Analysis: Parks management in an age of austerity
Tools that could help to protect parks' budgets are already being used by some services, Jack Sidders finds.
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Latest Parks & Gardens News
Experts line up for Horticulture Week IoG Saltex public sector landscaping debate
Leading players from the world of regeneration and public sector landscaping are to take part in a Horticulture Week panel discussion at next week's IoG Saltex.
In Depth
EC1 New Deal for Communities - before and after transformations
The EC1 New Deal for Communities programme in south Islington, London, invested in the redesign of parks, streets and social...
Cultural cooperation - a gardens partnership between Kent and Jerusalem, Israel
Collaboration between two very different gardens is bringing rewards to both, Gavin McEwan reports.
Analysis: Recession threat to gardeners' pay rates
Self-employed gardener Michelle Cain investigates what impact an influx of unqualified novices could have.
Green Flags and Green Pennant awards top record
A record-breaking 1,200 Green Flags and Green Pennants have been awarded to the best public parks and green spaces in...
Open-air education - learning in parks
A project in a Southend park shows how community growing in public spaces can work. Gavin McEwan reports.
Analysis - Putting parks research into practice
As more studies confirm the value of parks, is it time for them to focus on advocacy? Jack Sidders asks.
Park investment pays
As the spectre of public spending cuts looms, Mark Bramah and Debbie Johns put the case for investment in parks...
Preparing the grounds for financial battle
Although funding cuts are inevitable, using the right tactics could help to save services, Jack Sidders reports.
Chiswick House and Gardens restoration
Can maintaining the birthplace of English landscaping be reconciled with the needs of a modern city park? Gavin McEwan reports.
New Products
Amados E+S
A new electronic control for Amazone's salt spreader range is set to simplify salt spreading this winter.
Events
Outside Art - garden sculpture exhibition
- 28 August to 05 September 2010|Avondale Library Garden & Russells Quarry Garden Mill Hill Baginton CV8 3AG
Dundee Flower and Food Festival
- 03-05 September 2010|Camperdown Country Park, Dundee
- Homecoming Scotland
Spoga Trade Fair 2010
- 05-07 September 2010|Cologne, Germany
- Koelnmesse
CAD for garden designers
- 06-10 September 2010|Plumpton College Ditchling Road Nr Lewes East Sussex BN7 3AE
- Plumpton College
Drawing Course for Garden Designers
- 06-10 September 2010|Plumpton College Ditchling Road Nr Lewes East Sussex BN7 3AE
- Plumpton College
Plant Focus
Ceratostigma
This vibrant shrub provides unusual late-summer colour and rich autumnal foliage, says Miranda Kimberley.
Test Reports
Avant Tecno 750
As a farmer, engineer, tutor and assessor of land-based skills, Andrew Griffiths has experience of a wide range of machinery,...
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Kate Lowe
Planning battle may loom for task force
At a time when the coalition Government's axe is falling on anything and everything, the fact that the Fruit &...
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