borders + Jane Moore VIDEO

Trees for borders

Head Gardener: Managing a meadow to build up future diversity

Meadow at The Priory

Head Gardener: Herbaceous beauties for super-dry conditions

Nepeta and Sedum

Head Gardener: Stimulate creativity by attending garden shows

Linked water tanks in Flood Resilient garden

Head Gardener: Planting trees for the future in a small garden

Bath Priory cedar of Lebanon

SARGENT'S SOLUTIONS

Sargent’s Solutions: Building a portfolio that sells your landscape garden design practice

Alan Sargent

Sargent’s Solutions: Artificial intelligence and domestic landscape contractors

Alan Sargent

Sargent’s Solutions: Time-limited quotations for landscape maintenance contractors

Alan Sargent

Sargent’s Solutions: Patios, damp-proof courses and insurance matters

Alan Sargent

Sargent’s Solutions: Examining the roles of specifiers and designers in landscaping projects

Alan Sargent

Sargent’s Solutions: Safely changing the name of your landscape businesses

Alan Sargent

Resilient landscape business in changing times

Alan Sargent

Making your landscape tools more productive

Alan Sargent

KIT AND MACHINERY

Grass cutting: The advances making battery ride-on mowers a viable option

AS 920 ESherpa - credit: AS-Motor

Grass cutting: State-of-the-art robots giving better results than ever before

Automower 560 EPOS - credit: Husqvarna

Grass cutting: Remote-controlled machines for safer mowing on slopes

AS 1000 Ovis RC flail mower - credit: AS-Motor

The latest battery tools built to match up to petrol equivalents

Man using hedge trimmer HSA 100 in Stihl AP System - credit: STIHL

How cutting-edge technology is taking batteries to the next level

Kress commercial tools designed for 60V batteries that can charge in under eight minutes - credit: Kress

Smarter tools for preparing fine turf and lawns for winter

Self-propelled Mataway dethatcher - credit: Bobcat

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