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The article presents an update of activities from the West Midlands & South Wales Branch of the Chartered Institute of Horticulture. Topics discussed include highlights of the branch's visit to the production site of strawberry grower S&A Produce in Herefordshire in April 2014, a tour of the Painswick Rococo Gardens during the annual business meeting in June 2014, and the election of the Branch Committee composed of Steve Quinton, Josh Egan-Wyer, and Douglas Mackay.

This section offers news briefs related to the West Midlands and South Wales branch of the Institute of Horticulture (IoH) in Great Britain as of 2013. IoH members visited the Trioscape Nursery in April. A tour of Painswick Rococo Gardens in Gloucester, England was led by its branch vice chairman Steve Quinton. IoH members visited Sandfields Farms in May.

The article presents information on the activities of West Midlands and South Wales branches of the Institute of Horticulture. Members visited Aberglasney Gardens in Tywi valley of Carmarthenshire, Wales in April 2012. A restoration of the garden was being undertaken by garden specialist Graham Rankin. The garden is said to be home to many plant collections, including 100 species of magnolias.

The article presents updates in the West Midlands South Wales Branch of the Institute of Horticulture (IoH). Branch Chairman Neil Cook was recently elected as a Fellow of the IoH. A visit was made in early July 2011 in Avondale Nursery at Baginton, a small retail nursery run by Brian Ellis and his wife that specialises in rare and unusual herbaceous, perennials and bamboos. A joint visit to D Southall and Sons and Creative Landscapes was made by the branch in early September.

The article presents West Midlands & South Wales Branch report of the Institute of horticulture.

The article presents a report on the activities of the West Midlands & South Wales branch of the Chartered Institute of Horticulture (CIH). Topics discussed include the 2014 final branch visit to Westonbirt Arboretum in Gloucestershire, Great Britain, the election of Lynn Stevens as Fellow of the CIH and future events including a visit to the Famcombe Estate on June 13, 2015 and a visit to the Pixley Berries and Stockton Bury Gardens on July 11, 2015.

The article offers news briefs in the horticulture industry on topics including the Dyffryn Gardens exhibition, the S&A Produce at Marden Hereford and the Apple Day in West Midlands and South Wales, England.

The article focuses on the activities of the West Midlands, England and South Wales Branch of the British Institute of Horticulture (IOH) in 2013. Branch members visited the gardens of Hampton Court Castle at Hope-Under-Dinmore, Herefordshire in July, and also visited Daylesford Organic Farm near Kingham in Gloucestershire. A group of the members, led by Lynn Stevens, also attended the Malvern Autumn Show to promote the benefits of IoH membership.

This section offers news briefs on the West Midlands Branch of the Institute of Horticulture (IoH). Branch members visited the Blooms Gloucester Garden Centre in February 2013. Owen Groves won the WM/SW Branch final held at Pershore College in March 2013. The 2013 joint lecture of the Royal Horticultural Society and Institute of Horticulture lecture was given in March 2013 by David Domoney.

The article presents an update related to the West Midlands and South Wales (WM & SW) Branch of the Institute of Horticulture (IoH) as of October 2011. Branch members have visited Doctor Hugh Nunn of Harvington Hellebores at Worcestershire, England in May. The Branch went to Vital Earth and Burrows Gardens in Derbyshire, England in May. The Annual Branch Meeting (ABM) was held at Hergest Croft Gardens in Herefordshire, England.

The article discusses the activities of the West Midlands South Wales branch of the Institute of Horticulture (IOH). Details pertaining to the member's visit to the Hill Nurseries in Stratford, England are presented. Particular focus is given to the automated production of seed raised plugs wherein a computerized camera is able to identify seed germination failure and use a "mechanical finger" to replace it with a new ones. The start of the regeneration of the Trentham Estate gardens by gardens manager Michael Walker which started 2004 is also presented.

The article offers an update on the activities of the West Midlands South Wales branch of the Institute of Horticulture (IoH). The 2009 Young Horticulturist of the Year (YHoY) Final was won by Faye Steer, followed by Jason Daff and John Lawrence in second and third place, respectively. The 2009 joint Royal Horticultural Society (RHS)/IoH lecture, titled Croome--The Rebirth of a Landscape Park, was given by Michael Smith, property manager of Croome Park. A tour of Hollyoak Orchids, owned by Tim and Janet Morris, was held.

