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ANALYSIS

Dr David Hessayon and Capel Manor College - a unique love affair

Sector Review 2025: Parks & Gardens

Quiz of the Week: 12/12/25

Ask Sally: What should be done to make workplace transport safer?

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

Longwood inspires UK gardens’ Christmas lights boom

What can we expect from the Autumn Budget?

Golden opportunity to design Wakehurst’s new Silk Road Steppe Landscape garden

Five questions with Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh regius keeper Dr Julia Knights

12 things you need to know from the RHS Chelsea Flower Show/State of Gardening report 2026 launch

Trees and head gardeners: 8 reports from The Newt conference

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

14 of the latest emerging trends from across the horticulture industry

10 new horticulture planning permissions: plant nursery housing plan, garden centre extensions, new parks

HortWeek visits the Carbon Garden at Kew: IN PICTURES

Horticulture contract awards roundup: 2 - 15 July 2025

Viewpoint closed for New Year's Eve after parks police scrapped

Primrose Hill in Camden, north London. attracted 30,000 revellers on New Year's Eve 2024 but this year it will be shut, with the gates locked from 8pm on Tuesday until 6am on New Year’s Day.

HortWeek movers of the year

Perennial responds to surge in helpline calls as more employers face decisions on layoffs

Horticulturist Seamus O'Brien dies aged 55

2026 weather outlook

Kew retail goes peat-free

Town Christmas tree felled

Glyphosate renewal consultation expected in early 2026

Study finds 73% of London’s trees at risk but identifies ‘huge opportunities’

National Trust site takes Guinness World Records title

New survey reveals woodland health crisis with ash dieback ‘biggest impact’

David Austin helps revamp historic rose garden

Who were the National Gardens Scheme charity garden recipients?

Eden Project founder Sir Tim Smit backs Gardens Trust’s fight against Government

Sycamore Gap tree features in TV documentary

New research finds 45% of people in Britain do not have good access to playing fields

Future Gardeners graduates urged: Your work is vital as 'we cannot breathe without horticulture'

Eden Project engages young people to shape Chelsea Flower Show garden

The Royal Parks creates new role to ensure climate-resilient future

RHS Peat Free event hears call for ban and B&Q peat-free success stories

Regent's Park bulb planting at Royal Parks Queen Elizabeth garden

UK HEAD GARDENERS LISTING

UK Head Gardeners Listing

HEAD GARDENER - WITH JANE MOORE

Head Gardener: Managing a meadow to build up future diversity

Head Gardener: Herbaceous beauties for super-dry conditions

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

Head Gardener: A workable alternative to felling healthy trees

Arborist working up a tree at Winkworth Arboretum - credit all images: Kirstin Alexander

Head gardener: Using dwarf conifers in today’s modern gardens

SARGENT'S SOLUTIONS

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

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

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

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

Resilient landscape business in changing times

Making your landscape tools more productive

Promoting staff within a landscape business

Landscape clients' demands for penalty clause

KIT AND MACHINERY

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

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

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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Gardener

Webrecruit - English Heritage, Worcestershire
Gardens Manager

Uppingham School, Uppingham, Rutland
Skilled Landscaper

Fresh Horticultural Careers, East Hampshire
Landscape Contracts Manager

Fresh Horticultural Careers, South West London
Hard Landscaper

Fresh Horticultural Careers, Surrey/Guilford
Gardener

Conkwell Grange, Conkwell Grange, Conkwell, Bath
Skilled Gardener

Private Estate Near Marlborough, Estate near Marlborough in Wiltshire.
Technical Sales Representative UK & Ireland

Selecta-One UK Ltd, United Kingdom
Hard Landscaper

Fresh Horticultural Careers, South West London
Landscape Construction Foreperson

Fresh Horticultural Careers, London and surrounding areas