People
Dr Olivia Chapple awarded an OBE
The founder and Chair of Trustees at Horatio’s Garden, Dr Olivia Chapple, has today been recognised in the King’s Birthday Honours list with an OBE for her exceptional services to charity.
Worth a listen
‘The Garden Design Confessional’ podcast series hosted by Darren Hawkes for Maggie’s
New ‘Garden Design Confessional’ podcast series, hosted by the award-winning landscape designer Darren Hawkes, featuring fellow Maggie’s garden designers.
Awards
BBC Gardeners’ World Live: Dan Hartley wins Best Show Garden
The Eco Oasis Garden, designed by Dan Hartley, built by Tisserand English Gardens wins Best Show Garden at BBC Gardeners’ World Live.
Plants
Hydrangea macrophylla First Editions® Eclipse® wins Peter Seabrook Award for Best New Plant at BBC Gardeners’ World Live
Grown by Allensmore Nurseries, the Hydrangea macrophylla First Editions® Eclipse® is crowned Best New Plant at BBC Gardeners’ World Live winning the Peter Seabrook Award.
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Events
Highlights Gardeners’ World Live 2024
With BBC Gardeners’ World Live opening its doors today, here are a few highlights to look out for.
Worth a read
How did Gunnera get banned?
In this month’s The Garden magazine, James Armitage tells the fascinating story of how the botanical wonder that is Gunnera, became illegal to buy, move and cultivate.
Wildlife
Longhorn cattle and Hungarian pigs to rescue rare butterfly on Exmoor
In the aid of the endangered High Brown Fritillary, Longhorns and Mangalista pigs will be creating potential breeding habitat by ‘mowing’ through Exmoor.
Marketing
Seedball ‘scatter a rainbow’ of wildflowers campaign
In celebration of Pride month this June, Seedball is encouraging people to ‘scatter a rainbow’ to bring beauty, colour through pretty wildflowers.
Charity
Record Griffin Glasshouses donation for the National Garden Scheme
During the RHS Chelsea Flower Show, the National Garden Scheme was delighted to receive a generous donation of £35,620 Griffin Glasshouses.
Business
Elho: The journey to 100% recycled products
Dutch producer of sustainable flower pots and accessories, achieved their goal to produce all their products from 100% recycled plastic – their impressive sustainability journey merited further investigation.
Job
Horniman Museum & Gardens: Senior Gardener
South London based, Horniman Museum & gardens, with its 16 acres of beautiful gardens is looking to recruit a Senior Gardener.
Charity
Alitex employees take on Le Loop fundraising cycle challenge
Team members from the greenhouse brand, Alitex, take on a mammoth 225km cycle challenge this June to help raise funds for the William Wates Memorial Trust.
Job
RHS: Sub-editor
The RHS are looking to recruit an ‘accuracy-obsessed’ sub-editor to join the RHS Editorial Department.
Plants
Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust enlists help of Crowdorsa app to combat Himalayan balsam
Himalayan balsam, a relative of the busy Lizzie is a major weed problem, spreading rapidly on riverbanks and countryside.
Events
Charm personified: The Royal Windsor Flower Show
At the behest of their charming Show Director Alex Denman, I attended last weekend’s Royal Windsor Flower Show for the first time on behalf of thedirt.news, and was immediately smitten….
Plants
Grow your own Tarragon Oyster Mushroom
The Caley Brothers, introduce the rare Tarragon Oyster Mushroom as grow-at-home kit, previously not commercially cultivated and believed to be the first as a ready to grow variety.
Plants
The Plant Fairs Roadshow (PFR) heads to Leonardslee and Bennington Lordship gardens
Boosted by their incredible cooperative appearance at the 2024 RHS Chelsea Flower Show, the Plant Fair Collective are heading to Benington Lordship and Leonardslee gardens.
Wildlife
Corporate biodiversity in Henley
Global asset management firm Invesco provides an update on the progress made with their climate mitigation strategies at their EMEA head office in Henley on Thames.
Books
Virtual launch for Mark Diacono’s new book ‘Vegetables’
The launch of Mark Diacono’s new book ‘Vegetables’, will be virtual on Substack – with Itamar Srulovich of Honey & Co.
Gardens
The value of a garden…
A new survey conducted by YouGov for STIGA, reveals that people would rather have smaller house if it came with a garden than a large house with no outside space.