Environmental charity Hubbub has set up a free-to-join ‘Community Nature Network’ to support community-led green spaces. Community groups will be able to access funding opportunities, resources, guidance and peer-to-peer support to establish new green spaces or...
Heatherwick Studio’s Philipp Nedomlel is one of five esteemed names to be hosting a keynote speech at the III International Symposium on Greener Cities in September. He will present at the event alongside Gardens by the Bay’s Felix Loh, Professor Diane Pataki of the...
Wyevale Nurseries receives Plant Healthy Certification for its high biosecurity standards for the fourth consecutive year. The certification was presented to production manager, Kyle Ross, following a comprehensive independent audit. “I’d like to thank all the team members who were involved. Their cooperation, time and knowledge has been...
Landscape nursery, Greenwood Plants prepares to deliver the first phase of National Highways’ Three Million Trees project in the forthcoming 2024/25 season. Representatives of the government agency visited Greenwood’s nurseries earlier this month to inspect the first batch of native trees grown. The project, which is part of National Highways’...
Facilities management company, Mitie, is sowing the seeds of biodiverse landscapes with new flowering lawn trials. The company is trialling the use of flowering lawns across two of its contracts in Leuchars and Dudley. During the trials Mitie will measure the beneficial impact the flowering lawns have on the local biodiversity, recording the...
The Eden Project Dundee has been granted planning permission from the City Council for a £130 million development on a former gasworks site in the city. Plans to create an Eden Project on the East Dock Street site include the conservation and redevelopment of the existing gasholder, which will comprise an exhibition space and planted environment....
Rewilding in Scotland has created a more than 400% increase in jobs, research has found amid calls for the campaign to continue. A recent analysis by Rewilding Britain reveals there has been a 412% increase in jobs at 13 major rewilding projects covering almost 60,000 hectares across the country. Full-time equivalent jobs across the sites...
With new categories and a new date, the Pro Landscaper Sustainability & Biodiversity Awards returns for its second year, with entries now open. Celebrating the strides being made in the UK landscaping sector to protect and bolster the environment. Recognising the best practices and initiatives being developed to tackle the climate emergency....
The Green Party has, today, launched its general election manifesto, in which it pledges to “bring nature back to life”. Come election day (4 July), the party is striving to elect four Green MPs, stand a candidate everywhere, and get its largest ever vote share. The Green Party manifesto draws attention to the UK’s current status as one of the...
B Corp environmental consultancy Tyler Grange receives Living Wage Employer accreditation from the Living Wage Foundation. Officially recognising that all 80+ members of staff at the consultancy are paid a fair and real living wage, making Tyler Grange one of 14,000 UK businesses - from a total of 5.6 million - to be accredited. The real living...
Over two million seeds have been collected by volunteers to boost Scotland’s native ancient woodlands and temperate rainforest to tackle climate breakdown and address the country’s native tree shortage. The Trees for Life and Woodland Trust Scotland initiative looks to increase the country’s availability of rare tree seeds. A team of more than 80...
Labour pledges to give local communities the right to buy derelict land and turn it into green space, in an effort to improve access to nature country wide. “Nature is under threat”, says shadow environment secretary, Steve Reed. “Our children and grandchildren deserve to be astounded by the magnificence of our landscapes and coastlines and enjoy...
Open space management company, Meadfleet, have been shortlisted in the 2024 Unlock Net Zero Awards, in recognition of its efforts in mitigating climate change and biodiversity loss. Shortlisted for a Biodiversity and Nature Award, Meadfleet’s Bee Friendly campaign aims to make open spaces more wildlife friendly and encourage communities and...
The Society of Garden Designers is calling on Airbnb to help make holiday and long-term rental gardens more sustainable, without losing amenities in the process. The society is recommending a new Green and Easy Checklist to help guide property hosts to creating a low-maintenance garden that benefits wildlife and the environment, while still...
The Green Party of England and Wales has, today, launched its election campaign with a pledge to protect UK ecosystems. If elected, the greens will look to introduce a Nature Act, giving UK ecosystems legal rights and protections, enforced by an independent commission. Alongside this, the party has promised to strengthen Green Belt planning...
In a first for the country, South Downs National Park will offer businesses an opportunity to invest in “high-ethic, effective nature recovery”, in a bid to make its land more biodiverse. The park authority has ear-marked 500 hectares of farm and country estate land across the national park, from Winchester in Hampshire to Eastbourne in East...
Arbtech, an ecological consultancy based in Chester has been named among the Best Medium-sized Organisations in the UK to work by The Sunday Times. The annual survey, powered by WorkL, analyses 70,000 organisations across the UK using six factors of reward and recognition, instilling pride, information sharing, empowerment, wellbeing and job...
New research reveals UK developers are spending over £300,000 per day on the use of traditional biodiversity net gain methods, with an estimated £12m already spent since the regulations came into effect in February, could AI be the answer to reducing these unnecessary costs? According to calculations made by climate tech SaaS...
After receiving a spike in recorded sightings of box tree caterpillars, the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) is warning the nation it could be facing a bumper year for the insects as a result of changing climate. Nearly five times more reports of the insect have been brought to the RHS’s attention in the first four months of 2024, compared to...
Landscape, sustainability and skills solutions should be included in policy agendas ahead of the General Election this summer, says the Landscape Institute. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak announced yesterday that the election will be taking place on 4 July. The Landscape Institute’s president-elect, Carolin Göhler, says this comes at a time when “the...
People are being urged to be extra vigilant for Asian hornets this summer after a record number were found in the UK last year. Seventy-two nests were located and destroyed by the Animal and Plant Health Agency’s National Bee Unit in 2023, the majority of which were in Kent. The UK’s chief plant health officer is encouraging beekeepers and the...
The World Child Cancer Nurturing Garden has won the inaugural Environmental Innovation Award at this year's RHS Chelsea Flower Show. Open to all those in the Show and Sanctuary Garden categories which underwent the Green Garden Audit this year, the new award recognises the efforts of designers and contractors to reduce the environmental impact of...
A funding initiative has been launched to support the rollout of edible skatepark landscapes across the UK. The Planet Good Earth Fund recognises the mental health and wellbeing that these spaces can offer young people by bringing together skateboarding and community gardening. It was announced at this year’s RHS Chelsea Flower Show, where a...
A new report from the National Audit Office (NAO) has identified potential risks to biodiversity net gain (BNG), calling into question the legislation's long-term effectiveness. Under the BNG legislation, launched by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) earlier in the year, developers must improve upon the biodiversity...
After suffering a devastating fire in October 2020, St Mary’s Catholic Voluntary Academy in Derby, has been rebuilt into the UK’s ‘greenest’ school. The multi-million-pound school is the country’s first biophilic school and has been purpose built as part of a pilot project for the Department for Education. Biophilic design focuses on enhancing...
B Corp environmental consultancy, Tyler Grange, has been named amongst the Best Medium-sized Organisations in the UK in The Sunday Times Best Places to Work 2024 list. The annual accolade analyses 50,000 organisations from across the world, measuring them against several areas relating to employee satisfaction. It is shown that the companies...
The Beth Chatto Education Trust announces Beneath the Surface – the third Beth Chatto Symposium, at The Ivor Crewe Lecture Hall, University of Essex, August 29 and 30, 2024. The Symposium will explore the subterranean world of soils, delving into many of the lesser-known factors that affect the way people work with soil. New information is...
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