Awards
Entries for AIPH World Green City Awards open
Celebrating innovative approaches to city design and urban greening, entries for AIPH World Green City Awards open.
Regulation
Inheritance Tax reforms a ‘lose-lose’, says HTA
The Horticultural Trades Association warns that proposed reforms to inheritance tax will cost 1,300 sector jobs, slash investment and drain treasury tax revenues.
Wildlife
RHS and RSPB unite to champion Swifts
The Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) is partnering with the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) to create a show garden at the RHS Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival 2025.
Business
Glee announces new food sector for this year’s show
Returning in September, the trade show announces the new addition, ‘Food at Glee’, offering garden centres and retail buyers the opportunity to explore the growing world of food and drink.
Media
Flymo’s new advertising campaign
Part of their ‘Easi Does It’ campaign, Flymo has released two new adverts conveying the message that with their cordless range, garden jobs don’t feel like work.
Events
FlowerTrials 2025
For four days, across 27 locations in the Netherlands and Germany, 56 plant breeders will present their latest plant introductions at the 2025 FlowerTrials.
Charity
2025 Hospice UK Garden of Compassion Plant Sale
Plants from the RHS Chelsea Flower Show Hospice UK Garden of Compassion go on sale in support hospice care and the relocation of the garden.
Collaboration
Sid Hill x Sneeboer: Thornett trowel
Sneeboer and ecological garden designer, Sid Hill teamed up to trial the release of the Thornett trowel at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show, designed by Hill’s grandfather.
Business
Without growers, no Chelsea: Hortus Loci calls for recognition
One of the RHS Chelsea Flower Show’s main plant suppliers, Hortus Loci is calling to the industry for more recognition for the show supplying nurseries, to encourage the next generation of growers to undertake show growing.
Trees & Shrubs
New national campaign launched to check for strangling tree-ties
A joint Fund4Trees and Arboricultural Association national campaign has been launched to encourage the public to check for strangling tree ties.
Awards
Cha No Niwa wins RHS People’s Choice 2025
An award voted for by the public, the RHS People’s Choice Award winners for the RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2025 have been announced.
Business
Championing Irish and British horticulture
Irish Ambassador to Great Britain, Martin Fraser and his wife, Deirdre, hosted a special event to celebrate the best of Irish and British horticulture at the Irish Embassy in London.
Media
Telegraph bought by US private equity consortium
RedBird Capital Partners announced the purchase of Telegraph Media Group for £500 million, concluding two years of uncertainty over future of titles
Awards
Final call for 2025 GIMA Awards entries
The GIMA Awards showcase innovation, performance and contribution the garden retail sector by the garden sector suppliers and manufacturers.
HTA
Close cooperation EU-UK horticulture associations
In the week of the EU-UK Leaders’ Summit, international, European and UK trade associations convened at the 2025 RHS Chelsea Flower Show, demonstrating their close collaboration.
Business
Prioritisation of green infrastructure and support for SMEs needed, says HTA
Horticultural Trades Association Chief Executive, Fran Barnes calls on the government to prioritise green infrastructure and better support for small businesses at Industry Forum Reception.
Collaboration
Birdie Fortescue x Butter Wakefield
Unveiling their new collaborative collection at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show, garden designer, Butter Wakefield and interior designer, Birdie Fortescue bring the garden to the table.
Gardens
Blakedown Landscapes contracted to deliver Canterbury’s ‘Story gardens’
Commissioned by Canterbury City Council, Blakedown Landscapes have been appointed as principal contractor to deliver the landscaping of the city’s new realm enhancement project.
Collaboration
Frank P Matthews x Edward Bulmer
Inspired by their collaboration with Frank P Matthews at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show, Edward Bulmer launches a paint palette inspired by the Malus.
Regulation
MPs highlight support for UK Environmental Horticulture
A breakfast briefing, organised by the Environmental Horticulture Group relayed the importance of the UK’s environmental horticulture and landscape sector, as well as the key challenges and opportunities relevant to policy considerations.
