Your help is needed to understand skills gap in UK ornamental industry
A survey investigating what skills the UK’s ornamental sector will need in the future is being carried out, to provide insight into potential training and resource gaps. According to a report by Oxford Economics, commissioned by the Ornamental Horticulture Roundtable Group, the UK ornamental industry is worth £24.2 billion and supported 568,700 jobs in 2017, […]
‘The Horticulturist’ Vol 28 No 1 is here!!
New plant health and biosecurity toolkit published
The Landscape Institute has published a new plant health and biosecurity toolkit to help built environment professionals combat Britain’s biggest pests and diseases. Launched in partnership with the British Association of Landscape Industries (BALI), Society of Garden Designers (SGD) and the Association of Professional Landscapers (APL), the resource is a huge milestone in collaborative working, […]
YHOY Northern Branch – We have our National Finalist!
Emily Marston (RHS Gardens Harlow Carr) has won the CIH Northern Regional Final for the second year in succession and we now look forward to watching her take on the other seven competitors from across the UK and Ireland at the Royal Botanic Gardens Kew on May 11th. During the introduction to the audience by […]
Funding updates
Funding available for small green space improvements. Volunteering Matters Action Earth are offering grants of between £50-£250 to volunteers who would like to run environmental activities in Scotland’s green spaces. Applications are ongoing. For more details – https://volunteeringmatters.org.uk/project/action-earth/ Heritage Lottery Fund update The Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) has relaunched as the National Lottery Heritage […]
Regional Finals announced
After two months of heats at venues across the UK and Ireland we are delighted to announce the dates and venues of the Young Horticulturalist of the Year regional finals. Contestants will be asked a wide range of horticultural questions, some through buzzer round, and others directed to individuals. There are also two identification rounds […]
Box blight and box tree caterpillar study – can you help?
Can you help one of our student members, who is working towards her RHS Master of Horticulture qualification? She would appreciate your help by taking part in a short online survey which forms part of the research for her dissertation. The survey just asks if the garden you work in or manage grows Buxus sp., […]
Two new pests found in the UK
Two new pests have been found in the UK, one is a potentially serious pest of spruce (Picea sp.). The other, cotton stringy scale, beyond its unsightliness is not currently thought to cause any problems. In December 2018, a breeding population of eight tooth bark beetle (Ips typographus – pictured above) was discovered at a […]
Perennial confirm garden at RHS Flower Show Cardiff
To help mark its 180th anniversary, Perennial – the Gardeners’ Royal Benevolent Society has partnered with Irish garden designer Peter Donegan with a show garden for Royal Horticultural Society Flower Show Cardiff (12-14 April 2019). It is the first time the horticulture charity has exhibited at the show and the first time Peter (or any […]
NGS launches their 4th annual Snowdrop Festival
‘The Horticulturist’ Vol 27 No 3 is here!!
Metaldehyde used for slug control is to be banned.
The pesticide metaldehyde currently used for slug control is to be banned for outdoor use from spring 2020. There are 40 species of slugs in the UK with up to 7 species causing damage for commercial growers and amateur gardeners alike. The widely available metaldehyde slug pellet has been a mainstay of control methods for […]