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.
Research
The enigma that is, the sunflower
Research shows that sunflower solar tracking and phototropism is more complicated than expected.
In a nutshell
RHS Gardens for our Future: Water
Cambridge Conservation Dr M. Maunder, RHS Environmental Hort. Dr M. Gush, Met Office Dr F. Garry, Wisley S. Das & designer T. Massey.
Job
Office Manager Jekka’s Herb Farm
Renowned organic herb farm, growing over 400 varieties is recruiting for a versatile professional to oversee office operations.
In a nutshell
RHS Gardens for our Future: Trees
Summit panel discussion chaired by Arit Anderson; Tony Kirkham MBE VMH, CEO Tree Council Sara Lom, Research fellow Dr Elisabeth Larsen.
RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2024
WaterAid Garden designed by Tom Massey and Je Ahn
Addressing the challenges of variable climates, the garden highlights the importance of sustainable water management and harnessing the power of rainwater.
Business
Top 100 best vegetable restaurants in the world
The We’re Smart® ranking aims to encourage healthy, ecological and sustainable ways in food sector and beyond, includes several of the UK’s best restaurants.