Business
National Tree Week
National Tree Week is the UK’s largest annual tree celebration, launching the start of the winter tree planting season.
People
Dr Ronald Mackenzie
One of the great galanthophiles, died on the 7th of November.
Business
Sarah Raven acquires Taylors Clematis
With the new acquisition, the online retailer becomes one of the largest suppliers and retailers of clematis plants in the UK.
Business
Downderry Nursery closing
Owners Dr. Simon and Dawn Charlesworth announce their retirement and the closing of the specialist lavender nursery in Kent.
Plants
Saving Darwin’s Oak
Even after the grief and outpouring over losing the Sycamore Gap tree, Shropshire Council is adamant to fell a majestic 550 year old oak, making way for the North West Relief Road.
Plants
Stroke Association’s Garden for Recovery
A special garden designed by a stroke survivor and shaped by her story, and the stories of other survivors.
On Instagram
Cloud pruned Pinus Mugo
Courtesy of Marie-Ange Eneman of Ebben nurseries in the Netherlands, a rather inspired bit of car park design…
Innovation
Growing willow with aeroponics
LettUs Grow and the University of Surrey are developing a novel aeroponic technology which can rapidly grow woody crops for a sustainable future.
Plants
The enigma that is, the sunflower
Research shows that sunflower solar tracking and phototropism is more complicated than expected.
Environment
RHS Gardens for our Future: Trees
Summit panel discussion chaired by Arit Anderson; Tony Kirkham MBE VMH, CEO Tree Council Sara Lom, Research fellow Dr Elisabeth Larsen.
Plants
Breakthrough bacterial wilt research
Groundbreaking research maps pathogenic protein activity in plant roots and provides insights into their construction.
Business
Resurgent danger for the banana
A strain of Fusarium oxysporum, Tropical Race 4 (TR4) has a serious taste for the Cavendish banana, threatening plantations worldwide and the banana, as we know it.
Plants
Sweet chestnut crowned Tree of the Year
480-year-old sweet chestnut in Acton Park, Wrexham is crowned Tree of the Year in the Woodland Trust competition
Events
Inaugural Winter Flowers Week
The Garden Museum will host the first Winter Flowers Week, a celebration of seasonal flowers and foliage through immersive festive installations.
Environment
Three in four undescribed plants threatened with extinction
RGB Kew’s “State of the World’s Plants and Fungi 2023” report lays out the state of global biodiversity and highlights critical knowledge gaps.
Conferences
Call for arboricultural papers
Arboricultural Association is inviting submissions of papers relevant to the arboricultural profession for the 2024 conference.
Business
RHS Bluewater shop open
The Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) has opened its first standalone shop at Bluewater Shopping Centre in Kent.
On Instagram
Carbon plantation
Sneaky peak into large-scale plantation of hybrid Paulownia trees planted to absorb 60 tonnes of CO2 per hectare per year.
Plants
Fewer but sweeter British apples in 2023
According to the Royal Horticultural Society, apple harvest volumes are smaller, but the fruit is sweeter in taste.
Worth a read
The value of our natural capital
Comprehensive new report on the economic, environmental and social value of plants based on extensive consumer behaviour research.
