Book cover Nigel Slater Eat

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Talking Gardens Podcast

Food writer, cook and gardener Nigel Slater talks about his dream garden, front gardens, Japanese inspiration and the gardening trend that winds him up.

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‘Tis the season of the leaf-peepers

Capturing the glory that is autumn is admirable, yet when armed with phones, torrents of leaf-peeping “influencers” can ruin the seasonal spectacle.

Floating solar panels on water reservoir

Innovation

Floating solar panels

Space saving, innovative floating solar system designed specifically for horticultural industry.

Cheddar Gorge Cliff road

On Instagram

The magic of the B3135

Granted the Stelvio Pass is impressive and a Clarkson favourite, but the Cliff Road through Cheddar Gorge is breathtaking.

Man strimming

Charity

Perennial’s perception survey

Short survey designed to help the horticultural charity understand how they’re perceived in the community.

Jinny Blom's podcast series

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What Makes A Garden podcast series

New series featuring landscape gardener and writer Jinny Blom with guests including Skye Gyngell, Brian Eno, Tim Walker and Maria Balshaw.

Pumpkin growing

People

Jay Rayner grows a pumpkin

Renowned journalist and food critic is reminded of the difficulty in growing produce and the skill of large-scale agriculture.

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Events

Inaugural Winter Flowers Week

The Garden Museum will host the first Winter Flowers Week, a celebration of seasonal flowers and foliage through immersive festive installations.

Trees seen from the ground up

Conferences

Call for arboricultural papers

Arboricultural Association is inviting submissions of papers relevant to the arboricultural profession for the 2024 conference.

Houseplants

Business

RHS Bluewater shop open

The Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) has opened its first standalone shop at Bluewater Shopping Centre in Kent.

Eden project glasshouse

Marketing

Eden Project unveils new branding

The first rebrand in Eden’s history, aims to reinforce its position as a leading voice in the environmental movement.

Tony Kirkham at Carbon Plantations

On Instagram

Carbon plantation

Sneaky peak into large-scale plantation of hybrid Paulownia trees planted to absorb 60 tonnes of CO2 per hectare per year.

Francis Hamel

Artisan

Thirty Gardens

UK exhibition by the accomplished painter, Francis Hamel after spending 18 months travelling and painting 30 of the UK’s most beautiful gardens.

Meadow buttercup flowers

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Wilding or Rewilding?

For Gardenista, Kendra Wilson discusses the topic du jour in gardening and landscaping circles.