Plants
Saving Darwin’s Oak
Even after the grief and outpouring over losing the Sycamore Gap tree, Shropshire Council is adamant to fell a majestic 550 year old oak, making way for the North West Relief Road.
Business
HTA joins forces to call for Scottish rates freeze
The Horticultural Trades Association (HTA), the British Retail Consortium (BRC) and leading businesses have called for a freeze in business rates in Scotland.
RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2024
Freedom from Torture Garden: A Sanctuary for Survivors
A place of sanctuary, of peace and hope where horticultural therapy calms, heals and restores survivors of torture on their journey to recovery.
RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2024
The ‘No Adults Allowed’ Garden
A Chelsea first, a joyful garden designed and made by children, for children, highlighting the importance of access to nature for children.
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Education
Horticulture classroom at Folkestone Academy
Newly built horticulture classroom stands promotes environmental awareness among school students and wider community.
On Instagram
Must follow @thetreespotter
Dan Crowley’s instagram posts provide a beautiful and captivating insight into the wonderful world of ancient trees.
Job
Trees for Life: Beaver Management Officer
Rewilding charity in Scotland seeks candidate to facilitate the return of beavers to the Highland landscapes, ensuring positive coexistence with people.
Environment
Award winning edible neighbourhood project
Landscape Institute’s 2023 Dame Sylvia Crowe International Award goes to Felixx Landscape Architects & Planners for the new Rijnvliet neighbourhood with edible forest.
Gardens
Adam Frost Wellbeing garden for Colchester Hospital
A garden to function as a welcoming, restful space, providing access to nature for hospital patients, their families and staff.
RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2024
Terrence Higgins Trust Bridge to 2030 Garden
A show garden for RHS Chelsea to take visitors on a journey from the 1980s to today’s goal to end new HIV cases by 2030.
RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2024
Stroke Association’s Garden for Recovery
A special garden designed by a stroke survivor and shaped by her story, and the stories of other survivors.
Charity
Horatio’s Garden Art Auction raises £50,000!
Works donated by leading British artists including Maggi Hambling and Sir Quentin Blake sell above estimate, raising much needed funds for the charity.
Worth a read
The best of this year’s gardening books
Ursula Buchan’s best books include works by authors Jinny Blom, Francis Pryor, Jenny Joseph, Henrik Sjöman & Arit Anderson and Maury C. Flannery.
RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2024
St James’s Piccadilly Garden
Paying homage to the revitalising influence of urban green spaces, this garden seeks to inspire visitors to cherish the earth and embrace transformative change.
On Instagram
Cloud pruned Pinus Mugo
Courtesy of Marie-Ange Eneman of Ebben nurseries in the Netherlands, a rather inspired bit of car park design…
RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2024
The National Autistic Society Garden
A garden designed to capture an autistic person’s everyday experience of the world.
Innovation
Growing willow with aeroponics
LettUs Grow and the University of Surrey are developing a novel aeroponic technology which can rapidly grow woody crops for a sustainable future.
Job
Senior Content Creator Gardeners’ World Magazine
Flexible/hybrid role within the multi-platform media business, the Immediate Media Company, home to BBC Gardeners’ World Magazine.
RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2024
Muscular Dystrophy UK – Forest Bathing Garden
A garden offering an immersive forest bathing experience featuring more than fifty birch trees underplanted with 4,000 richly textured plants.
Gardens
300 new trees at RHS Harlow Carr
Showcasing species resilient to climate change, the new arboreal additions will boost the garden’s appeal for visitors.