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Coastal heathlands have a high biodiversity (Image: Patrick Regnault)

Carbon capture – are trees the solution?

03/05/2023 admin 717 Views 0 Comments #Tree, Botanic gardens, Garden Design, gardening, horticultural, horticultural industry, landscape, landscape design

By Patrick Regnault

Governments, NGOs (non-government organisations), media scientists, and politicians of all persuasions are thinking about climate change mitigation; good on them! Carbon offset using tree planting is like dressing a deep wound with a small plaster. It takes 10 to 20 years for a tree to become carbon neutral – are the offsets counted after that time?… Continue reading

This caterpillar has three pairs of true legs and four pairs of abdominal prolegs (Supplied by Denis Crawford of Graphic Science)

Environment & Sustainability Pest and Diseases

Identifying insects

10/04/2023 Denis Crawford 638 Views 0 Comments #Tree, Botanic gardens, Garden Design, gardening, horticultural, horticultural industry, landscape, landscape design, Ornamental trees, Shade Trees

Many insects are instantly recognisable but what do you do when you find an insect you’ve never seen before?

If I described an insect as having a triangular head with large eyes, spindly hind legs and grasping raptorial forelegs, I reckon most of you would have an image of a praying mantis in mind.… Continue reading