View into the pocket rainforest garden created by Chris Bower, planted with ferns, palm trees and native plants

Environment

WWF Prescription for Nature campaign

Approaching Earth Day in April, the World Wildlife Foundation campaign focusses on the connection between nature and mental wellbeing, highlighting local heroes driving positive change.

Sheep on green grass field with the valleys beyond

Events

Fashion & Farming: Sewing the Seeds

Interesting event, uniting fashion and farming to explore what we farm and wear, reconnecting the farm-to-food-and-fabric cycle.

Muscular Dystrophy UK – Forest Bathing Garden. Designed by Ula Maria

Design

Industry launches sustainable design tool, elemental

Launching today, the free-to-use web-based app, elemental enables garden and landscape designers to assess and minimise environmental impacts, transforming sustainable design in the industry.

Plastic Plant Pots

Regulation

Simpler Recycling legislation

On Global Recycling Day, the Horticultural Trades Association (HTA) celebrates the industry’s progress towards greater recyclability but stresses the importance of implementation of the Simpler Recycling scheme.

Image of the Dartington Forest garden created over 30 years as a demonstration of agroforestry

Environment

Dartington Forest Garden at risk

The Agroforestry Research Trust have issued an appeal for support to protest the intentions of the Dartington Hall Trust to end their lease, putting the 31 year old forest food project at risk.

Views over the countryside and farmland in Oxfordshire

Environment

Concerns regarding the Nature Restoration Fund

The UK government unveiled its planning and infrastructure bill which it says will remove barriers and boost housebuilding but has raised ‘growth-washing’ concerns.

Artificial Grass Lawn

Research

Why do people install artificial lawns?

New survey funded by Northumbria University, in collaboration with Newcastle University and the RHS aims to find the reasons behind choosing an artificial lawn and if expectations are met.

Bumblebee flying to different flowers

Wildlife

2024: The worst year for bumblebees recorded

The 2025 BeeWalk Annual Report revealed that 2024 was the worst year for bumblebees since records began, with numbers declining by 22.5% compared to the 2010-2023 average.

Woodland forest with sun shining through

Environment

Woodland Heritage Open woods & workshops

Woodland Heritage has launched a new initiative, the Open Woods & Workshops to champion homegrown timber and sustainable productive woodlands for present and future generations.

Farewell flower bouquet, consisting of natural wild flowers in purple and white for a funeral by the Featherstones English Flower Company.

Business

New dawn for funeral flowers

One compostable arrangement at a time, the co-founder of The Farewell Flowers Directory Gill Hodgson, explains how they are on a mission to change the world of funeral flowers.