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Horticulture Week signs up as premier media partner for Saltex 2013
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Horticulture Week is delighted to announce that it will once again be supporting the IoG's September trade show, Saltex, following its confirmation as premier media partner for the event.The show which is the UK's leading event for grounds care, sports, amenities, estates and green space management will see more than 300 exhibitors from turf care and specialist machinery to landscaping and playgrounds bring the latest products, equipment and expertise to Windsor Racecourse from 3rd to 5th September.Said Saltex 2013 event director Jon Gibson, "As the new sales and marketing team for Saltex, the challenge for us at Brintex Events is to increase the show's value for both exhibitors and visitors alike. We are therefore delighted to confirm Horticulture Week , the most widely-read publication for the sector, as the show's Premier Media Partner.""We feel that Horticulture Week 's channels dedicated to Turf, Landscape, Parks Gardens and Arboriculture mirror the show's content and audience from across the sports, amenities landscaping sectors, and will enable us to better attract specific groups of visitors by providing them with highly relevant information in advance of the show."Added Gibson: "Since its debut in the 1930s the lifeblood of Saltex has been the hundreds of demonstrations of the latest machinery, tools, services and techniques needed by the installers, maintainers, managers and purchasers responsible for the UK's outdoor leisure facilities. Horticulture Week 's What Kit? is the definitive online buyers' guide for landscape and amenity products so it was natural for us to create a partnership that offers valuable promotional opportunities to our exhibitors and advertisers, and better awareness of the very latest equipment."
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Mike and Max Storey one-stop arborist shop TreeKit
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Brothers Mike and Max Storey have launched one-stop arborist shop TreeKit at Bournemouth International Airport.
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Garden Centre Group confirms purchase of Barton Grange Groups Bolton garden centre
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Garden Centre Group (GCG) has confirmed it has made its first garden centre purchase since being taken over by Terra Firma in March 2012.As tipped by Horticulture Week, Barton Grange Group's garden centre in Bolton has been confirmed as the subject of the acquisition.Barton Grange put the centre on the market with Gilbert Evans in February 2013.At the time MD Guy Topping said: "This decision has been many months in the making but we have finally concluded that the best way forward for our business is to concentrate our efforts on the further development of our larger garden centre near Preston."GCG chairman told HW in November 2012 he was keen to buy more centres: "They have got to be at the right place and price. Acquisition multiples have to be sensible."Kevin Bradshaw, chief executive of GCG said: "We are delighted to have acquired Bolton Garden Centre and to be integrating this great property and team into our Group. Our garden centres have a reputation for outstanding plant quality and we look forward to expanding the range and quality of plants at Bolton as well as offering membership of The Gardening Club to all our new customers. This acquisition further strengthens our position as the largest plant and garden focused retailer in the UK.The purchase makes GCG 130-strong.
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Garden Retail Awards entry deadline looms
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Garden Retail Awards 2013 offer marketing opportunity for winning centres, says past victor.
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Government committs to national pollinator strategy to tackle bee decline
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The Government has committed to drawing up a national pollinator strategy to take action to reverse the decline in bees and other pollinating insects.
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Eden steps into the breach with butterfly spectacular for Hampton Court
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The Eden Project's butterfly biome at RHS Hampton Court Flower Show (July 9-14) took just 11 weeks to plan and build after a last-minute phone call from the RHS persuaded Eden landscaper manager Paul Stone to step in to fill a place vacated by Diarmuid Gavin. Irish designer Gavin dropped out late on because he could not raise the sponsorship for a chocolate-themed extravaganza that would have filled 18 shipping containers with plants. Eden Project Mediterranean supervisor Catherine Cutler said: "We only knew we were doing this 11 weeks ago. The RHS approached the Eden Project, saying the pitch was vacant because Diarmuid Gavin has pulled out and could you do it as a biome like at Eden?" She added: "It's good for us. If you have a year to plan like what is usual you spend longer doing the same steps, so at least we could crack on. There were lots of emails going back and forward to organise it but that's what Paul Stone is brilliant at. He's done so many shows." The aim is to allow the public to experience life in the rainforest canopy within the 25m diameter, 9m-high biome . The two-week build with five staff on site, required digging to to a depth of 2m. "Thousands" of plants, including many nectar plants for the 3,000 butterflies have been planted, Cutler added. "Some pot plants came from markets and the big stuff came from Palmbrokers greenery hire in London, and we brought a van load of plants from Eden," she explained. Unusual plants featured include the carnivorous pitcher plant, the amorphophallus Titan arum, the myrmecodia ant plant and the vanilla orchid complete with pods. "It was good to be able to get some of our own plants in, otherwise it might have looked a bit like a houseplant showroom," she added. "We've got a Rainforest Aerial Walkway opening at Eden in our rain forest biome so this will give people a taste of that and get them to come down to Cornwall. That's the main reason we're here." RHS shows director Stephen Bennett said: "At the rate tickets are selling, we will beat our visitor number figure for the whole of the show last year (130,000), including walk-ups, before the show starts on Tuesday. We're expecting 153,000 visitors." The show will include eight show gardens, eight conceptual gardens, four low-cost, high-impact gardens and 15 summer gardens. The floral marquee will house 100 nurseries. Other features include a magic wonderland-themed BBC One Show garden designed by competition winner Victoria Stothard, a retirement garden from TV presenter Chris Beardshaw and a garden made from plastic to show the dangers of disposal of packaging from cleaning product firm Ecover.
