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• Re: RE: Woodland Trust calls for major tree-planting initiative to offset CO2 emissions

  I understand what you are saying James, and I think you are right, but I do not think the Woodlands trust's campaign should be aborted. Instead they should look to further woodland planting which meets fuel needs and demands. The installation of multi function wood chip and wood fuel burners has...

  Posted to The Horticulture Week forum (Forum) by jessica ward on 06-09-2010

• Re: RE: Trees for Cities calls for 10% increase in urban tree canopy

  Thanks for the post Tim, I've just been reading about the New Zealand Government's Resource Management Amendment Act, which was passed last year. The RMAA 2009 requires councils to remove rules from their plans that provide for the blanket protection of trees in urban areas by 2012. There seems...

  Posted to The Horticulture Week forum (Forum) by Magda Ibrahim on 04-22-2010

• Re: RE: Potatoes

  You can see an image of the Sarpo's, including the new introductions, in a blogpost I wrote following the 2009 open day at the Sarvari Research Trust. To say they are in 'a different league', is spot on. Anyone interested in developing their gardening (or indeed their food growing business...

  Posted to The Horticulture Week forum (Forum) by John Walker on 02-08-2010

• A US View of Copenhagen, the USDA and Agri-business

  I came upon this Huffington Post blog post by Paula Crossfield , the Managing Editor of civileats.com about a new USDA report on farming and climate change. Whether you agree with her politics or not, it's an interesting take on what the arguments looks like in the US.

  Posted to Kossoff on... (Weblog) by Leslie L Kossoff on 12-16-2009

• Should we be placing all our chips on climate change?

  At last week's Oatridge Conference , University of Edinburgh expert Dr David Reay's talk on the consequences of climate change for Scottish horticulture would have left anyone thinking the industry has a cast-iron case to take to government on the vital role horticulture has to play in mitigating...

  Posted to Planted Questions (Weblog) by Gavin McEwan on 12-03-2009

• Re: What is a Garden Centre?

  - P.S. John... was that Greek tragedy kind of hubris or just the ordinary ? - A good question Melanie. You know, I think both kinds apply. In Greek mythology hubris manifested as excessive pride toward or defiance of the gods, leading to nemesis. In a way, garden centres/the gardening industry, in many...

  Posted to The Horticulture Week forum (Forum) by John Walker on 10-13-2009

• Has the Garden Media Guild Environmental Award been greenwashed?

  A rumour that the Garden Media Guild was preparing to 'drop' one of its most sought-after awards, the Environmental Award, because 'everyone is a green writer now' caused more than a few raised eyebrows among gardening communicators. Eyebrows reached their limits when the Guild's...

  Posted to The Horticulture Week forum (Forum) by John Walker on 08-05-2009

• Monty Don, drugs and climate change

  I thought "broadcaster and gardener" Monty Don came over pretty well on last night's Question Time , certainly compared to the Sun 's bloke-down-the-pub Kelvin MacKenzie and evasive immigration minister Liam Byrne. Perhaps Monty's career is about to take another turn - though it's...

  Posted to Planted Questions (Weblog) by Gavin McEwan on 02-13-2009

• Forest city of Birmingham: cooling blanket

  I’ve discovered Birmingham has more trees than any other UK city. It even outnumbers most European cities. Birmingham expanded over the once northern reach of the ancient Forest of Arden during the industrial revolution when the population boomed. Even today there’s dense tree cover (including many descendants...

  Posted to Beneath the cloche (Weblog) by Philip Turvil on 11-17-2008

• Climate change: overexposed?

  Yes climate change is serious. I agree and am doing my bit to reduce emissions, etc. That’s ticking along just fine. But honestly I’m more interested how CC will affect my garden next year and the next 5-20 years. As too are the gardening public I speak to daily as an advisor. I get tired of all the...

  Posted to Beneath the cloche (Weblog) by Philip Turvil on 10-19-2008

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