Education
2024 marks The Newt in Somerset’s third year as headline sponsor of the RHS Chelsea Flower Show, supporting the RHS in their mission to encourage and improve the practice of horticulture.
Awards
In celebration of community gardening, the BBC’s The One Show and the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) announce the 2024 Growing Together Community Gardening Competition
Gardens
With towers, rope bridges, zip lines, slides and all round adventure, the children’s woodland playground at Chatsworth is an example to all.
Shows
Partnering with the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS), UBS will sponsor an exhibit at the Chelsea Flower Show, providing funding for four nurseries to exhibit.
Health
Regardless of the size of the flock, Defra has announced compulsory registration requirements for all bird keepers to combat avian influenza outbreaks.
Gardens
For National Gardening Week, the Royal Horticultural Society is celebrating the theme of ‘Knowledge is Flower’ to debunk the biggest gardening myths and celebrating UK’s green fingers.
Gardens
The Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh needs to raise £250,000 towards completion of the Palm Houses restoration to ensure their ongoing to legacy inspire and educate.
Plants
Scientists have sequenced the DNA from of over 9,500 living, endangered, and extinct flowering plants from around the world to produce groundbreaking plant ‘periodic table’.
Environment
The Forestry Commission outlines their move towards more sustainable forestry with plastic usage reduction and recycling programmes.
Plants
Fuelled by consumer demand and mandated by legislation, native plant consumption in the US is growing but it’s a protracted process.
People
As the new Project Director, Malcolm Catlin MCIHort will oversee the development of the Plant Healthy scheme and standard to minimise the risks of pests and diseases.
Health
Study found that London’s urban forest helped avoid 153 heat attributable deaths, representing around 16% of Urban Heat Island related mortality.
Gardens
The spinal injury charity Horatio’s Garden, has launched a new series of tours offering the public the chance to visit their award-winning, fully accessible gardens.
Events
Great Dixter announces rescheduled plant fair to take place in July.
Health
On his BBC Radio 4 podcast ‘Just One Thing’, Dr. Michael Mosley explains that gardening is not only good for physical fitness but benefits the brain, mood and gut microbiome.
Marketing
The Pelargonium for Europe (PfE) marketing initiative aims to improve the image of geraniums and thereby promote their sale.
Health
Members of the Scottish Gardening and Horticulture Cross-Party Group (CPG) have written to Ministers advocating for the health benefits of horticulture and gardening in healthcare.
Business
To celebrate Earth Month and the launch of their new Mycelium packaging, eyewear brand MONC partnered the talented Caley Brothers to create an innovative, living fungi window display.
Events
Celebrating budding gardens, all five RHS gardens will be hosting a range of activities for families to get involved in gardening during the upcoming garden festival.
Gardens
The Flood Resistant garden, designed by Naomi Slade and Dr Ed Barsley to drive awareness of flood risk is destined for Howbery Business Park in Oxfordshire.
