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planning

20 recent garden centre, nursery and gardens plans

Arboriculture pay surges as demand grows for higher-skilled employees

Arb salary report

£40k-plus gardening and landscaping roles on the rise

Gardening and landscaping salary report

Ask Sally: What is the best approach to stay safe when working from ladders?

Sally Drury

Head Gardener: Keep it simple for a successful summer garden + Jane Moore VIDEO

Perennial planting

Ask Sally: What should employers do to make working at height safer for staff?

Sally Drury

Most watched videos this year so far

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Guide to: Horticulture business costs and employment challenges

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

Fisher-Tomlin (left), CWGC horticulture manager Steve Arnold (centre) and horticulture supervisor Emmanuelle Courchel (right)

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

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

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

Alan Sargent

How local government reorganisation will impact parks services

Green assets

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

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Nature's Apoth

Book review: Nature's Apothecary

Margaret Willes' book about medicinal plants is published by the Bodleian Library.

Agriculture and forestry remain deadliest work sectors, finds HSE

Gardener died in tragic bamboo accident at historic estate

Conference to highlight why greenspace should not be forgotten during Government's housing drive

Joe Perkins to design new Horatio's garden

Defra claims councils reject plastic plant pots – but is the data outdated? UPDATED

Summer heat prompts tree planting demand

Sycamore gap tree stolen

Council-owned walled garden attraction hits market

Wimbledon tennis hanging baskets to go peat-free in 2027

Save Dundee Botanic Gardens and cafe petition nears 20k signatures

Plans for housing at former retail nursery + 11 more horticulture planning updates

STIHL celebrates 100th with awards event

What is happening with horticulture salaries and recruitment?

Botanic gardens Great British Summer Savings VAT exemption begins

Upson to leave RHS

New museum garden from Grant Associates

Council plant nursery set to become charity food hub

Beth Chatto Symposium launches to stimulate landscape learning

Herbicide-free weed control company enters administration

Kew highlights heatwave with red-painted oak

UK HEAD GARDENERS LISTING

UK Head Gardeners Directory

Head Gardeners Directory 2026

HEAD GARDENER - WITH JANE MOORE

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

Newly planted bare-root hedge at Bath Priory

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

SARGENT'S SOLUTIONS

Sargent’s Solutions: Garden maintenance for housebound customers

Alan Sargent

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

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

PARKS MAINTENANCE PLANNER

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