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Key CAP reform issues still up for grabs at UK level says NFU
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The overall framework of the revised Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) is now largely in place but much of the detail will have to be resolved at UK level by Defra - a task which growers can help direct, according to the NFU. Its senior CAP Adviser Gail Soutar, who has been party to the protracted negotiations, said: "There will be a new basic payment scheme, a new young farmers top up scheme, new environmental rules which will unlock a new 'greening aid' and a whole raft of optional schemes that Defra could choose to implement." Payment entitlements, a possible new minimum claim size, the status of England s three different payment regions, and the detail of what greening will entail at farm level, are among the issues up for grabs, she said. For this reason, the NFU is holding a series of regional meetings over the coming months for members to air their views. "We also want to make sure NFU members have the opportunity to shape those changes before they come into force in England from January 1 2015," Soutar said. The following dates and venues have been announced:Nottinghamshire - Tuesday July 16, 2pm, Newark Show Ground, NG24 2NYDerbyshire - Tuesday July 16, 7.30pm, The Bluebell Inn, Ashbourne, DE6 1NHHampshire - Wednesday July 17, 3pm, Sparsholt College, Winchester, SO21 2NFSurrey - Wednesday July 17, 7pm, The Parrot Inn, Forest Green, Dorking, RH5 5RZEssex - Thursday July 18, 8am, Blakes Golf Club, Epping Road, North Weald, Epping, Essex, CM16 6RZBeds, Hunts, Herts, Cambs - Thursday July 18, 12.30pm, Huntingdon NFU Group Office, PE28 2PFNorfolk - Thursday July 18, 6pm, Morley Business Centre, Wymondham, NR18 9DFSuffolk - Friday July 19, 9.30am, The Cedars Hotel, Needham Road, Stowmarket, IP14 2AJYorkshire East - Monday July 22, 8am, NFU Regional Office, York, YO24 1UDYork West Riding - Monday July 22, 7.30pm, Rendezvous Hotel, Skipton, BD23 2TANorth Riding Durham - Tuesday July 23, 8am, Scotch Corner Hotel, DL10 6NRNorthumberland - Tuesday July 23, 7.30pm, Kirkley Hall, Ponteland, Kirkley Hall, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE20 0AQKent - Thursday July 25, 7pm, Great Danes Hotel, MaidstoneSussex - Monday July 29, 7pm, Ardingley Centre, ArdingleyShropshire - Tuesday July 30, 2pm, NFU regional office, Telford, TF3 4NRStaffordshire - Tuesday July 30, 7.30pm, South Staffs College Rodbaston Campus, Penkridge, ST19 5PHWarwickshire - Wednesday July 31, 2pm, Jersey pavilion, Stoneleigh Park, StoneleighWorcs / Hereford - Wednesday July 31, 7.30pm, Hawford YFC Centre, Hawford, WR3 7SGGloucestershire - Thursday August 1, Agriculture House, Sandhurst Road, Gloucester, GL2 9RGCheshire - Thursday August 1, 10am, Heyrose Golf Club, Budworth Road, Tabley, Knutsford, WA16 0HZLancashire - Thursday August 1, 2pm, Agriculture House, 1 Moss Lane View, Skelmersdale, WN8 9TLCumbria - Thursday August 1, 7.30pm Kendal Auction, J36 Rural Auction Centre, Crooklands, Milnthorpe, LA7 7FPCumbria - Friday August 2, 10am, The Shepherds Inn Auctioneer, Montgomery Way, Rosehill Estate, Carlisle, CA1 2RRSomerset - Tuesday October 8, 1pm, J24, North Petherton TA6 6DFWiltshire - Tuesday October 8 , Stanton Manor, Stanton Saint Quintin, near Chippenham, SN14 6DQCornwall - Tuesday October 8, 7pm, Trethorne Leisure Farm, Kennards House Launceston, PL15 8QECornwall - Wednesday October 9, 8am, St Mellion, SaltashDevon - Wednesday October 9, 1pm, Regional NFU Office, ExeterDorset - Wednesday October 9, 7.30pm, Kingston Maurward College, DorchesterIsle of Wight Thursday October 10, venue tbc
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Importing Of Sweet Chestnut Trees To Be Banned From This Autumn
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The government is to ban imports of sweet chestnut trees from areas affected by sweet chestnut blight ( Cryphonectria parasitica ). Environment secretary Owen Paterson said at last week's CLA (Country Land Business Association) Game Fair: "I'm taking action to protect our sweet chestnut trees by bringing in rules to ban the import of trees from areas in Europe where they have sweet chestnut blight ahead of the planting season. "Tree health is one of my top priorities and I m determined to act swiftly to protect our woodland and the thriving economy that relies on it." While welcoming the announcement, CLA President Harry Cotterell said: "It is important for Britain to retain its protected zone status for as many trees as possible. The use of protected zone status must be the standard practice and not an emergency measure." Cryphonectria is a fungus originating in Japan which devastated North America's native sweet chestnut trees in the first half of the 20th century. It has more recently become prevalent in Southern Europe.
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