New sculpture by David Harber FLO

Product Launch

FLO by David Harber

Sculptor David Harber launches a new outdoor sculpture, entitled FLO in a limited edition of 25.

By the bye

Festive lawn competition

The Lawn Association has launched a festive competition to celebrate the lawn in December and January.

Stone Exhibition at Falconhurst 2025

Exhibitions

STONE at Falconhurst

In the summer of 2025, Nicola Talbot, custodian of Falconhurst in Kent, will once again host STONE, the exhibition that celebrates some of the very best of British sculpture.

Book Releases

Cow parsley in front of a hedgerow (photo by Petra Hoyer Millar)

Charity

New additions to the YPHA operations team

The Young People in Horticulture Association has formed a new operations team to work alongside the committee to streamline communications, boost event planning, and enhance member wellbeing.

National Garden Scheme Garden at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show designed by Tom Stuart Smith

Charity

Record National Garden Scheme donations in 2024

2024 proved to be another landmark year for the National Garden Scheme with the charity donating a record £3,501,227 to nursing and health beneficiaries from this year’s garden opening season.

Experimental fungi translocation aims to restore nature beneath the soil in Yorkshire woodland

Environment

Fungi translocation to restore woodlands

A nature restoration experiment, Forestry England is moving soil rich in vital fungi from an ancient woodland to a newly planted site in North Yorkshire.

Christmas jumper ornament

Charity

Festive fashion challenge for Greenfingers

Chris Moncrieff and Kimberley Hornby will be undertaking the 2024 challenge of wearing different Christmas jumpers over the course of December to raise funds for the Greenfingers charity.

Ivor, the dog sniffing for plant disease

Research

Phytophthora ramorum sniffer dogs

Innovative project by Forest Research, successfully trains detection dogs to specifically identify the tree pathogen, Phytophthora ramorum