Plants
Rose recipes by Jo Thompson for David Austin Roses
Garden Designer Jo Thompson collaborates with David Austin by creating a set of exclusive ‘rose recipes’ from her collection of planting schemes with their roses.
Events
Celebrating scented pelargoniums with Cath Kidston
Known best as the founder of the British home furnishing retail company, but few may know that Cath Kidston is also a talented gardener and avid collector of scented pelargoniums.
Regulation
HTA highlights importance of gardening and horticulture at Scone Palace Garden Fair
The Horticultural Trades Association (HTA) invited political guests to the Scone Palace Garden Fair this past weekend to highlight the importance of gardening and environmental horticulture in communities.
Charity
Special plant sale: 2024 RHS Chelsea National Garden Scheme garden
Plants from the gold medal award winning National Garden Scheme garden designed by Tom Stuart-Smith for the RHS Chelsea Flower Show, will go on sale on Saturday 1st of June.
Plants
We’re in for a bumper year of box tree moth, warns the RHS
Nearly five times as many box tree caterpillars have been reported by the RHS in the first four months of 2024, relative to same period in 2023, with more than 1300 reports in the past fortnight alone.
Events
Woodland Trust at Gardener’s World Live
The Woodland Trust will be providing show visitors 1-to-1 advice at their Tree Surgery Desk, at the upcoming, BBC Gardeners’ World Live.
Plants
Floral inspiration by Huw Morgan
A flash of floral inspiration for the bank holiday appeared on the Dig Delve yesterday which was simply too beautiful to pass us by.
Collaboration
The new Emma Bridgewater rose by David Austin®
Launched at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show, David Austin® revealed their new rose of the year in honour of the iconic, British potter Emma Bridgewater.
Plants
RHS Chelsea: 2024 Great Pavilion Awards
Fifty gold medals awarded in the Great Pavilion for the 2024 RHS Chelsea Flower Show.
Plants
Prunus Starlight is the 2024 RHS Chelsea Plant of the Year
The winter and spring flowering ornamental cherry, Prunus Starlight has won the Royal Horticultural Society’s Chelsea Plant of the Year 2024 competition.
Plants
Floret Originals flower seeds available in the UK
The flower seeds bred by the figurehead to flower farmers, Erin Benzakein of Floret Farm in the Skagit Valley, Washington will be available in the UK thanks to Alma|Proust….
Plants
UK’s first oak seed of tested planting stock for homegrown timber
Following 25 years of research, Future Trees Trust has announced the availability of quality oak seed for the next generation of oak.
Plants
Researchers discover origins of the iconic baobab tree
New research reveals the majestic Baobab’s origins in Madagascar and long-distance dispersals to Africa and Australia.
Plants
Ten years on: The Living Ash project
Established in 2013, the Living Ash Project (LAP) aims to restore ash as a thriving broadleaved species in the future.
Plants
Harkness launch new rose ‘Chelsea Pensioner’
Rose breeder, Harkness has launched a new rose named the ‘Chelsea Pensioner’, the colour of which mirrors the iconic scarlet coats of its namesakes.
Plants
Blue Diamond & National Trust launch Rosa ‘National Trust Beauty’ and RHS Chelsea plant collection
In celebration of the RHS Chelsea Octavia Hill Garden, Blue Diamond Garden Centres launch a new plant collection and a rose.
People
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew Trustees appointed
Defra has newly appointed Fay Cooke as Trustee and Sir Paul Nurse, Judith Batchelar and David Richardson have been reappointed, and Professor Christopher Gilligan has been reappointed as King’s Trustee.
Worth a read
Redressing the lack of collective nouns for trees
With his debut book, Ewan Fenelon, a 22-year old ecologist invents colourful collective nouns for trees, which he hopes will become part our everyday vernacular
Plants
Modern roses at risk from lack of genetic diversity
Intensive, 19th century breeding of roses has led to a reduction in genetic diversity that makes them more vulnerable to diseases and climate change
Gardens
Great Comp Garden’s Azaleas
The unnamed azaleas gifted to Great Comp Garden in Platt, near Sevenoaks have erupted in thousands of blooms throughout the historic woodland garden.
