Products
Fryd: community-centric gardening app launches in the UK
A new app aiming to redefine gardening for a new generation as a vibrant social experience and one that is accessible to all.
Events
Borde Hill Garden Festival
Nestled within the heritage-listed Garden in West Sussex, the new Borde Hill Garden Festival will showcase the best for home and garden.
Product Launch
New Crocus Collection 2024
Ahead of the Garden Press Event, a sneaky preview of the new ‘Bring the Outside in’ Crocus Collection.
Business
Building on the legacy: Bells Horticulture & Peter Beales Roses
Early February, Bells Horticultural announced their acquisition of the award-winning roses, British family business, Peter Beales Roses.
Plants
Welsh gardeners offered vouchers to dig up their Cotoneaster
The North Wales Wildlife Trust (NWWT) offering gardeners £20 vouchers to remove Cotoneaster plants from their gardens as an incentive.
Job
Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh: Project Manager Edinburgh Biomes
A key post in the project team and critical to the success of the biome project, the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh (RBGE) are recruiting for a Project Manager.
Business
Michael Gove visits nursery to discuss critical April border changes
Plants Limited welcomed the Rt Hon Michael Gove MP in Surrey to discuss concerns of the border changes.
Product Launch
Burgon & Ball: Growing Gardeners
Sheffield-based Burgon & Ball has launched ‘RHS Growing Gardeners’, a new gardening tool range for children.
Wildlife
Rare White-spotted Sable moth spotted
Leading wildlife charity Butterfly Conservation is celebrating the discovery of a new breeding group of rare White-spotted Sable moth near Canterbury.
Charity
BCGI: Disaster Recovery Fund for Jardín Botánico Nacional de Viña del Mar in Chile
Botanic Gardens Conservation International (BGCI) has opened a Disaster Recovery Fund to help rebuild the Jardín Botánico Nacional de Viña del Mar in Chile following the tragic wildfires.
Business
Dobbies launches outlet stores
The garden centre chain, Dobbies has launched two new outlet stores at its branches in Morpeth in Northumberland and Atherstone in Warwickshire.
Job
RHS: Wellbeing Post-doc Fellow
The Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) is looking to recruit a Post-doctoral Fellow to advance research in the field of wellbeing.
Business
Cost of doing business in environmental horticulture
The Horticultural Trades Association (HTA) has set out clear asks to the Chancellor of the Exchequer ahead of the Spring Statement 2024.
Events
Beth Chatto Symposium: Beneath the Surface
The third symposium entitled ‘Beneath the Surface’, follows the success of ‘Ecological Planting in the 21st Century’ and ‘Rewilding the Mind’.
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 a peek
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.
Events
Industry, government and science work together to protect plant health
Defra, Fera Science Ltd and the Horticultural Trades Association meet for an interactive event highlighting the importance of biosecurity, plant health and industry collaboration.
People
Dobbies appoints new commercial director
The garden centre chain has appointed Andy Hannan as its new Commercial Director.
People
Matthew Pottage: New Head of Horticulture and Landscape Strategy for The Royal Parks
After an impressive 20 years at the RHS, Matthew Pottage the current RHS Wisley Curator will be taking on his new role at the Royal Parks.