An innovative exhibition, which explores the history and future of the modern garden featuring gardens by designers and artists, such as Roberto Burle Marx, Jamaica Kincaid, Mien Ruys, Piet Oudolf and Derek Jarman. The Garden Futures exhibition celebrates gardens as an idyllic retreat, but also as a testing ground for new ideas and experiments in biodiversity, social justice and sustainability.
First major exhibition at the Dulwich Picture Gallery devoted to the visionary artist, designer and author Eileen ‘Tirzah’ Garwood, known as the wife of Eric Ravilious. The exhibition includes more than 80 of Garwood’s works, and explore her ‘sophisticated naïve’ approach that infused apparently innocent subjects with deeper meanings.
The after-dark spectacle of lights at RHS Garden Wisley for the festive season. Tickets must be booked in advance.
The start of the tulip season is celebrated every year on National Tulip Day in Amsterdam on the Museum Square in the centre of Amsterdam. From this day, cut tulips are promoted at florists across the country. Visitors are allowed to pick tulips for free in a specially designed tulip pick-up garden. There will be around 200.000 tulips in the free pick-up garden. Note, the tulips that visitors can pick in designated tulip garden are grown indoors. The tulip fields only start to bloom at the end of March.
Somerset House presents SOIL: The World at Our Feet, a landmark exhibition unearthing the wonder of soil, its unbreakable bond to all life, and the vital role it plays in our planet’s future.
Snowdrop festival held across dozens of gardens in Scotland, to enjoy the mesmerising spectacle of thousands of winter’s most iconic blooms carpeting the ground. Funds raised from the ticket sales will be distributed to charity beneficiaries through Scotland’s Gardens Scheme.
The world’s leading trade fair for horticulture, with exhibitors from all over the world present their innovative products and services in the fields of plants, technology, floristry and garden features. The defining themes for this year are climate change and sustainability.
Held in Kew’s prestigious Princess of Wales glasshouse, visitors are invited to discover an impressive 3000 species of orchids, growing in Peru- one of the most biodiverse countries on earth. Evening visitors can also an after dark tour, with Peruvian music and entertainment. Bookings (time slots) are required to attend.
Strictly trade only, the Garden Press Event is jointly organised by the Horticultural Trades Association (HTA) and the Garden Industry Manufacturer’s Association (GIMA), gives businesses the chance to network in person with members of the garden press and showcase new products, themes and stories.
The PHS Philadelphia Flower Show is the nation’s largest and longest-running horticultural event and fundraiser featuring stunning displays by the world’s premier floral, garden, and landscape designers.
Rare opportunity to see John Morley’s paintings and pastels of flowers, fruits and plants – many have never been publicly displayed, in his first solo exhibition in over 30 years. Like his friend the late Cedric Morris, John Morley is part of the celebrated tradition of East Anglian painter-plantsman. His plant knowledge, combined with a mastery in conveying texture and play of light, renders his paintings unforgettable. The works will be available for purchase in support of the museum’s education and exhibition programmes.
With a major focus on emerging lifestyle trends, the Show is set to inspire crowds with floral displays and Show Gardens. Visitors to the show will also experience masterclasses with floral designers, to meet key landscape designers, exhibitors and industry experts, as well as peruse the avenues of exhibitors selling everything from bulbs, plants, tools, trinkets and garden accessories.
Set in the grounds of Beaulieu in Hampshire, the Spring Fair will present nurseries with displays and plants for sale, a collection of borders and a range of gardening exhibitors. The BBC Gardeners’ World Magazine team will be on hand with spring gardening tips at their What To Do Now Stage.
A joint collaboration by gardening broadcaster Toby Buckland and Country Gardener magazine, the festival is held annually at Powderham Castle, home of the Earl and Countess of Devon.
Based at the Three Counties Showground in Malvern, Worcestershire, and framed by the picturesque Malvern Hills, RHS Malvern Spring Festival is the perfect opportunity to prepare for the upcoming gardening season.Enjoy a walk around the show gardens, gather inspiration from exhibitors and get hints and tips from a range of talks and demonstrations at this early season show.
First exhibition to examine the common thread weaving through all of Cecil Beaton’s work: gardens and flowers. Photographs, paintings, drawings, costume and set design will explore the role flowers played in developing his creative practice: from the lavish floral installations for his infamous parties, to painted and fresh flowers for fashion photography and royal portraits, to floral costumes in films such as My Fair Lady. Curated by Garden Museum Curator Emma House and designed by artist and designer Luke Edward Hall.
The RHS Chelsea Flower Show is the most prestigious flower show in the world. As the highlight of the horticultural calendar, RHS Chelsea is the place to see cutting-edge garden design, breathtaking floral displays and innovative garden products, with some 168,000 visitors attending the show each year.
Set in the rolling hills of Bohinj in Slovenia, the festival takes place across various locations in Bohinj, displaying the splendour of spring in Bohinj with its diverse wildlife, a source of interest for botanical experts and enthusiasts from across the globe. The floral diversity of the region is unparalleled, and the annual festival celebrates the natural beauty of unique alpine flora.
