Awards
This year’s shortlist for the Society of Garden Designers (SGD) Awards features 30 exceptional projects across 14 categories, each demonstrating creativity, innovation, and sustainable design.
Business
Hillier has started the build of their new growing structure at its Hampshire nursery, as part of their sustainability commitment.
Job
Arne Maynard Garden Design studio are seeking an experienced Senior Landscape Architect or Garden Designer to join the studio in the historic city of Bath, Somerset.
Design
Celebrating the best in garden design, the Society of Garden Designers (SGD) has announced their 2024 award winners.
RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2024
Mushrooms are having their moment and on their way to becoming a staple in the gardener’s grow-your-own arsenal.
People
Knepp Castle Estate duo awarded Silver Medal for outstanding contributions to zoology by the Zoological Society of London (ZSL).
RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2024
Family owned, Kent Wildflower Seeds are coming to the 2024 RHS Chelsea Flower Show with the aim to redefine the role of wildflowers in modern gardens.
Job
The Tom Stuart-Smith Studio is seeking an experienced Landscape Architect to join the practice of 20 designers and support staff.
Job
Dan Pearson Studio is looking recruit an ambitious Senior Landscape Architect with 5 to 10 years’ experience to fill a key role in the influential landscape and garden design practice.
Exhibitions
The ‘Inspired by Knepp’ exhibition will feature artworks that celebrate and champion the rewilding movement.
Wildlife
A grant of £1,052,796 has been awarded by the Scottish Government’s Nature Restoration Fund to support the restoration of red squirrel habitats across the country.
Environment
Trust for Oxfordshire’s Environment (TOE) and South Oxfordshire District Council’s new grant scheme which aims to increase biodiversity and encourage public access to green spaces in the district.
Plants
The biochar start-up, Earthly Biochar, has announced the launch of its government-funded project to try and save Britain’s ash trees.
RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2024
Designed to celebrate joy and difference, this RHS Chelsea garden provides colour, curves and a harmonious, balanced space.
Environment
Award-winning design team to redesign historic parterre at Wimpole in Cambridgeshire to ensure sustainable and climate-resilient future.
Events
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….
Charity
Exactly one year ago, since it began its life as the Best in Show winning garden at the 2023 RHS Chelsea Flower Show, work has started on Horatio’s Garden in Sheffield.
Design
The environmental engineering firm and its eponymous late founder designed Max Fordham House, the UK’s first net zero residential home in Camden, north London.
Events
Inaugural Symposium hosted by the Tom Stuart Smith Studio in the Apple House at Serge Hill in Hertfordshire.
Health
Research conducted by the University of Derby in association with Butterfly Conservation reveals that counting butterflies reduces anxiety by almost 10%.
