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A LEIGH environmental campaigner is calling on the Government to take action to tackle dangerous plants found in the borough. Peter Bowdler says landowners should be forced to remove giant hogweed, which can cause severe blisters, scarring or even blindness. He is calling on environment chiefs to add the danger weed to a list of
From green parakeets to grey squirrels, and tree fungi to water weeds, invasive non-native species are driving many British plants and animals to the brink of extinction ‘Grey squirrels are loved and detested in equal measure’: the species has caused the extinction of red squirrels across much of Britain. There is a war going on
Alien species are attacking crops and causing billions of dollars worth of damage to the economy even though detection rates have increased fourfold since 2002. There were more than 320,000 detections of 3,400 harmful species at entry ports in the first nine months of last year. “As China’s global interaction grows, through trade and travel,
JKSL are always looking for new ways to improve our treatment techniques. Over the last few years we have been adapting our ‘plugging technique’ which is used on a range of non-native species in particular Japanese Knotweed. In layman’s terms this involves injecting herbicides directly into the crowns and rhizomes of the plants structure rather
The invasive plant had become a threat to the island’s wildlife A raffle is being held to cut down the last rhododendron plant on the Brownsea Island nature reserve in Poole Harbour. One person will get to chop down the invasive plant which volunteers have spent the last 50 years destroying. Abby Gibbs, Dorset Wildlife
The Environment Agency has produced a guide that is aimed at land and property owners who are located alongside a river or watercourse. As an overview the guide basically explains your rights and responsibilities. In legal terms you are a ‘riparian owner’ Surprise, surprise one of your responsibilities as a ‘riparian owner’ is ‘You must
JKSL featured on BBC’s program ‘The Wonder of Weeds’ last night (22nd June). Our Managing Director gives advice on the issue of cross-contamination, how it can be avoided, and how best to treat the problem. The program also features a little look into sifting (clips shown are not our staff, don’t want to steal any
Brave volunteers have been battling an invasive weed that grows 10ft tall on the banks of the River Pinn. The team are determined to root out the Himalayan balsam from the Ickenham area, where it prevents many native species like forget-me-not, wild mint and primroses from growing. Although it has pretty pink flowers and attracts
With its large purple blooms of rhododendron tricathum featuring on the front page of the catalogue of the Chelsea Flower Show. The Royal Horticultural Society’s chose the historic print from its extensive catalogue of botanical drawings in the Lindley Library. The shrubs are also prominent in a number of gardens this year. Thomas Hoblyn’s show
‘The weed on steroids’ is how one Canadian newspaper has been describing Giant Hogweed. It also goes on to describe it as ‘”looking like a Queen’s Anne lace on steroids but it is very dangerous to handle,” The article reports on how one town is now waging a war on this dangerous plant and urging
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