Marketing
Peckish £1.5m million pound campaign
Westland Horticulture’s wild bird food brand to debut biggest ever media campaign launching on TV at Christmas.
One to watch
The new face of biodiverse flowers
Meet the rising floral star, Alfie Nickerson and his burgeoning biodynamic flower company, Burnt Fen.
Awards
Garden Industry Manufacturers Award winners
The Garden Industry Manufacturer’s Association (GIMA) celebrated the best of garden retail industry at the 42nd annual Awards ceremony.
On Instagram
Must follow @westcountry_hedgelayer
Skilled hedgelayers can ascend a simple boundary hedge into high art, Paul Lamb is such a craftsman.
Good stuff
Water butt wall
The Rainblock waterbutt system is designed to mounted upright up against a wall or form part of a fencing structure to store rainwater for garden usage.
Innovation
Floating solar panels
Space saving, innovative floating solar system designed specifically for horticultural industry.
People
Diacono writing new book, live on Substack
A book written in instalments over a year, penned in real time and shared live.
Artisan
Thirty Gardens
UK exhibition by the accomplished painter, Francis Hamel after spending 18 months travelling and painting 30 of the UK’s most beautiful gardens.
Business
Garden design on Paris catwalk
Delicate meadow runway designed by Luciano Giubbilei for the Hermès Spring/Summer 2024 show at Paris Fashion Week.
Product Launch
STIGA launch cordless chainsaw
The manufacturer of gardening machinery and equipment launches first battery powered chainsaw.
Good stuff
Speedy sharpener
Spotted on instagram @labourandwait for the pruning fiends who are not so keen on a whetstone…
Product Launch
New kid on the block
The new RH outdoor catalogue has dropped. A 200 page sourcebook of inspired outdoor design unlike anything we’ve seen before.
Product Launch
STIGA launches battery-powered pruner
The manufacturer of gardening machinery and equipment launches its first-ever battery-powered pruner, the SC 100e.
Product Launch
Dobies new vegetable and flower seeds
The international suppliers of flower and vegetable seeds, bedding, bulbs, fruit bushes, trees and horticultural tools have launched their new 2024 seed range.
Good stuff
Kinetic greenhouse
The Woolbeding Glasshouse, designed by Heatherwick Studio can open to allow for sunshine, or stay closed to provide necessary plant protection and shelter.
Charity
NGS early spring open garden 2024 season
Over 100 gardens open their gates in England, Wales and Northern Ireland as part of new garden visiting season.
Gardens
Aynho Park transformed
The exceptional Palladian mansion has been meticulously preserved and restored by Restoration Hardware (RH), marking the beginning of the retailer’s global expansion.
Good stuff
Japanese handsfree pruning scissors
Spotted on instagram, @richardperkins.co and his Japanese Handsfree (or fingerless as he calls them) Pruning Scissors.
Good stuff
Niwaki Pruning sheet… who knew?
Spotted on instagram by @_andy__w and @nicolahopegardener, a must have for clipping and pruning.
Product Launch
Sutton’s new vegetable seed range
Renowned supplier of flower and vegetable seeds, young plants, bulbs, fruit bushes for the amateur gardener, have released their new range of seeds for 2024.
