Worth a read
New era of garden visits
When it comes to visiting gardens, we seem to be on the fringes of a new era of more relaxed, exclusive and quirky garden tours.
Gardens
RHS gardening predictions for 2025
Based on member enquiries, the Royal Horticultural Society has published its gardening predictions for the new year, bringing hope for a revival of the front garden.
Gardens
Harris Bugg Studio appointed to revitalise Barbican Conservatory
Landscape designers Harris Bugg Studio have been appointed to revitalise the planting of the remarkable, eco-brutalist design of the iconic Barbican Conservatory
Gardens
Festive lawn competition
The Lawn Association has launched a festive competition to celebrate the lawn in December and January.
Charity
Botanical gardens amongst the £16.7 million grant recipients of the Julia Rausing Trust
Charitable fund, the Julia Rausing Trust has awarded £16.7 million in heritage grants to UK cathedrals, botanic gardens, and museums and galleries
Charity
Friends of Westonbirt Arboretum granted £190,000 for community project
The Julia Rausing Trust has awarded the Friends of Westonbirt Arboretum a £190,000 grant to invest in a community-led tree planting project
Gardens
Fifteen new gardens become RHS Partner Gardens
With gardens across the UK, France and Italy, fifteen unique gardens become Royal Horticultural Society Partner Gardens in 2025.
Charity
Record National Garden Scheme donations in 2024
2024 proved to be another landmark year for the National Garden Scheme with the charity donating a record £3,501,227 to nursing and health beneficiaries from this year’s garden opening season.
Gardens
New culinary venture, the Cordia Collective to open at Borde Hill in 2025
Green Michelin star chef, Chantelle Nicholson will be opening the Cordia Collective within the Grade II listed country estate, Borde Hill.
Exhibitions
Garden Futures Exhibition: Designing with Nature
Initially held at the Vitra Design Museum, the Garden Futures exhibition in Rotterdam explores the history and future of the modern garden.
Gardens
Green Allotments: win a community allotment site
The charity, Green Allotments has pledged to buy and set up new allotment sites, at low rents for two fortunate communities.
Gardens
National Garden Scheme early garden openers for 2025
Looking towards the 2025 gardening season, the National Garden Scheme has announced the dates of their early garden openers.
Gardens
The Gardens Trust becomes National Trust Appointing Body
The Gardens Trust is now an official Appointing Body to the National Trust council to support the work of the Trust in caring for historic parks and gardens and championing their protection.
Gardens
Green Island Gardens is the winner of the RHS Partner Garden of the Year Award 2024
The Royal Horticultural Society announced that Green Island Gardens, a 20-acre garden near Colchester is the overall winner of the RHS Partner Garden of the Year Award 2024.
Design
Elemental: green design audit tool
Developed by Nicholsons in association with the Society of Garden Designers, the British Association of Landscape Industries and the Royal Horticultural Society, ‘Elemental’, the green design audit tool will be available to garden and landscape designers in spring 2025.
Gardens
Stockton Bury Gardens: Finalist in the 2024 Visit Herefordshire Tourism Awards
Amongst 62 Herefordshire based businesses, Stockton Bury Gardens has been shortlisted for a Visit Herefordshire Tourism Award, celebrating the best of county’s tourism sector.
Gardens
Planning permission approved for Lambeth Green
Lambeth Council approved the application for the Garden Museum’s new Lambeth Green park project, with pavilion designed by Mary Duggan Architects in walled garden by Dan Pearson.
Awards
The Society of Garden Designers has announced the SGD Awards shortlisted finalists
This year’s shortlist for the Society of Garden Designers (SGD) Awards features 30 exceptional projects across 14 categories, each demonstrating creativity, innovation, and sustainable design.
Plants
Downderry’s National Plant Collection of Rosemary reinstated at Great Comp Garden
Salvia expert and Curator of Great Comp Garden, William Dyson is the new custodian of the National Plant Collection of Salvia rosmarinus created by Dr Simon Charlesworth and his wife Dawn .
Natural Capital
The provision of gardens needs to be central to UK housebuilding targets, says the RHS
The Royal Horticultural Society is calling for a review of the Biodiversity Net Gain 4.0 metric, updated planning guidelines to require cultivated landscapes, and garden masterplans for urban areas.
