Sunlight breaking through the trees in the New Forest
More well-known faces are locating their new restaurants, bars and cafés in Winchester, adding to the exciting mix that has created a growth in tourism. Shaun Clarkson’s pop-up café and store An exciting new pop-up store and café is opening on 14 October in The Brooks, as part of a collaborative project with the award-winning […]
Exposure to common air pollutants found in diesel exhaust pollution can affect the ability of honeybees to recognise floral odours, new University of Southampton research shows. Honeybees use floral odours to help locate, identify and recognise the flowers from which they forage. The Southampton team, led by Dr Tracey Newman and Professor Guy Poppy, found […]
Admirers of Hockley Viaduct will know that it had to be stripped of a mass of tangled wildflowers during its recent restoration. The roots were causing damage to the structure, and enabling water to flood inside the cement core. But those who have walked or cycled across in recent days will have noticed that the […]
Mark Straver and Robin Wallis, MD’s of Hortus Loci, have chosen world class, multi Award winning landscape architect and good friend Ulf Nordfjell to come up with a landscape design for their rapidly expanding business at Hook in Hampshire. Nordfjell has worked with Mark Straver many times over the past few years and trusts him […]
A study into the aerodynamic performance of feathered dinosaurs, by scientists from the University of Southampton, has provided new insight into the evolution of bird flight. In recent years, new fossil discoveries have changed our view of the early evolution of birds and, more critically, their powers of flight. We now know about a number […]
The University of Southampton is launching the largest photonics and electronics institute in the UK on Thursday 12 September. The new Zepler Institute is a unique multidisciplinary research centre that brings together world-leading expertise in photonics, advanced materials, quantum technologies and nanoscience. The Institute will build on the University’s pioneering discoveries in photonics and electronics […]
The history of SS Shieldhall, now based at Berth 48, Eastern Docks, Southampton, is well documented. Originally serving as a ‘Clyde Banana Boat’ carrying a cargo of treated sludge, she was sold in 1977 to fulfil a similar role for Southern Water, but was withdrawn in 1985 and laid up pending disposal and possible scrapping. The Southampton University Industrial […]
Sparkling jewel lilies and wild autumn art are the draw at Exbury in October, as the world-famous New Forest woodland gardens gear up for an explosion of autumn colour. The Gardens’ Five Arrows Gallery will be ablaze with the sparkling colours of Nick de Rothschild’s ‘jewel lily’ (Nerine sarniensis) collection, the largest of its type […]
James Waterton, Sparsholt College BSc Garden Design student has been presented with HRH The Prince of Wales Perpetual Challenge Trophy for his commitment to sustainable horticulture by HRH the Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex who was installed the same evening as the new Master of The Worshipful Company of Gardeners. The award is presented to […]
