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Gardens

New permaculture centre opens in London

OmVed Gardens, the new hub for permaculture, biodiversity and community have completed their transformation with the addition of a hilltop village of buildings in North London.

Painting by Cedric Morris of Benton End, featuring farmhouse, Blue Tit and flowers - 1965. Private Collection)

Exhibitions

Garden To Canvas: Cedric Morris & Benton End

Philip Mould & Company present Garden to Canvas: Cedric Morris and Benton End, an exhibition celebrating the vibrant flower paintings of Cedric Morris (1889–1982).

People

Grow to Know founder steps back from RHS

Grassroots organisation, Grow to Know announced shift in relations with the RHS and launches new fundraising campaign to deliver permanent, community gardens in North Kensington

RHS Chelsea Garden of the Future

RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2025

Climate resilience: The Garden of the Future

The RHS Chelsea Garden of the Future showcases the innovations improving the livelihoods of smallholder farmers in the Global South and could benefit UK growers.

Queen Elizabeth on her Coronation

Gardens

Shortlist Queen Elizabeth II Memorial Sculpture

The shortlist of the Queen Elizabeth II’s memorial sculpture designs has been revealed and include an inspiring set of ideas, from giant stone lily pads, cascading water, threading bridges and giant Windsor Oak tree.

Shows

A flower still life in bulbs

For the annual JUB Holland showcase at Keukenhof, Carien van Boxtel designed a dramatic representation of a Dutch, 17th-century flower still life.

Detail drawing by Tom Hoblyn of the Together Bench for the UK Hospice Garden of Compassion for RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2025

RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2025

Tom Hoblyn: Grounded in compassion

In an interview with Tom Hoblyn, he reveals the detail and care taken to bring the Hospice UK Garden of Compassion to life for the 2025 RHS Chelsea Flower Show and its final destination at the St.Cuthberts Hospice in Durham.