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Hosted at The Aviator Hotel on 12 October, Pro Landscaper's Premium Plus brought together business leaders from across the globe for a discussion on scaling up while balancing long-term value with investor expectations. Part of an exclusive content programme that took place around the industry event, FutureScape, the discussion opened with...
The Horticultural Trades Association’s (HTA) Horticulture, The Conference took place at London’s Barbican Centre on Thursday 24 September 2026. The Conference aims to inform and support environmental horticulture businesses as they prepare for the future. Industry experts, political figures, a meteorologist, an economist, and experts in...
“Colour, contrast and confusion” could define autumn this year, say National Trust experts, as the effects of an exceptionally hot, dry summer create the prospect of vibrant colours alongside early leaf fall and unusual flowering, with the potential for striking differences across the country. Luke Barley, senior national specialist in trees and...
The Young People in Horticulture Association (YPHA) has welcomed its second cohort onto its Management Development Programme, bringing together 12 young horticulture professionals from businesses and organisations across the industry. The 2026-27 programme began at Pershore College on Tuesday 29 September, with delegates completing the first of...
From 30 September to 2 October 2026, the 36th edition of GrootGroenPlus will take place at the BCT site near the Hazeldonk border crossing in the municipality of Zundert. This year, the international trade fair for the tree nursery sector is dedicated to the theme ‘Growing Together’. The fair highlights the importance of collaboration, innovation...
From 2 November 2026, biodiversity net gain (BNG) will become mandatory for new nationally significant infrastructure projects (NSIP) in England. Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (Defra) has published guidance setting out how BNG should be considered throughout the design and consenting process. The guidance builds on...
The way town and city centres are used has changed. People are shopping more online, so the draw of the high street out of everyday necessity is declining. Instead, these spaces have to be valued for the experiences they foster. That's what Dr Saira Ali, president of the Landscape Institute (LI) and team leader for landscape, design and...
The Equipment Register (TER), Europe’s database of plant, agricultural and stolen equipment records, is warning buyers of used machinery to be more vigilant as more than one in nine checks carried out during 2026 uncovered a finance, theft or other security marker. TER’s analysis of its database highlights the continuing risks faced by buyers in...
Almost two-thirds (62%) of the public want the UK Government to invest more in nature restoration as a way to address future extreme weather events, according to a new opinion poll. The YouGov polling, commissioned for Rewilding Britain, also shows that 74% of people believe the UK Government is not preparing well for events such as flooding,...
The first phase of development at York Central, an urban regeneration scheme, has received detailed planning approval from the City of York Council. As well as delivering 1,000 new homes - at least 20% for social and affordable rent and sale - the scheme will create new public squares, an extensive public park and a network of courtyards, cycle...
The Horticultural Trades Association (HTA), on behalf of the Access All Areas (AAA) group, has launched a new industry-wide employee survey for people working in environmental horticulture and landscaping. Open to anyone working in the sector, the survey aims to build a clearer picture of today's workforce. It aims to and identify opportunities...
Dilton Marsh has a rich but largely forgotten orchard heritage so the Village Orchard Project was developed to help restore this connection, creating a network of fruit and native trees that benefits local people, wildlife and the wider landscape. A review of green spaces across Dilton Marsh identified several locations where additional trees...
The University of Bristol’s Sloane Robinson Building at the new Temple Quarter Enterprise Campus officially opened this week, following landscape and public realm design from Grant Associates. The aim of the scheme is to transform a strategically located post-industrial site into a new green gateway to Bristol. At the heart of the landscape is...
After 23 years as host of BBC Gardeners’ World Monty Don has decided to step down at the end of the current series, as "now is the right time for a change". Don began hosting the show at Berryfields and for the past 16 years has hosted it in his own garden, Longmeadow. In a statement, Don says: "Throughout that time - and around seven hundred...
According to new research from the Home Builders Federation (HBF) and Paragon Bank 9 in 10 local authority planning departments across England and Wales are understaffed, delaying planning decisions and threatening the Government's target of 1.5 million new homes. The Planning on Empty report is based on a Freedom of Information survey of...
