The deadline for the second Pro Landscaper Sustainability & Biodiversity Awards has been extended. Those looking to enter will now have until 9 August to submit their completed entries. All 14 categories will be judged by a panel of experts and recognised voices...
Owned by designer and creative consultant, Leah Lane, the Grade II listed Mulberry House in Surrey is home to Lane, her husband and their two children. Formerly the home farm of Farnham Castle, the early Georgian dwelling originally belonged to the bishopric of...
The World Child Cancer Nurturing Garden has won the inaugural Environmental Innovation Award at this year's RHS Chelsea Flower Show. Open to all those in the Show and Sanctuary Garden categories which underwent the Green Garden Audit this year, the new award recognises the efforts of designers and contractors to reduce the environmental impact of...
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...
WaterAid has revealed that a third (35%) of garden enthusiasts have struggled with water shortages and more than a third (38%) have experienced increased heat stress. An overwhelming majority (82%) have noticed their garden, plants or home-grown produce being affected by hotter summers and prolonged heavy rainfall, with 60% being concerned about...
After suffering a devastating fire in October 2020, St Mary’s Catholic Voluntary Academy in Derby, has been rebuilt into the UK’s ‘greenest’ school. The multi-million-pound school is the country’s first biophilic school and has been purpose built as part of a pilot project for the Department for Education. Biophilic design focuses on enhancing...
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...
School Kitchen, the new food delivery initiative in York, has opened its new kitchen garden at Carr Junior School, with the help of a landscape gardener. Produce from the kitchen garden will be used by both School Kitchen for its four restaurants, as well as by pupils for school cookery classes, with any surplus going to parents in need. The...
Taking place next month, the RHS Chelsea Flower Show is highlighting its sustainability ethos, with more gardens revealed for this year’s show putting it at the forefront. Announced at its annual Spring Conference yesterday, the society will be giving new life to old show gardens, with its 'RHS Chelsea Repurposed: Feature Garden', made almost...
Garden designer and Pro Landscaper's 30 Under 30: The Next Generation winner, Harry Holding has a new horticulture venture. LDN Horticulture is set to provide aftercare and garden maintenance services across London with its team of horticultural professionals. It aims to prioritise sustainability, working with ecologically sensitive practices...
Malcolm Catlin has been revealed as the new project director for Plant Healthy to oversee the progress of the certification scheme and the Plant Health Management Standard, effective from 29 April. He says that “there is an urgent need to increase the awareness and coverage of Plant Healthy across the board.” Catlin will be working closely with...
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...
Lindum Turf, based at Thorganby near York, has been shortlisted for the Sustainable Garden Product of the Year category at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show for the second consecutive year. The North Yorkshire turf grower won the award last year for its plastic-free wildflower turf, which is grown on a fully biodegradable growing medium. As with the...
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....
In an effort to recognise the environmental ingenuity of its gardens, the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) is introducing a new sustainability focused award at this year’s RHS Chelsea Flower Show. ‘The Environmental Innovation Award’ looks to celebrate “the examples of excellence in progressive environmental ingenuity” on display at the show,...
Designed initially for the RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2023, the Talitha Arts Garden is a celebration of the creative arts, uniting sculpture, performance, and plants and their therapeutic power to restore the lives of those who have suffered trauma. Designed “backwards”, Joe and Laura Carey of Carey Garden Design Studio, based their ideas and...
It’s been a “journey of discovery,” says Rachael Emous-Austin, co-director of Austin Design Works Ltd with her brother Matthew Austin. The architecture and landscape architecture design studio, based in the heart of the Cotswolds , recently achieved the highly sought after B Corp status, awarded to those who ‘balance profit with people and the...
Mitie Landscapes was unveiled as the Sustainable Company of the Year at the Pro Landscaper Business Awards last year. Group fleet manager Heidi Thompson shares Mitie’s EV journey and its advice for landscaping organisations beginning their EV transitions - from setting challenging targets and celebrating milestones, to the need for creativity...
Giacomo Guzzon, head of planting design at Gillespies, is launching a new book with photographer Claire Takacs. Visionary: Gardens and Landscapes for Our Future showcases private and public gardens across the globe that are both sustainable and address the changing climate. Landscape architect Guzzon has taught planting design at several...
Suffolk-based nursery Rymer Trees has announced that it has “ambitious growth plans” for the year ahead. Founded just three years ago, the peat-free grower sees its third year of operation as a chance to expand. In December, the Plant Healthy certified nursery began sowing more than 30 tree and hedging species. It is aiming to produce around...
New report tackling carbon reduction in the landscape sector launched by the Landscape Institute (LI) and British Association of Landscape Industries (BALI). The report, Landscape and Carbon is positioned as a direct response to the UK’s target to reach net zero by 2050. It outlines the actions being undertaken by the sector and how best...
It’s hard to believe that five years ago, the Young People in Horticulture Association (YPHA) didn’t exist. But since it was first founded at the start of 2020, it has grown to more than 800 members – that's hundreds in the horticulture industry who have joined a community of like-minded people. And that’s exactly what Mollie Higginson and...
Quality and Service (Q&S) Ltd is striving to become “the landscape service provider of choice” but without compromising on its environmentally friendly approach. The privately-owned company works without the use of chemicals, implementing sustainable, biodiverse rich working practices that “aim to challenge the status quo.” With the wholesale...
The Landscape Institute is one of five built environment institutes to renew its pledge to tackle urgent global challenges. With almost 70% of the world’s population predicted to live in urban environments by 2050, members of the UK Built Environment Advisory Group (UKBEAG) commit to working together for at least another five years. The group,...
The Landscape Institute (LI) and British Association of Landscape Industries (BALI) are launching a new report, tackling carbon reduction in the landscape sector. The new report, Landscape and Carbon is penned as a direct response to the UK’s target to reach net zero by 2050, says the LI. It sets out the sector’s climate actions and how...
The redevelopment of ITV’s former headquarters on London's South Bank secures planning permission for ‘major’ green driven transformation. Development of 72 Upper Ground will be carried out by developer Mitsubishi Estate, development manager CO—RE, London-based Make Architects and international landscape architecture practice Grant Associates....
Bradford Council carries out highway improvement and sustainable landscaping works with the support of landscape supplier Green-tech. The project, designed by Bradford Council’s own landscape architects and highways engineers, looks to deliver improvements to the area locally known as the ‘Top of Town’. Improvement works include tackling climate...
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