What will the Thenford estate garden team make of the latest hand-tool offerings? Sally Drury finds out.
Moles are widespread throughout Britain but absent from Ireland. Even small populations can damage sports turf, playing surfaces and amenity lawns, but control may not be necessary in less intensively used or managed areas. The damage is a side-effect of moles' subterranean lifestyle - they live on...
Last October, Robin Wallis set up Hortus Loci with Mark Straver at Whitewater Nurseries in Hook, Hampshire, to grow 400,000 perennials, roses and fruit trees a year and supply gardeners and landscape architects. Between them, they have sourced and grown on the plants for 36 RHS Chelsea Flower Show gardens...
Whether maintaining parks, sports grounds or trees, the sector offers a wealth of opportunities, Graham Clarke reports.
As a professional gardener, you could find yourself working in prestige locations or maybe travelling the world, says Sarah Engerran.
Des Smith landed one of the biggest roles in horticulture when he became Olympics head gardener two years ago.
In the last of his series of articles on tendering, Sid Sullivan looks at how to approach service delivery.
With our ride-on mower test foiled by April's deluge, Sally Drury looks at three alternative mowing options.
As fears grow over the impact of budget cuts on tree maintenance, Hannah Jordan looks at latest developments and one team bucking the trend.
The latest equipment can help justify irrigation in water shortage-hit times, says Sally Drury.
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