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EXCLUSIVE TOP 70 Landscape & Maintenance Contractors Ranking

Acquisitions and consolidation mean change at the top in this year's Top 70 Landscape & Maintenance Contractors report

LATEST NEWS

Young people encouraged to apply for new work placements to celebrate King’s Coronation

New to Nature offers a new natural legacy to mark The King’s Coronation and The Queen’s Jubilee.

Green-tech provides automated irrigation for Bristol’s latest sunken garden

Garden design duo tell RHS Elsewhere Garden story through plants

Gardening inspiration to beat the heat at RHS Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival

Worthing's Local Plan seeks to enhance nature

Debate rages after TV gardener suggests passing on trade discount to customers UPDATED

Joe Perkins highlights importance of mangrove forests at the Shenzhen Flower Show 2023

Fully female garden design company to launch at Gardeners’ World Live

University Hospital Lewisham Adam Frost well-being garden completes

Cowslips flourish on the M1 northbound

Nurture Landscapes Group adds RoSPA gold medal award to its collection

RHS and Eastern Eye Garden of Unity at 2023 RHS Chelsea Flower Show

Arundel Castle’s 2023 Tulip Festival to include over 100,000 blooms

Defra produces plan after water quality criticism

P1 Contractors and Johnsons of Whixley team up to enhance the grounds of a new residential development in Scotland

Westminster Church Street regeneration scheme awarded planning permission

‘Plot to plate’ takes centre stage at BBC Gardeners’ World Spring Fair

People’s Plan for Nature calls for nature to be included in all levels of decision-making

Garden designer dies aged 46

Wildflower meadow to return to Stonehenge and 100 other heritage sites

Winners and losers this horticulture week

ANALYSIS

This month in HortWeek history: 23 April 2022

Horticulture tender awards roundup: 5 -11 April 2023

Could play streets pave the way for permanent active streets?

Legal issues this horticulture week

Harnessing the power of social media with ‘The Beardy Gardener’

Horticulture tender awards roundup: 22 March - 4 April 2023

Horticulture Salary survey: analysis update for 2023

How will Camden’s Highline benefit the local community?

Opportunity knocks for the next generation of horticulturists

Why overtrading should be avoided

What stands in the way of biodiversity net gain delivery?

Top 10 horticulture plans of the week

20 most read horticulture stories this HortWeek month

Horticulture tender awards roundup: 8 - 21 March 2023

Tree a Week: Magnolia ‘Wada’s Memory’ AGM

What is the latest on net zero?

Ask Sally: on lawn establishment

Tree a Week: Prunus itosakura ‘Stellata’ AGM

Horticulture industry and potential impact from the Budget

Tree a Week: Cercidiphyllum japonicum AGM

International Women’s Day: 100+ Leading Women in Horticulture 2023

SARGENT'S SOLUTIONS

Steering clear of planning pitfalls for landscape projects

How to thrive if landscape work slows down

How landscapers can make a splash in the marketplace

How can landscape and garden contractors best put themselves in the shop window

Avoid traps when sourcing landscaping materials

Why landscape contract terms must stand up in court

Landscapers should use accreditation only when earned

COMMENT

From lowest cost to lasting value: Why a horticultural approach to grounds maintenance will bear fruit

Is Japanese knotweed under control in the UK?

Horticulture must prepare for what comes next

Alphabet soup of horticulture names

Good reasons to join horticulture trade groups

Why good horticulture industry events matter

LANDSCAPE PLANT LIBRARY

Salix - these wonderful willows will add colour and beauty to the garden

Betula - some colourful alternative birches to the usual suspects

Prunus Part 3 - flowering cherries for top-working

Prunus Part 2 - flowering cherries for street tree planting

Prunus part 1 - flowering cherries for the garden

Rowan and whitebeam (Sorbus) — kaleidoscopic colours

Native trees and shrubs - part five

MACHINERY & KIT

Do the latest battery chainsaws mean petrol is on the way out?

How new woodchippers have improved sustainability options

Wheeled and towed blowers and sweepers for larger jobs

Are handheld and backpack blowers better with batteries?

Why batteries are the best power option for handheld trimmers

New machines to meet demand for hedgerow maintenance jobs