Worth watching
Review Monty Don’s Spanish Gardens
Friday evening marked the start of Monty Don’s Spanish safari, bringing some of the country’s most beautiful private and urban gardens, community projects and parks to our screens.
Worth watching
Jekka’s seed sowing series
Seed sowing demonstration by Jekka McVicar, expert organic grower of herbs, author and broadcaster.
Business
Garden centre highlights extent of current retail crime and violence
Nathan Wilson from Blue Diamond Garden Centres appeared on ITV News, highlighting the retail crime crisis following the British Retail Consortium survey results.
Worth watching
Alison Crowther: The Woodcarvers Studio
A series of vignettes by film maker JP Davidson reveal true insight into Alison Crowther’s studio practices and culture.
Job
Horticultural Trades Association: Senior Media Officer
The Horticultural Trades Association (HTA) is recruiting for a new Senior Media Officer to help shape their media relations strategy and driving impactful campaigns.
Media
Horticulture Careers Discovery Week
All the talks featured during the RHS Horticulture Careers Discovery Week held in January are now accessible to view.
Media
Monty Don’s Spanish Gardens
Gardening expert and broadcaster Monty Don OBE has confirmed that his new BBC series ‘Monty Don’s Spanish Gardens’ will start to air on the 23rd of Feb.
Media
Mark Diacono launches writing course
Entitled ‘gatherings’, Mark Diacono is hosting a series of interviews, conversations and talks to help aspiring writers get their words in front of decision makers and readers.
Media
Monty Don appeals to Waitrose shoppers to buy peat-free
Featuring in Waitrose Weekend, Monty Don appeals to the supermarket’s patronage to refrain from buying peat products to preserve precious peatlands.
Media
Spun Gold TV moves to Birmingham
The independent TV production company, behind BBC daytime show Garden Rescue and ITV’s Love Your Garden is moving their HQ to Digbeth in Birmingham.
Media
Channel 5: Secret Life of Trees
Channel 5 has commissioned a new three-part series charting ‘The Secret Life of Trees’, to be filmed over the course of a year, throughout the UK and Europe.
Media
Hornby George PR launch
Kimberley Hornby will be flying solo with the newly launched Hornby George PR, previously known as Hornby Whitefoot PR.
Media
Happy Christmas
Wishing you all a very happy Christmas and best wishes for the festive season.
Media
Joe Swift’s Country Garden
New Youtube channel by Garden designer, writer and BBC’s Gardeners’ World presenter, Joe Swift documenting his new garden in the country.
Media
New vice-chair Garden Media Guild
Kimberley Hornby has been appointed as vice-chair of the Garden Media Guild (GMG).
Media
The Plant Review’s new artist-in-residence
Botanical artist Caroline Jane Buckley has won the coveted prize of a year-long commission to work for the Royal Horticultural Society’s Plant Review.
Job
The British Florists Association: Editor
The British Florists Association (BFA) are recruiting for an editor for their quarterly member magazine.
Worth a listen
Talking Gardens: Tamsin Westhorpe
Gardener and garden writer Tamsin Westhorpe talks to Stephanie Mahon on the Gardens Illustrated podcast series, Talking Gardens.
Books
Mark Diacono’s favourite 25 cookbooks
Award-winning food writer and gardener Mark Diacono selects his best 25 cookbooks of 2023 for Delicious Magazine.
Awards
Tom Howard wins BSME award for The Garden
Britain’s best editors, art directors and columnists were crowned at the 2023 annual British Society of Magazine Awards (BSME).