grantmoyse, Author at Artscape

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October 9, 2019

Celebrating 40 years in garden design and landscaping

Artscape has been featured in the Maidenhead Advertiser after celebrating 40 years in garden design and landscaping. A garden design and landscaping business that began in a spare room has celebrated turning 40, writes Georgina Bishop. Artscape Design & Build in Golden Ball Lane, Pinkneys Green, was founded by director, Ross Moyse. As well […]

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July 5, 2019

National Meadows Day

It’s National Meadows Day on Saturday 6th July and the perfect time of year to see the delicate wildflowers and butterflies at their colourful best. The National Trust look after many meadows around Berkshire, from the rare chalk grassland landscapes at The Holies, near Reading, to the butterfly-rich meadow clearings at Maidenhead Thicket. We even […]

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January 21, 2019

Spring 2019 arrived in November 2018

The Woodland Trust’s Nature’s Calendar project has received over 64 records of early spring activity that started in November 2018 – including insects that have been spotted active up to 5 months earlier than normal. Mild weather seems to have temporarily disturbed insects from hibernation. A small tortoiseshell butterfly appeared flying outdoors on Christmas Day […]

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December 21, 2018

Award Winning Rose Breeder dies

David Charles Henshaw Austin OBE was a rose breeder and writer who lived in Shropshire, England. His emphasis was on breeding roses with the character and fragrance of old garden roses but with the repeat-flowering ability and wide colour range of modern roses such as hybrid teas and floribundas. His family issued an announcement: It […]

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May 30, 2018

Industry joins together to help against Xylella threat

Following growing concern about the potential impact of the bacterium Xylella fastidiosa on the UK environment, earlier this week the Horticultural Trades Association (HTA), together with several garden retailers and growers, have coordinated an embargo on imported stock from infected areas. The move, which is joined by a 5-point health management plan, has arisen from […]

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February 23, 2018

A chair from your lawn

Fancy having a grass armchair in your garden? Now it may become a simple reality following the the relaunch of a project to make it easy for anyone to create using a kit, to which you just need to add soil and grass. However the mowing won’t be too easy! The grass armchair made by […]

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December 15, 2016

Growth of city trees can cut air pollution

Planting trees is a cost-effective way to tackle urban air pollution, which is a growing problem for many cities. A study by US-based The Nature Conservancy (TNC) reported than the average reduction of particulate matter near a tree was between 7% and 24%. Particulate matter (PM) is microscopic particles that become trapped in the lungs […]

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December 8, 2016

How will the climate have changed by 2050?

Talking at the HTA Garden Futures conference, Dr Ross Cameron from the University of Sheffield explained how climate change would affect gardens between now and 2050. According to Dr Cameron here are the predictions for changes in the weather between now and 2050: Warmer winters (+3 degrees C) and summers (+1 to +4 degrees C) […]

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November 29, 2016

Australians mourn tree that ‘failed’ university students

Is it the end of an era, or a new chapter in a beloved mythology? The sudden collapse of the University of Sydney’s famed jacaranda tree has triggered a wave of grief in Australia, with staff and alumni mourning a key piece of campus folklore. The 18m-wide tree had been at the centre of university […]

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November 12, 2016

A 1,075-year-old tree

A 1,075-year-old tree located in northern Greece is said to be Europe’s oldest living thing, say scientists. The Bosnian pine (Pinus heldreichii) was dated by counting the rings, which are formed each year as the tree grows. Paul J Krusic, the leader of the expedition that found the tree, described the its survival as “remarkable”. […]