Worth a read
The best of this year’s gardening books
Ursula Buchan’s best books include works by authors Jinny Blom, Francis Pryor, Jenny Joseph, Henrik Sjöman & Arit Anderson and Maury C. Flannery.
On Instagram
A must follow @botanical_tales
Dried flower artist & nature loving creator of sustainable ethereal floral installations and art.
People
New House & Garden ‘Outside’ newsletter
Weekly snippets into the gardening exploits of Clare Foster, garden editor for House & Garden.
Artisan
Horatio’s Garden Online Auction
Over 70 leading UK artists have donated paintings, sculpture, ceramics and photography for the auction to raise funds for Horatio’s Garden.
On Instagram
A must follow @lauraellenbacon
Sculptor of unique large-scale, woven works using natural materials set in landscape and interiors such as Chatsworth Somerset House, Sudeley Castle and Blackwell.
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.
