Plants
New David Austin Rose ‘The King’s Rose’ unveiled at RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2025
Rose breeder, David Austin Roses, has unveiled its newest rose, ‘The King’s Rose’, created to honour His Majesty King Charles III.
Events
Leigh Johnstone hosts fundraising event in support of Andover Mind
To raise funds for the Andover Mind Wellbeing Garden, Leigh Johnstone is hosting his inaugural Garden Gathering at the Longstock Park Nursery on the Leckford Estate.
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
Gardens
Battersea Roof Gardens open for London Open Gardens 2025
London’s largest residential roof gardens at the iconic Battersea Power Station will be opening to a lucky 800 visitors for the London Open Gardens weekend.
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.
Gardens
The magic of succulents: Karoo Garden at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show
The Newt in Somerset and Babylonstoren RHS Chelsea Karoo garden provides a rare insight into a unique biodiversity hotspot, as well as the wonders of plant morphology, adaptation and evolution.
Gardens
The Octavia Hill Garden officially opened in Cheshire
Blue Diamond owned Bridgemere Show Gardens celebrated the official unveiling of their RHS Chelsea Flower Show ‘the Octavia Hill Garden’ this weekend.
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.
Plants
Plant Heritage launches ‘Missing Collections 2025’ campaign
The charity will be launching its ‘Missing Collections 2025’ campaign at RHS Chelsea Flower Show highlighting plant groups that aren’t safeguarded as a National Plant Collection.
Design
The Art of Planting: Carien van Boxtel on the JUB Holland, Keukenhof display
Closing on the 11th of May, we take a look back to the ‘Mysterious Dutch Still Life’ designed by Carien van Boxtel for bulb specialist, JUB Holland.
Research
Survey results highlight importance of sun-safe preventative measures for horticulture workforce
Survey conducted amongst gardeners, growers and landscapers revealed that 12% had been diagnosed with some form of skin cancer, of which, men were nearly twice as likely to have been diagnosed than women.
Plants
National Plant Health Week 2025: Being a good plant citizen
A collaborative campaign, National Plant Health Week aims to raise awareness, amongst the public and professional to safeguard the health of plants.
Plants
Shortlist 2025 RHS Chelsea Plant of the Year
In recognition of plant breeding and celebrating innovative new plants, the shortlist for this year’s RHS Chelsea Plant of the Year award has been announced.
Health
In celebration of Green Medicine: NGS Gardens and Health week 2025
The National Garden Scheme is celebrating gardens and encouraging everyone to embrace the positivity of green spaces as part of their annual Gardens and Health Week in May.
Plants
Rose named after the protagonist in ‘Chocolat’ to be launched at RHS Chelsea
In celebration of the launch of the prequel to Chocolat, ‘Vianne’ by the author, Joanna Harris, Blue Diamond are to launch Rosa ‘Vianne’s Chocolat’ at RHS Chelsea.
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.
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.
Gardens
Omved: New centre for permaculture, biodiversity & community
The greenscape and learning hub, Omved gardens reopens in May, coinciding with the opening of a new centre for permaculture, biodiversity and community.
Gardens
Lawns overlooked in new builds
According to the Turfgrass Growers Association, developers are squeezing budgets to such a degree that lawns in new build developments are ever shrinking.
Education
Gardening: Expertise & common mistakes
Survey conducted by the garden tools brand, Stihl, reveals intent to improve gardening skills, as inexperience forms significant barrier to engage in gardening.
