Gardens
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
Blue Diamond owned Bridgemere Show Gardens celebrated the official unveiling of their RHS Chelsea Flower Show ‘the Octavia Hill Garden’ this weekend.
Gardens
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
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
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.
Health
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
A collaborative campaign, National Plant Health Week aims to raise awareness, amongst the public and professional to safeguard the health of plants.
Plants
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
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
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
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
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
The greenscape and learning hub, Omved gardens reopens in May, coinciding with the opening of a new centre for permaculture, biodiversity and community.
Gardens
According to the Turfgrass Growers Association, developers are squeezing budgets to such a degree that lawns in new build developments are ever shrinking.
Education
Survey conducted by the garden tools brand, Stihl, reveals intent to improve gardening skills, as inexperience forms significant barrier to engage in gardening.
Worth a read
In a thought provoking article for Scribehound Gardening, Alan Titchmarsh asks why if we are justifiably entitled to public services such as energy is the beauty of our surroundings not part of that birthright?
Media
The Rainforest Biome at the Eden Project will be the setting for a BBC Live Lesson airing on Earth Day.
Design
The Garden Museum’s Archive of Garden Design, which includes documents by Russell Page, Penelope Hobhouse, Joy Larkom and ecologist Marney Hall, is now live.
Environment
In July, Kew Gardens will unveil the Carbon Garden showcasing the vital role plants and fungi play in climate change and highlights the urgency of the climate crisis.
RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2025
Showcasing the resilience of the indigenous succulents, the Newt and its sister estate, Babylonstoren bring South Africa’s Karoo to the RHS Chelsea Flower Show.
