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BALI Chalk Fund Celebrates the 2025 National Student of the Year Award Winners
The BALI Chalk Fund charity is delighted to announce and congratulate the outstanding winners of the 2025 National Student of the Year Awards, who have been selected and officially notified for their exceptional talent and dedication to the landscape industry.
SoilsCon 2025 hits all the right spots for enthusiastic delegates
Following a day packed with presentations, knowledge exchange, and networking, delegates at SoilsCon 2025 have been fulsome in their praise for the landscape industry’s go-to conference for everything ‘soils’.
Oak View Landscapes Achieves Prestigious Investors in People Platinum Accreditation
Investors in People (IIP) are delighted to award Essex based Landscape Contractors Oak View Landscapes Limited, We invest in people, PLATINUM accreditation.
Inverurie Golf Club - Transforming Turf with Origin Amenity Solutions
Head Greenkeeper Stuart Donald has transformed Inverurie Golf Club’s greens through a science-led turf management programme supported by Origin Amenity Solutions, delivering healthier, more resilient playing surfaces and a visibly improved course that members are praising.
Wyevale Nurseries celebrates deep-rooted heritage as it marks 95th anniversary
Wyevale Nurseries in Hereford has formally unveiled its 95th anniversary logo and launched the celebration of its deep-rooted horticultural heritage this month (October 2025)
Landscape Institute launches new carbon tool
BALI has attended the launch of a new tool for reducing carbon emissions from landscaping projects, developed by the Landscape Institute (LI) and industry experts.
Grant Window Open: Student Enrichment Training Programme 2025/2026
Launched at the BALI Chalk Fund Annual College Forum at GroundsFest, the Enrichment Programme Funding window is now OPEN.
James Scott MBALI redesigns the iconic Long Garden at Cliveden
The iconic Long Garden at Cliveden, one of the National Trust’s most beloved formal gardens, has been given a new lease of life — thanks to a sensitive and imaginative redesign by James Scott FSGLD, founder of the award-winning garden design practice The Garden Company Ltd.
Hosepipe bans may last ‘well into the winter’
The Environment Agency (EA) says the hosepipe bans put in place over the summer may stretch ‘well into the winter’, despite significant rainfall in some parts of the country.
Business fined after worker killed by collapsing wall
A building firm has been fined £56,775 and told to pay £44,000 in costs for breaching the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974, after an employee was killed when a retaining wall collapsed onto them.