Sketch by Tom Stuart-Smith of The National Garden Scheme Garden for the RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2024 - designed by Tom Stuart-Smith - sponsored and fully funded by Project Giving Back

RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2024

Tom Stuart-Smith returns to RHS Chelsea

The renowned landscape architect and garden designer will design the ‘National Garden Scheme Garden’ for the 2024 RHS Chelsea Flower Show

The Flood Resilient Garden in Rain & Shine - Designed by Naomi Slade & Ed Barsley

RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2024

The Flood Resilient Garden

Designed to drive awareness of flood risk and inspire improvements in the flood resilience of homes, gardens and green spaces around the UK.

Red poppies growing in a field

RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2024

Project Giving Back

The grant-making charity is supporting fifteen gardens at the 2024 RHS Chelsea Flower Show.

Floral artist installations by Bex Partridge

On Instagram

A must follow @botanical_tales

Dried flower artist & nature loving creator of sustainable ethereal floral installations and art.

Compost close up

Charity

Community composting initiative

The Marldon Community Composting scheme promotes home composting and offers locals a place to compost their bulky garden waste for usable garden soil conditioner.

Auction gavel

Artisan

Horatio’s Garden Online Auction

Over 70 leading UK artists have donated paintings, sculpture, ceramics and photography for the auction to raise funds for Horatio’s Garden.

Carved pumpkin

Environment

Pumpkin waste

Whilst the pumpkins on the spectacular RHS Wisley Autumn Produce Display may be heading to the donation stand, RHS catering department or staff to take home, others may not be so lucky…

Oranges in Mallorca

Job

Gardener Private Garden Mallorca

Landscape architect and garden designer, Tom Stuart-Smith is seeking a gardener to maintain a private garden of his design on the island of Mallorca.

Laura Ellen Bacon Sculptor.

On Instagram

A must follow @lauraellenbacon

Sculptor of unique large-scale, woven works using natural materials set in landscape and interiors such as Chatsworth Somerset House, Sudeley Castle and Blackwell.

Newcastle-under-Lyme winning national Britain in Bloom Award

Awards

Britain in Bloom 2023

Newcastle-under-Lyme is the overall winner of the prestigious national community gardening competition.

Cavendish banana

Business

Resurgent danger for the banana

A strain of Fusarium oxysporum, Tropical Race 4 (TR4) has a serious taste for the Cavendish banana, threatening plantations worldwide and the banana, as we know it.

Careers

YPHA membership milestone

The Young People in Horticulture Association (YPHA) have announced that they represent over 700 members.