Gardens
Create, captivate, cultivate: 2026 RHS Flower Shows applications now open
Garden designers are invited to submit their applications to design a show garden for the 2026 RHS Flower Shows at Malvern, Badminton, and Sandringham.
Exhibitions
Echoes in the Chalk: Art and the ancient Landscape
Wiltshire’s landscape and ancient history has inspired a new exhibition, curated by the archaeologist and broadcaster, Dr. Rose Ferraby.
Artisan
Carved into the landscape: Stone at Falconhurst
In a recent interview, Nicola Talbot discussed the meticulous curation and organisation of Stone at Falconhurst, a sculpture exhibition housed within the gardens, grounds, and house of the Falconhurst Estate in Kent.
Events
From curtain to cornice: The Genius of Sir John Vanbrugh
Castle Howard, Blenheim Palace, Seaton Delaval Hall, Grimsthorpe Castle, Kimbolton Castle and Stowe House join forces in celebration of Vanbrugh’s life and achievements in 2026, his tercentenary year.
Events
Serge Hill Symposium ‘Working with water: From engineering to ecology’
Hosted by Tom Stuart-Smith Studio, a two-day symposium covering all things water, from river restoration, the installation of water features to creating natural swimming ponds, for gardens large and small.
Gardens
Double win for RNIB Legacy Garden at RHS Wentworth Woodhouse
Designed by Paul Hervey-Brookes, the garden, which explores the experience of living with sight loss, wins top awards at the RHS’s inaugural flower show in Yorkshire.
Events
Resilient landscapes: 2025 SGLD Symposium
The Society of Garden + Landscape Designers (SGLD) Symposium will focus on the creation of beautiful, resilient landscape spaces in the face of climate change.
Gardens
Innovative Vertical Garden at 2025 RHS Hampton Court Palace Festival
Designed by Adolfo Harrison and built by Life on Walls, the vertical garden is one of the standout exhibits at this year’s RHS Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival.
Exhibitions
Georgia Beaumont: Petal Tongued
Run in collaboration with the Wilder Gallery, the new solo exhibition by British artist Georgia Beaumont draws on the rhythms of plant life and the sense of balance found in its location, Thyme in Southrop.
Awards
Design Duo win top awards at 2025 RHS Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival
Designed by Mike McMahon and Jewlsy Mathews, the Subaru Cocoon won Best Show Garden, Best Construction and RHS Environmental Innovation Award at this year’s show.
Business
British Garden Centres to exhibit at RHS Hampton and Wentworth
The garden centre group has announced that it will be exhibiting for the first time at RHS Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival and the inaugural RHS Flower Show Wentworth Woodhouse.
Business
Glee 2025: An update
With 360 exhibitors confirmed to date, the trade show announces growth in terms of visitor registrations, new and existing exhibitors.
Exhibitions
Buzz & Hum & Wing & Song
Inspired by the Tess Taylor poem ‘Solstice’ (2015), a new exhibition featuring works by artists such as Endellion Lycett-Green and Marie Elisabeth Merlin, evokes themes of nature, time and the changing seasons.
Events
Detail personified: The Artisan Plant Market at Landgoed De Wiersse
Inspired by the late Bingerden’s Nursery Days and the Great Dixter plant fairs, the Artisan Plant Market at De Wiersse Estate in the Netherlands, has become a notable diary entry for plant lovers.
Events
Picnic & performance at Kew Gardens
This September, Kew Gardens will host a series of live, outdoor events, featuring well-known media and gardening personalities.
Exhibitions
Anne-Marie Butlin Exhibition: In and Out of the Garden
Solo exhibition by North London based artist, Anne-Marie Butlin, featuring works painted at Serge Hill, the Chelsea Physic Garden and Perch Hill.
Awards
Rachel Bailey wins Best Show Garden at BBC Gardeners’ World Live
Scottish garden designer, Rachel Bailey, won Best Show Garden and a Platinum award at the 2025 BBC Gardeners’ World Live.
Media
RHS Garden Hyde Hall to host BBC Radio 4 Gardeners’ Question Time Summer Garden Party 2025
BBC Radio 4’s annual Gardeners’ Question Time Summer Garden Party will be hosted at RHS Garden Hyde Hall in Essex for 2025.
People
Duchess of Edinburgh to open the 118th Royal Windsor Flower Show
On behalf of His Majesty King Charles III, Patron of the Royal Windsor Rose & Horticultural Society (RWRHS), the Duchess of Edinburgh will open this year’s flower show.
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.
