On Instagram
Green bus shelters
Bus shelters across the country should be seen as green real estate, able to contribute to healthy living environment.
On Instagram
Dordogne magic
Instagram eye candy courtesy of @dordogneperigord of Marqueyssac’s incredible sculpted topiary.
Artisan
Enchanting bird boxes
Hand made, by a gardener for the birds in gardeners’ gardens…
On Instagram
Must follow @thetreespotter
Dan Crowley’s instagram posts provide a beautiful and captivating insight into the wonderful world of ancient trees.
Charity
Horatio’s Garden Art Auction raises £50,000!
Works donated by leading British artists including Maggi Hambling and Sir Quentin Blake sell above estimate, raising much needed funds for the charity.
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
Cloud pruned Pinus Mugo
Courtesy of Marie-Ange Eneman of Ebben nurseries in the Netherlands, a rather inspired bit of car park design…
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.
Innovation
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.
On Instagram
The magic of the B3135
Granted the Stelvio Pass is impressive and a Clarkson favourite, but the Cliff Road through Cheddar Gorge is breathtaking.
People
Diacono writing new book, live on Substack
A book written in instalments over a year, penned in real time and shared live.
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.
