Gardens
Double win for RNIB Legacy Garden at RHS Wentworth Woodhouse
Designed by Paul Hervey-Brookes, the garden, which explores the experience of living with sight loss, wins top awards at the RHS’s inaugural flower show in Yorkshire.
Gardens
Record Green Flag Awards for UK parks & green spaces
In recognition of achieving the international quality standard for parks and green spaces, 2,250 parks and green spaces across the UK gained a Green Flag Award in 2025.
Environment
Fenugreek and Okra can remove microplastics from water
Stringy, sticky polymers extracted from sliced okra and blended fenugreek seeds can trap microplastics in a variety of water sources.
Business
Thames Water brings in hosepipe ban
The water firm has announced the introduction of a hosepipe ban across Swindon, Gloucestershire, Oxfordshire, Berkshire and Wiltshire.
Trees & Shrubs
Voting open for the 2025 Tree of the Year competition
The 2025 Woodland Trust Tree of the Year competition looks to celebrate the value of trees in our cultural history.
Design
Urban greening: Wisteria bus station
The ‘bus pergola’ in Heerlen, the Netherlands, is a fine example of urban greening, integral to the revitalised Maankwartier city centre.
Gardens
Garden drought dominates RHS enquiries
The Royal Horticultural Society has seen a threefold increase in drought-related enquiries from its members this year, with many reporting damage to evergreens.
Design
Dutch Landscapes Team wins Prize for Creation at the 2025 International Garden Festival
Will Dutch and team at Dutch Landscapes has been awarded the Prize for Creation at the 2025 International Garden Festival at the Domaine de Chaumont-sur-Loire.
Environment
First hosepipe ban in Yorkshire
Effective on Friday, Yorkshire will be the first UK county to implement water usage restrictions due to the prolonged period of dry weather.
Environment
Severn Trent urges customers to help save water
Following the dramatic drop in rainfall during record hot weather, Severn Trent Water urges Staffordshire customers to save water as reservoir level fall.
Awards
Winners 2025 Henchman Topiary Awards
The Henchman Topiary Awards recognise exceptional skill, creativity, and passion in the art of shaping and maintaining remarkable living sculptures.
Business
There may be beautiful bulb fields, but there are rose fields too…
Home to millions of roses, the Wharton Garden Roses fields offer not only an incredible visual spectacle but also an insight into the extensive work involved in producing roses for the market.
Plants
Gertrude Jekyll® Named World’s Favourite Rose 2025
The World Federation of Rose Societies has named Rosa Gertrude Jekyll® (Ausbord) as the 2025 World’s Favourite Rose.
Plants
Plant theft on the rise
As the news continues to reverberate regarding the brazen theft of the significant bronze statues at Iford Manor last month, Allianz UK reports of a worrying epidemic of plant theft.
Gardens
Innovative Vertical Garden at 2025 RHS Hampton Court Palace Festival
Designed by Adolfo Harrison and built by Life on Walls, the vertical garden is one of the standout exhibits at this year’s RHS Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival.
Business
Easton Walled Gardens launch Griffin of Easton Artists’ Materials
Combining art and heritage, Easton Walled Gardens announced the launch of a new artists’ materials shop, serving the East Midlands.
Gardens
Arrests made in connection with thefts at Iford Manor
Wiltshire Police have arrested two people after several statues were stolen from Iford Manor, near Bradford on Avon.
Gardens
Inspired by the Eden Project, China unveils ‘Oriental Eden’
Modelled on Cornwall’s Eden Project, the Eden Project Qingdao in China has officially opened.
Plants
Rose of the Year 2026: Coral Gardens®
Bred by Kordes Rosen, the floribunda, Rosa Coral Gardens® is the Rose of the Year, a competition run on behalf of the British Association of Rose Breeders.
Design
Foster + Partners win contest for national memorial to Elizabeth II
Lord Norman Foster’s design team won the competition to design the new Queen Elizabeth II memorial, beating a shortlist which included Tom Stuart-Smith.
