Plants
Breakthrough bacterial wilt research
Groundbreaking research maps pathogenic protein activity in plant roots and provides insights into their construction.
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.
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.
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…
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.
Awards
Britain in Bloom 2023
Newcastle-under-Lyme is the overall winner of the prestigious national community gardening competition.
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.
Marketing
Peckish £1.5m million pound campaign
Westland Horticulture’s wild bird food brand to debut biggest ever media campaign launching on TV at Christmas.
One to watch
The new face of biodiverse flowers
Meet the rising floral star, Alfie Nickerson and his burgeoning biodynamic flower company, Burnt Fen.
Awards
Garden Industry Manufacturers Award winners
The Garden Industry Manufacturer’s Association (GIMA) celebrated the best of garden retail industry at the 42nd annual Awards ceremony.
Business
September Garden Centre trading
According to the Garden Centre Association (GCA), the Barometer of Trade (BoT) figures revealed September was a good month with promising start for Christmas sales.
Business
Kelsey Media saves Amateur Gardening
The 139-year-old magazine has been saved from cancellation through the acquisition by the publisher, Kelsey Media.
On Instagram
Must follow @westcountry_hedgelayer
Skilled hedgelayers can ascend a simple boundary hedge into high art, Paul Lamb is such a craftsman.
Innovation
Water butt wall
The Rainblock waterbutt system is designed to mounted upright up against a wall or form part of a fencing structure to store rainwater for garden usage.
Environment
Mendip Hills declared “super” National Nature Reserve
Vast new ‘super nature reserve’, spanning the Cheddar Gorge and Mendip Hills and encompassing some of the country’s most precious habitats.
Awards
Shortlist 2023 Garden Media Guild (GMG) Awards
GMG Awards celebrate the best of horticultural communications, recognising talent, skill and inspiration of garden media professionals.
Plants
Sweet chestnut crowned Tree of the Year
480-year-old sweet chestnut in Acton Park, Wrexham is crowned Tree of the Year in the Woodland Trust competition
Environment
RHS publishes list of peat-free nurseries
As part of their sustainability strategy and commitment to helping the horticultural industry transition to peat-free, the RHS has published list of peat-free UK nurseries.
Business
Dutch plant and flower exports to the UK decline by 8.0%
Q1-Q3 2023 plant and flower export revenue data shows an overall decline of 4% to €5.3 billion.