The article presents information on the West Midlands South Wales branch of the Institute of Horticulture (IoH). Branch members visited the National Botanic Garden of Wales, near Carmarthen, in September 2008 to see firsthand how the garden had grown and evolved since an earlier visit in 2001. According to the article, the branch is likely to visit an orchid nursery in February 2009.

The article presents news briefs concerning the West Midlands and South Wales branch of the Institute of Horticulture. Duncan Coombs delivered a speech about his search for plants in China at Pershore College in March 2006. Ennid Hart provided a presentation at the second Welsh Horticultural Education and Careers Workshop which took place in Swansea on March 15, 2006. Jonathan Tame of Pershore College won the Young Horticulturist of the Year competition at Hartpury College on March 2006.

presents updates on the Institute of Horticulture branch in West Midlands, England and South Wales as of winter 2005. Garden tour of the Croome Park owned by the British National Trust; Overview of a dinner anniversary held at Bunkerton's Cider Mills in Luntley; Events to be held from February to June 2005.

Presents an update on the activities and events held by the West Midlands and South Wales branches of the Institute of Horticulture as of Autumn 2004. Waste recycling initiatives at Pershore College; Highlights of the Annual Branch Meeting; Tour offered by Steve Dawkes on his fruit farm in Snitterfield.

Abstracts related to horticultural are presented including "Cold Tolerance and Chilling Requirements for Breaking of Bud Dormancy in Plants and Several Shoots of Raspberry" by A. Sonsteby & O. Heide, "Modification of Leaf Morphology and Anatomy as a Consequence of Columnar Architecture in Domestic Apple Trees" by S. Talwara, BWW Grout and TB Toldam-Andersen and "Gamma Radiation: An Efficient Technology to Conserve the Quality of Fresh Raspberries" by JV Tezotto-Uliana et al.

The article offers information on the joint lecture to be hosted by the Institute of Horticulture (IoH) and the Royal Horticulture Society (RHS) at Pershore College in England on March 7, 2013.

A list of horticultural articles on field vegetable and salad crops is presented which includes one on the measurement of nitrate in leafy vegetables, one on accelerated storage losses in onion, and one on the role of nitric oxide in the browning of lettuce.

This section offers information related to the West Midlands South Wales chapter of the Institute of Horticulture including a visit by branch members at the Pershore College Fruit Processing and Juicing Enterprise in November 2011, and the branch's future events such as a visit to Aberglasney, a Tyvi village of Carmathenshire on April 29, a visit to the packhouse of Redstar Growers at Birlingham on May 19, and a visit to Broadfield Court Gardens and Vineyard in Bodenham in Worcestershire, England on June 23.

The article presents an obituary for Desmond Day and Tim Morris.

A calendar of events for the horticulture sector in Great Britain in March 2010 is presented which includes a tour of Borden Hill Nurseries in Stratford-upon-Avon, "The Reborn Trentham Gardens" lecture at Pershore College and the Young Horticulturist of the Year Regional Finals at Birmingham Botanical Gardens.

A calendar of events for the West Midlands South Wales Branch of the Institute of Horticulture (IoH) in Great Britain from July to October 2008 is presented, including the Annual Branch Meeting on July 19, conducted tour of the National Botanical Gardens of Wales on September 7, and a guided tour by Michael Darville of Arley Arboretum in the Severn Valley on October 25.

The article reports on the visit by the West Midlands South Wales branch members of the Institute of Horticulture (IoH) in Great Britain to Batsford Arboretum in Gloucestershire, England. During the tour, head gardener Matt Horn discussed the development of the Arboretum from its beginnings at the end of the 19th century as a wild garden created by the 1st Lord Redesdale on the Batsford Estate.

The article offers an update on the activities of the West Midlands South Wales branch of the Institute of Horticulture as of October 2007. Members visited the garden at Highgrove, home of Prince Charles of Wales. Head gardener David Howard toured the members around the garden. The branch's 2007 annual branch meeting (ABM) was held at the Friends Meeting House in Warwick where the branch committee officers were elected. Future events of the branch are also presented.

The article offers news briefs related to horticulture in South Wales. The Horticultural Engineering Technical Group of the Institution of Agricultural Engineers visited the Campden and Chorleywood Food Research Association. Steven Desmond has been appointed membership secretary of the South Wales branch of the Institute of Horticulture (IoH). IoH presented the President's Medal to Peter Grimbly, acting treasurer for the South Wales branch of IoH.