If you live in the South of England you might have caught our knotweed detection dog Mack starring in a news feature last week alongside Environet MD Nic Seal, who was interviewed about rising cases of knotweed in the Berkshire area.

Mack was filmed scouting out knotweed in Caversham and showing off his indication skills, as Nic explained how our canine team can help homeowners and buyers who want to check whether a property is affected by the invasive plant.

We’ve been busy dealing with another serious case of bamboo encroachment, this time in North London where bamboo had grown beneath the ground floor of a terraced property and emerged beneath the floorboards in the kitchen, dining room and living room.

With the Japanese knotweed growing season now well underway, we’ve mined data from our interactive online tracker, Exposed: The Japanese Knotweed Heatmap, to reveal the national knotweed hotspots for 2022.