We need to “change the way we garden”, says the award-winning designer behind a new garden focused on climate resilience and biodiversity that has been revealed at Beningbrough Hall near York. Andy Sturgeon says the UK can expect “warmer summers with prolonged dry...
RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2026 will mark Project Giving Back’s final year of funding gardens for good causes, but this year there is a twist. Applicants for the 2026 instalment of RHS Chelsea can expect a slightly different process this time around. Since the charity’s...
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...
The Guangzhou China: Guangzhou Garden, which took home a gold medal and the award for Best in Show at the 2021 RHS Chelsea Flower Show, has been rebuilt at the University of Bristol’s Botanic Garden. The garden, designed by Bath-based practice Grant Associates director Peter Chmiel and associate director Chin-Jung Chen, was gifted to Bristol by...
National Plant Collection Holder, Jonathan Sheppard is making his RHS Chelsea Flower Show debut in just over two weeks, bringing the first ever collection of Cosmos bipinnatus to the Show. After Sheppard’s two collections were flooded out by storm Babet back in October last year, neighboring houses are still uninhabitable to date, making this a...
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,...
New entry guide launches for the Pro Landscaper Project Awards to help interested parties with their submissions. With entries well underway for the awards, this latest all-inclusive guide by Pro Landscaper offers step-by-step entry support, in-depth insights into the award categories and criteria, as well as a list of top tips for entering. The...
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,...
The Society of Garden Designers (SGD) is bringing a new gardenscape stand to the RHS Chelsea Flower Show later this month, giving show visitors the opportunity to immerse themselves in an English country garden setting. Designed by SGD Member, Rosemary Coldstream MSGD, the new stand will feature products and services from the Society’s Affiliated...
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...
Price hikes are expected as a significant change to how plants are imported comes into effect today. All plants being brought into the UK will now need to do so via a Border Control Post (BCP), the latest stage of the government’s Border Target Operating Model. The BCPs will be replacing the Place of Destination (PoD) system which has been in...
A selection of children from schools across London will don their judges hats at this year’s RHS Chelsea Flower Show with the introduction of a new award category. Over 70 children will take on the task of judging this year’s show gardens, crowning one of them the inaugural RHS Children’s Choice Award winner. Designer’s will be judged against...
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...
Award-winning botanical stylist returns to the RHS Chelsea Flower Show, bringing with them Abba, glitterballs and tropical plants. Two-time RHS medal winner, James Whiting, will make his third appearance at the show with a new exhibit in the Houseplant Studio category. ‘Verdant Visions’, in collaboration with family history website Findmypast,...
The Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) is set to take some of its largest shows on the road in an effort to reach new audiences and suppliers. In the future, several RHS Shows will tour to new locations around the country, working with more communities and schools. The RHS says these changes will be a “catalyst for new content.” The RHS Hampton...
Award-winning garden designer Lucy Willcox offers a series of mini masterclasses in design principles on ITV’s new Alan Titchmarsh’s Gardening Club. The new series which launched last month looks to welcome gardeners “from all levels and the widest range of backgrounds around the whole of the UK”, says the show's creative director Lee Connolly,...
Garden design duo Carolyn Harden and Jon Jarvis are seeking support for their RHS Tatton Flower Show 2024 garden- dedicated to raising awareness for skin cancer. The 1804 Garden, which resides at just over 3002m- making it the biggest garden at this year’s show- is designed to promote awareness of melanoma skin cancer in the construction...
Gardenings potential to change lives, transform communities and combat the effects of climate change will be centre stage at this year’s RHS Malvern Spring Festival. The spring event will be embracing the new wave of people getting into the world of horticulture, as well as welcoming back recognised TV gardening personalities, such as Alan...
Composite decking brand, Trex, has launched its new Signature collection, available through UK distribution partner Arbor Forest Products. The new collection offers the ease of maintenance and high performance of WPC with proprietary shell formulation that delivers a realistic representation of wood, says Trex. Using a different process than any...
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...
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...
When garden designer Miria Harris suffered a stroke in 2019, this was only the beginning of her battle for survival. Left with the inability to speak or form words, Harris was scared that she was losing her mind; but despite a relatively quick return to her normal state, it was the stroke that led to the discovery of the hole in her heart that...
Long standing supplier and landscaper for the RHS Chelsea Flower Show, Crocus, has today announced to Gardens Illustrated that it will be stepping back after this year’s upcoming show. Since its founding in 2000 by Mark Fane and Peter Clay, Crocus has been a staple at Chelsea, supplying plants and building gardens for the last 22 shows. Fane...
Offering the industry an opportunity to break new ground as designers, landscapers, and architects – the RHS Chelsea Flower Show presents the enjoyment of the creative freedoms that are involved in making a show garden whilst also affording a chance to challenge the industry’s traditions and to push for innovation in sustainable design. And with...
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