Product Launch
Smart Pebble
Designed by elho, this smart ‘pebble’ tells you how your plant is feeling.
Products
Review Stiga Combi 340e Kit mower
Independent product review of the battery-powered, Stiga Combi 340e Kit lawn mower.
Exhibitions
Photography open call for Oxford exhibition
Oxfordshire Artweeks is joining forces with the Oxford Festival of the Arts and Photo Oxford for a new photography exhibition, open to photographers of all levels.
Collaboration
New Sarah Raven dahlia collaboration: ‘The Collective’
Sarah Raven launches a new range of exclusive dahlia collections, called The Collective, in collaboration with Cath Kidston MBE, Shane Connolly, Savannah Miller, Milli Proust and Willow Crossley.
Business
Pantone’s Colour of the Year 2025
For 2025, the Pantone Colour Institute selected PANTONE 17-1230 Mocha Mousse, a brown hue imbued with richness, suggesting of the delectable qualities of chocolate and coffee.
Product Launch
FLO by David Harber
Sculptor David Harber launches a new outdoor sculpture, entitled FLO in a limited edition of 25.
Exhibitions
STONE at Falconhurst
In the summer of 2025, Nicola Talbot, custodian of Falconhurst in Kent, will once again host STONE, the exhibition that celebrates some of the very best of British sculpture.
Exhibitions
John Morley exhibition: the artist gardener
Rare opportunity to see John Morley’s paintings and pastels of flowers, fruits and plants, in his first solo exhibition in over 30 years.
Gardens
New culinary venture, the Cordia Collective to open at Borde Hill in 2025
Green Michelin star chef, Chantelle Nicholson will be opening the Cordia Collective within the Grade II listed country estate, Borde Hill.
Collaboration
Alitex & Claverton Cloches
Alitex have announced a commercial collaboration with Claverton Cloches, combining the craftsmanship of both brands into a special edition, garden cloche.
Gardens
National Garden Scheme early garden openers for 2025
Looking towards the 2025 gardening season, the National Garden Scheme has announced the dates of their early garden openers.
Collaboration
Paul Smith x Niwaki collection
Paul Smith and Niwaki founder Jake Hobson, have launched a new collection of gardening tools.
Lifestyle
Best Christmas craft fairs & markets
Follow the trails of twinkling lights, we have selected some of the best Christmas craft fairs & markets in the UK bursting with unusual products made by artisans and local traders.
People
Arit Anderson becomes new member of National Blue Plaques Panel
Along with four new members and a young advisor, Arit Anderson has joined the national Blue Plaques Panel.
Environment
Green Cities Europe Award 2024
Ten countries are up the Green Cities Europe Award, in recognition of outstanding sustainable, urban green space initiatives across the Continent.
Charity
Garden Museum seek support to save the Mortlake tapestry, featuring an early image of a female gardener
The Garden Museum’s finely woven tapestry, dating from the 1630s, commissioned by Charles I from the Mortlake weavers which needs urgent conservation.
Product Launch
Niwaki: Hori Hori Pro
Japanese lifestyle brand launched upgrade of their popular hand tool, the Hori Hori Pro.
Product Launch
STIHL launches first battery-powered pressure washers
Premium garden tools brand, STIHL have launched their new REA 60 PLUS and REA 100 PLUS battery-powered pressure washers for home and professional applications.
Plants
Local fruit heritage celebrations: Apple Days
To mark today’s National Apple Day, we pay homage to the magical Apple Days held throughout the country to celebrate local fruit heritage, all things apples and traditional orchards.
Media
The Ethicurean’s sustainable food pioneers launch Sæson
A year after the closing of the Michelin-starred, The Ethicurean restaurant, Matthew Pennington launches ‘Sæson’, an online recipe platform
