Events
Grow Urban Festival 2025
Part of the Great Big Green Week, the Grow Urban Festival returns, bringing together communities, innovators, and educators to celebrate greener, healthier urban spaces.
People
CEO Next Up, Josh McBain to speak at ‘Horticulture, The Conference’
Founder & CEO of strategic intelligence consultancy Next Up, Josh McBain joins the speaker line-up at the HTA’s 2025 ‘Horticulture, The Conference’.
Events
Composted: A festival of biodegradable ideas
Exploring the transformative power of compost, Cambo Gardens host a festival designed to connect gardeners, scientists, environmentalists and local community.
Products
Willow Crossley launches rattan vase collection
Florist, author and designer, Willow Crossley launches new collection of vases made by Columbian artisans.
Gardens
New permaculture centre opens in London
OmVed Gardens, the new hub for permaculture, biodiversity and community have completed their transformation with the addition of a hilltop village of buildings in North London.
Shows
Blooming Ballroom floral installations at Wentworth Woodhouse
Floral designers can apply to showcase their talents for the 2025 RHS Flower Show Wentworth Woodhouse Blooming Ballroom.
Events
2025 Dahlia Days at Hever Castle
The childhood home of Anne Boleyn, Hever Castle & Gardens will host two special Dahlia Days in September.
Book Releases
Review
Review: Stihl HSA 26 Cordless Shears & Trimmer
Independent product review of the battery-powered, Stihl HSA 26 Cordless hedge trimmers and shears.
Shows
Highlights RHS Flower Show Wentworth Woodhouse
The new RHS Flower Show Wentworth Woodhouse promises to venerate its location in Yorkshire through a series of inspiring gardens that connect to the local area’s roots.
Business
Nicholsons expands with new base in Gloucestershire
Landscape design company, Nicholsons Nurseries has opened a new office in Calmsden, Gloustershire expanding their market reach across the Cotswolds and wider South West region.
Awards
Entries for AIPH World Green City Awards open
Celebrating innovative approaches to city design and urban greening, entries for AIPH World Green City Awards open.
Regulation
Inheritance Tax reforms a ‘lose-lose’, says HTA
The Horticultural Trades Association warns that proposed reforms to inheritance tax will cost 1,300 sector jobs, slash investment and drain treasury tax revenues.
Events
An evening with Monty Don & Tom Stuart-Smith
Monty Don and Tom Stuart-Smith in conversation with Assistant Curator Naomi Zaragoza of the Design Museum.
Plants
Ginkgo biloba ‘Globosa’: New topiary option?
More often seen as majestic trees, the stand out dwarf Ginkgo on the Boodles Raindance Garden at the 2025 RHS Chelsea Flower Show, showcased its potential for topiary structure in a garden.
Wildlife
RHS and RSPB unite to champion Swifts
The Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) is partnering with the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) to create a show garden at the RHS Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival 2025.
Shows
2025 National Amateur Gardening Show cancelled
The first show since the relaunch of Amateur Gardening magazine, the National Amateur Gardening Show has been cancelled for this year.
Natural Capital
Easing of Biodiversity Net Gain rules proposed for smaller sites
In a bid to streamline and make it easier to build on smaller sites, the environmental rules that require developers in England to improve wildlife habitats by 10% could be eased, under new government plans.
Business
Glee announces new food sector for this year’s show
Returning in September, the trade show announces the new addition, ‘Food at Glee’, offering garden centres and retail buyers the opportunity to explore the growing world of food and drink.
Media
Flymo’s new advertising campaign
Part of their ‘Easi Does It’ campaign, Flymo has released two new adverts conveying the message that with their cordless range, garden jobs don’t feel like work.
Exhibitions
Garden To Canvas: Cedric Morris & Benton End
Philip Mould & Company present Garden to Canvas: Cedric Morris and Benton End, an exhibition celebrating the vibrant flower paintings of Cedric Morris (1889–1982).
