Bucks County News in Brief [ The Philadelphia Inquirer ] Jul 06, 2008  Health-care nonprofits sought for IMPACT awards GlaxoSmithKline is seeking health-care nonprofits to apply for the company's annual GlaxoSmithKline IMPACT Awards. Read More ...

Pier 11 coming back from the dead? [ The Philadelphia Inquirer ] Jul 07, 2008  The 'opportunistic species' - that's horticultural lingo for some serious weeds - soar 10 feet and taller on Pier 11, a historic structure that juts into the Delaware River just south of the Benjamin Franklin Bridge. Read More ...

FDR's plants can teach [ Poughkeepsie Journal ] Jul 07, 2008  HYDE PARK - Five-year-old Jeremy Cestero and his parents were the only spectators Sunday for a presentation on horticulture at the home of Franklin D. Roosevelt Historic Site. Read More ...

Grand Bend and Area Horticultural Societ [ Grand Bend Strip ] Jul 03, 2008  There are eight homes on the Grand Bend and Area Horticultural Society Home and Garden Tour, which takes place July 5. Among them is the Spanish inspired home of Frank and Nancy Moore, who owned a home in Costa Rica and wanted to bring some of the same feel to a plot of land north of Grand Bend. Frank has traveled extensively through South America for a book he's writing on a famed British ... Read More ...

Horticulture building gets makeover for [ Brainerd Dispatch ] Jul 03, 2008  [Longtime Crow Wing County Fair-goers may not recognize the horticulture building by the time workers finish their improvements at that site. Read More ...

Career Moves [ The News & Observer ] Jul 06, 2008  CB Richard Ellis promoted five brokers in the Raleigh office. Read More ...

Blooming success for small town [ BBC News ] Jul 06, 2008  The town of Tetbury wins gold in a floral competition for small towns for the second consecutive year. Read More ...

Island clean-up [ Montgomery Advertiser ] Jul 06, 2008  Members of Land Mangement Forestry & Horticulture Division take a boat to work recently to clean up and trim the grass on the man-made islands in Big Spring International Park in Huntsville. After working on the island, in the background Alex Westen, in bow, and Sam Spann use the boat to get back to Terry Harbin, who is using a grass trimmer on the other island. They are getting ready to plant ... Read More ...

HSE Supports A Safer Future For Farming, [ Medical News Today ] Jul 7, 2008  Recent provisional statistics released by the Health and Safety Executive reveal that 39 workers were killed in the agriculture sector in 2007/08. With an average of one death a week over the last ten years, the agriculture industry has one of the worst incident records of the major employment sectors. Read More ...

THIS WEEK IN BAYONNE [ The Jersey Journal ] Jul 06, 2008  [macro call]3The Bayonne Office On Aging presents 'The Flower Guy,' a horticulture class led by Lou Seagull, at 10 a.m., at the 56th Street Senior Center. Read More ...

Around the Region [ Kane County Chronicle ] Jul 7, 2008  Downtown parking deck opens  ST. CHARLES - The city's new downtown parking garage is officially open. Read More ...

Oregon publisher releases horticulture b [ The Champaign News-Gazette ] Jul 05, 2008  Anthony Kahtz acknowledges that several books already have been published on how to garden in the Midwest. None was released, though, by Timber Press, a Portland, Ore., publisher known for its books on gardening and related topics. Read More ...

It's in their roots [ The Intelligencer ] Jul 7, 2008  A new generation of Bucks County farmers face a unique set of opportunities and difficulties. Read More ...

4-H projects will be shown at fair [ Kane County Chronicle ] Jul 7, 2008  ST. CHARLES - Judging and showing of 4-H projects will be July 16-21 at the Kane County Fair at the fairgrounds. The bulk of 4-H projects are judged prior to the fair opening on Monday, July 14, and will be on display during the fair. Projects on display include visual arts, woodworking, electricity, clothing, foods, natural resources, computers, horticulture, photography, and much, much more. ... Read More ...

A Center Studies How Plants Fare, and Ho [ New York Times ] Jul 04, 2008  At a greenhouse at Cornell University?s Long Island Horticultural Research and Extension Center, staff members study diseases and insects that attack plants. Read More ...

Horticultural Society's Trillium award j [ Ancaster News ] Jul 03, 2008  Don't be alarmed if you think someone is admiring your garden. You're probably right. Judges for the Ancaster Trillium Awards is underway. Awards judging runs from July 5-20. Here's a few gardening hints for the next few months for those who love to garden, courtesy Master Gardeners of Ontario Inc. and the Ancaster Horticultural Society. Read More ...

Fuel hikes pile costs on councils [ BBC News ] Jul 7, 2008  Services in Leicestershire may have to be cut or council tax bills rise because of the increasing cost of fuel. Read More ...

Horticultural society to host garden tou [ Windsor Star ] Jul 05, 2008  Ten home gardens will be open for viewing when the Belle River and District Horticultural Society holds its Open Gardens Tour on Sunday from 11a.m. to 5 p.m. Read More ...