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.
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.
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.
Gardens
RHS Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival: Healer’s Hollow
Delving into the history of our connection with plants, the RHS Feature Garden at the upcoming RHS Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival, celebrates the tradition of plants for purpose and benefits for health and wellbeing.
Gardens
Statues stolen from the Iford Manor Estate
Four bronze statues have been reported stolen from the grounds of historic Iford Manor and garden, near Bradford upon Avon.
Gardens
New National Centre of Music Gardens awarded £2.85m by Julia Rausing Trust
The Royal High School Preservation Trust is continuing its fundraising efforts with a £2.85m award from The Julia Rausing Trust towards the East Gardens, designed by Tom Stuart Smith.
Gardens
Europa Nostra to aid Victoria Tower Gardens impasse
London Parks and Gardens welcomes assistance from Europe’s largest civil society heritage network to resolve the Victoria Tower Gardens deadlock.
People
Benton End appoints new Project Director and Trustee
The Garden Museum announced the appointments of Charles Spicer and Beatrice Prosser-Snelling to the team to Benton End House and Gardens.
Charity
Reviving the Benton End Walled Garden
The Garden Museum has launched an appeal to raise £125,000 to bring the walled garden at Benton End back to life.
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.
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).
Awards
Cha No Niwa wins RHS People’s Choice 2025
An award voted for by the public, the RHS People’s Choice Award winners for the RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2025 have been announced.
