Following the start of the YPHA Launch Success Challenge in the Netherlands, the ten delegates now take on the next step on their journey to bring to market a brand-new variety of begonia. Welcomed to Hyve in London for a back-to-back masterclass with Michael Perry...
Following the success at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2024, little interviews goes "live at Chelsea" to catch up with some of the garden designers that Pro Landscaper has been following throughout their Chelsea journey. The Bridgerton Garden is a secretive and secluded...
Launched at FutureScape 2023, the Pro Landscaper Sustainability & Biodiversity Awards highlight the future of landscaping. These awards are on a mission to showcase the most important innovation and initiatives across the UK landscaping sector, from design, to construction, to product supply and manufacturing. We look for great stories of...
From the Torture Garden: A Sanctuary for Survivors to the Stroke Association’s Garden for Recovery, the RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2024, was an overwhelming display of overcoming hardships, and proof of how horticulture can provide a therapeutic outlet for so many different types of people. Rather than simply beautiful gardens, these spaces offer...
Thirteen might be unlucky for some, but not for Crocus. The contractor and nursery has just won its 13th Best in Show award at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show in what will be its final year at the event – or so it says. Crocus seemed destined to have an illustrious career at Chelsea. The first garden it built in 2000 – the same year the company was...
With 90% of natural disasters being water-related, the importance of water conservation has never been clearer. The gardens struggling for moisture in the summer are the same ones drowning in the spring, with Mark Gregory, managing director of Landform Consultants and decorated RHS garden builder, recalling this past winter as the hardest due to...
St James's Piccadilly: Imagine the World to be Different garden, featuring on the converted Main Avenue of the RHS Chelsea Flower Show this week, features a range of resilient and regenerative species to inspire the empowering nature of patience and persistence. As arid weather conditions continue to become increasingly more frequent, many are...
For RHS Chelsea Flower Show this year, I chose to create a compact, modular and therefore transportable courtyard-style garden which could transform any unloved piece of land into a vibrant and immersive, yet peaceful oasis. I called it The Anywhere Courtyard to reinforce this concept of flexibility and from my strong sense that the need for a...
The RHS Chelsea Flower Show has returned to the Royal Hospital Chelsea show ground this week and there's already plenty to talk about from the world renowned show. Press day saw a series of launches, celebrations and awards being announced. Here are our top highlights: 1 Crocus going out on a high It has been at all 22 shows that have taken...
Launched at FutureScape 2023, the Pro Landscaper Sustainability & Biodiversity Awards highlight the future of landscaping. These awards are on a mission to showcase the most important innovation and initiatives across the UK landscaping sector, from design, to construction, to product supply and manufacturing. We look for great stories of...
Stroke survivor and garden designer Miria Harris has teamed up with the UK Stroke Association charity to bring the Stroke Association’s Garden for Recovery to life at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show. Having designed a peaceful, sensory space to support stroke recovery, “The Stroke Association’s Garden for Recovery aims to elevate the charity’s cause...
Almost15,000 people are supported by Trellis each month. The national charity for therapeutic horticulture supports around 520 groups across Scotland and parts of the UK, each with an average of 27 people taking part every week. It started in 2006 with just its CEO, Fiona Thackeray aided by a part time assistant, and a small group of volunteers...
Katie's career path is a testament to the transformative power of following one's passion. Initially carving a path in the retail sector, including a significant role as an assistant manager at a Laura Ashley store, Katie's career took a meaningful turn after her daughter was born. Seeking a change, she found herself drawn to the green embrace of...
As a GP, a keen gardener and a garden designer, Richard Claxton has long been aware of the benefits that come from gardening, and there’s arguably even more when done as part of a community. From helping people to overcome loneliness and isolation through to providing support and camaraderie, it presents an opportunity for those living with...
Launched at FutureScape 2023, the Pro Landscaper Sustainability & Biodiversity Awards highlight the future of landscaping. These awards are on a mission to showcase the most important innovation and initiatives across the UK landscaping sector, from design, to construction, to product supply and manufacturing. We look for great stories of...
From Shondaland, Netflix’s hit Bridgerton has become one of the most popular series on the platform. The first season alone has racked up 113.3 million views, making it the fourth most watched show on Netflix. It follows the powerful Bridgerton family as the late Viscount’s children make their debut onto Regency London's competitive marriage...
Debbie Carroll is celebrating 10 years since she first set up Step Change Design. The garden designer formed the company with Mark Rendell after they'd carried out research on how to make care home gardens more actively used and were keen to share their findings with the industry. Over the last decade, that learning has only continued. Here,...
Land Studio's Kate Richards shares the importance of access to green spaces and the routes between them The National Trust and First News have conducted a survey that shows that children want more time in nature, but that parents are unable to take them to local greenspaces frequently, due to a lack of accessibility. The National Trust has...
The Green Garden Audit is already reducing the carbon emission of this year’s Chelsea gardens and has the potential to have an even wider impact if adopted across the industry. This year’s RHS Chelsea Flower Show is already being touted as the greenest yet – and it’s hardly surprising, considering all designers for Main Avenue and the Sanctuary...
RHS Horticultural Practice Diploma Student, Felicity Gray has been named the winner of this year’s RHS design and Build competition. Every year, students on the Level 4 RHS Diploma in Horticultural Practice at RHS Garden Wisley, Surrey, put forward a ‘Design and Build’ project. The winning design is then built by the students. This year’s winner,...
Georgia Gilbert is continually pushing herself to succeed. The 30 Under 30 winner was recently appointed as the wildflower technical manager at John Chambers Wildflower Seed, a brand supplied exclusively by Green-tech Ltd. Now with more responsibility within her role and the opportunity to be actively involved in industry events, Gilbert oversees...
Horticulture is creating a “sea of plastic", says garden designer Hana Leonard - and it's not the only one. Greenpeace reckons nearly two billion pieces of plastic packaging are thrown away by UK households on a daily basis, after carrying out The Big Plastic Count in 2022. Seeking to put this waste to good use, Leonard – director of Secrets of...
Show manager Lex Falleyn explains how the Royal Horticultural Society’s latest event could help to inspire greener cities. Overpriced coffee, crowded transport and a lack of parking – these might be true of most cities, but they’re not what’s forcing people to leave them. A recent study by property developer Landsec revealed that a third (33%)...
Nearly two years ago, Manchester opened its first park in the city in more than 100 years. A 6.5-acre derelict brownfield site was transformed into a biodiverse haven as part of a 24-acre multi-use development – and instead of being an afterthought, Mayfield Park was the centrepiece, marking the start of what could become a series of green...
Designed to showcase how size needn’t be an issue when it comes to creating a usable outdoor space, the Balcony and Container Gardens at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show aim to inspire urban dwellers who might have limited access to a garden. Within the confines of a 5m x 2m space, designers will use a variety of planting schemes and techniques to...
From appearing on TV shows to creating new outdoor spaces to exhibiting on Main Avenue at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show, the National Trust has a busy year for its gardens and parklands. Here are just 12 of its plans announced for 2024. A show garden at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show Prolific garden designer Ann-Marie Powell has created a...
Garden designer Rachel Bailey shares how the landscaping industry can play its part in protecting one of its unsung heroes - soil. From working with the existing soil on site to avoiding compaction, there's plenty that can be done to ensure that soil is able to provide its wealth of benefits, including an incredible ability to sequester carbon....
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