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Backyard compost bin (Image: Ben Kerckx, Pixabay)

Environment Environment & Sustainability

Recycling food and gardening organics study

12/06/2024 Karen Smith 243 Views 0 Comments #Tree, Botanic gardens, Garden Design, gardening, horticultural, horticultural industry, landscape, landscape design, Ornamental trees, Shade Trees

Compiled by Karen Smith

Among the global targets set at the 2022 UN Biodiversity Conference, COP 15, in Montreal was an agreement to cut global food waste in half, and significantly reduce over-consumption and waste generation, and reduce by half, both excess nutrients and the overall risk posed by pesticides and highly hazardous chemicals.… Continue reading

The correct loading technique using your lower body minimises strain on your back and shoulders (Image: Patrick Regnault)

Equipment Greenhouses & Technology

Back to basics with small tools

12/06/2024 Patrick Regnault 248 Views 0 Comments #Tree, Botanic gardens, Garden Design, gardening, horticultural, horticultural industry, landscape, landscape design, Ornamental trees, Shade Trees

By Patrick Regnault

Small tools are the basis of our trade. Secateurs, pruning and grafting knives, shovels and spades, picks, and hoes, and so much more. Some of the small tools have been used for centuries and reached their final forms a very long time ago.… Continue reading