Job
Rodmarton Manor: Gardener
Rodmarton Manor, the house known for being built to Arts and Crafts ideals, with early 20th-century garden are recruiting for a skilled gardener.
Gardens
Horatio’s Garden Scotland Open Day for Scotland’s Gardens Scheme
Horatio’s Garden Scotland, the private garden for people affected by spinal injury, is opening in support of Scotland’s Gardens Scheme.
Business
New Brexit inspection charges amid biosecurity concerns
UK horticulture businesses face new Common User Charges (CUC) amid concerns about biosecurity.
Health
Children’s Society report shows UK teenagers less happy than European peers
The 2024 Good Childhood Report revealed that too many young people are unhappy with their lives.
Shows
Elevating the raised bed: David Hurrion
David Hurrion’s Showcase Garden for the BBC Gardeners’ World Autumn Fair, has been designed, built and planted to celebrate the way in which raised beds have revolutionised gardening.
People
UK’s largest delphinium collection awarded National Plant Collection Status
Gardening enthusiast, Colin Parton’s impressive delphinium collection is awarded National Plant Collection Status by Plant Heritage.
Job
RHS: Junior Buyer Peat Free Plants
The Royal Horticultural Society are recruiting for a Junior Buyer – Peat Free Plants to assist in the delivery on the key RHS sustainability initiative to be 100% Peat Free by the end of 2025.
Business
Feverfew Garden Company to debut at Glee
Feverfew Garden Company, creator of gardening wear designed for women will be exhibiting at Glee 2024 at the Birmingham NEC.
Natural Capital
Eight BNG sites covering 500 acres secured under conservation covenants
The Environment Bank and RSK Biocensus secure eight conservation covenants for the national BNG register, doubling the number of sites on the registry.
Plants
Rare Ghost Orchid discovered in the UK
Britain’s rarest and most enigmatic plant, the Ghost Orchid (Epipogium aphyllum) has been discovered flowering in England.
Plants
Voting is open for the 2024 Tree of the Year competition
For 2024, the Woodland Trust’s Tree of the Year competition celebrates magnificent oaks across the UK.
Environment
March for Clean Water
Taking place in central London, the March for Clean Water aims to highlight the state of water and demand urgent government action to address the UK’s water pollution crisis.
Job
Knepp: Safaris Manager
Knepp, the rewilding pioneers are looking to recruit an enthusiastic and motivated person to manage their ecosafaris.
Worth a read
Golf courses can help boost bees and butterflies
Golf courses across Sussex are trialling a rewilding initiative to help protect rare chalk grassland and encourage the growth of wildflowers.
Wildlife
Pioneering hedgehog monitoring programme
National Hedgehog Monitoring Programme is trialling a world-first combination of trail cameras and artificial intelligence (AI) to gauge robust hedgehog population estimates.
On Instagram
A must follow @kirstyelson
Artist Kirsty Elson transforms driftwood into charmingly, whimsical animal sculptures.
Charity
Perennial’s fiery challenge: Fire Walk
The gardening charity Perennial is inviting participants to take part in their fire walk event at Hever Castle & Gardens to raise much needed funds.
Products
Urban Wyrm: worm cast based product range
Endorsed by the pioneer of modern no-dig gardening, Charles Dowding, Urban Wyrm produce a range of composts, soil improvers, seedling mixes and liquid feeds made from pure worm casts.
Events
Working with Earth, Architecture & Landscape Symposium hosted by Tom Stuart Smith Studio
Inaugural Symposium hosted by the Tom Stuart Smith Studio in the Apple House at Serge Hill in Hertfordshire.
Gardens
Lawns unfairly targeted in environmental debates, says David Hedges-Gower
Despite the UK’s 20 million lawns, they are sidelined at garden shows and retail events on account of the lack of support for sustainable lawn care, says Lawn Association Chairman, David Hedges-Gower.