Landscaping
New owners plan £10m refurbishment of ‘one of England’s finest country houses’
Described as a 'Baroque masterpiece', Shropshire's Grade I listed Mawley Hall changed hands last year on a guide of £10m
House-builders need to put birds higher up the pecking order, warns Government
'Property developers must take more care to protect the habitats of wildlife during building work', says James Brokenshire MP in response to a rise in tree 'netting'
North London developer fined £18k for bat conservation crime
Landrose demolished a bungalow that was used as a breeding site for the protected Soprano Pipistrelle bat
In Pictures: BIG reveals hurricane-proof floating city concept for the UN
The United Nations has drawn up plans for a sustainable 'modular maritime metropolis', which could be home to over 10,000 people while withstanding rising sea levels and climate catastrophes
Stately home owners battle it out for HHA garden award
Heritage organisation's long-running award scheme relaunches with a shortlist of eight horticultural triumphs
The Country Life Top 100 builders, architects, interior decorators and garden designers in Britain
Venerable lifestyle weekly releases its annual guide to the best practitioners working in the country house field...
Rocket installs ‘vertical urban farm’ at its Atlas tower in Shoreditch
Urban farm business Infarm to open its first UK outpost.
New knotweed tracking tool helps flag local infestations
A new interactive Heatmap tracks sighting of Japanese Knotweed across the UK.
Japanese Knotweed ‘will be brought under control by 2040’
Lending and conveyancing restrictions mean that property sellers can't ignore knotweed, says a specialist firm;
In Pictures: Pedestrian-first plans to reinvent Aldwych & the Strand
Westminster wants to turn the West End's hectic gyratory into 'a world-class cultural and learning quarter'.
Behind the Schemes: Digging down in Highgate
How rejigging an architect's designs and lowering an entire garden by nearly two metres delivered a spectacular subterranean space backing onto Highgate Golf Club...
Kent planners approve another ‘exceptional’ Country House Clause home
Guy Holloway Architects' Deer House promises to be "one of the most efficient new houses in the UK"