David Hedges-Gower, Chairman of the Lawn Association wants to know…are garden institutions letting lawn care down? Visit a stately home, a large private estate, or just about any garden, and you’ll find a good old lawn—a piece of grass that often takes up most of the garden’s space. Figures suggest there are 20 million lawns in the […]
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Perhaps Defra has shares in the oil industry? That at least would help to explain its complete failure to address the plastic grass debate by providing honest information and education to the public. Here’s the problem. Due to inaction by Defra and other governing bodies (not to mention MPs), our outdoor spaces are being increasingly
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A Charter for Saving an Essential Part of the UK’s Biodiversity Here in the UK, we have our very own Brazilian Rain Forest Crisis – a loss of natural habitat, a degrading and erosion of sustainable biodiversity and a slow destruction of our own bearable living conditions. And it’s happening right here in our own
The Lawn Association team have always advised keeping to the use of native grasses when it comes to good lawn care…but why? Choosing non native grasses means you may be in for harder work than you think! Nature knows best What grows in your lawn is a great indicator of what likes to grow in your lawn.
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If you think feeding your lawn once a year as often touted by TV celebrity gardener’s, you would be wrong. Like any plant, lawns benefit from a feed but on a far more regular basis, but its also a complete myth that you must feed a lawn in Autumn, with something that is called an
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Most Spring lawn tips are much the norm about now but what is key is being aware that the sooner you get them done, the sooner you will have a nice lawn FOR Spring. Spring is last chance for a while to get the foundation right. So, get out and hollow tine aerate your lawn
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Nature is a wonderful thing. It does so much for us and that’s no exception when it comes to germinating grass seed. You see Spring is a great time to fix those bare patches and the earlier we do it in the season, we will find that nature helps us even more. You see, if
Choosing what is going to give you the best lawn possible this summer means you need good sensible planning NOW. Here are just a few tips to get down in your diary. Best tip possible is to think about how you improve your soils and what have you done to enhance them recently? Grasses are
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There are some wonderful things you can buy for gardeners with lawns. I wouldn’t mind some of them myself this year – after all, even the best-made tools eventually wear out. So, here’s my list of suggestions for you to add to your letter to Santa this year – but first…. …. my perfect Christmas
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Why would anyone replace a key sustainable component of our living environment with a coal and oil-derived product, one of only limited life span and almost impossible to recycle? When the entire planet is waging war on unnecessary plastics and the climate emergency, what is it that persuades consumers to make this terrible choice? And
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