Book Release
Drawn to the Garden by Caroline Quentin
Caroline Quentin shares the joy she gets from spending time in her garden, be it growing plants and vegetables, or raising seeds in her potting shed.
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.
Book Release
Grounded in the Garden: An artist’s guide to creating a beautiful garden in harmony with nature
Grounded in the Garden explores the practical considerations that come into play when creating a beautiful garden which also respects nature.
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.
Book Release
The Garden Against Time: In Search of a Common Paradise
An account of the abundant pleasures and possibilities of gardens: not as a place to hide but as a site of encounter and discovery, bee-loud and pollen-laden.
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.
Book Release
A Flower Garden for Pollinators
Practical guide by horticulturalist and Gardener’s World presenter Rachel de Thame on creating a garden with an abundant resource of plants rich in nectar and pollen.
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.
Book Release
The English Gardener’s Garden
Celebration of England’s gardens, showcasing their enduring appeal from historic masterpieces to individual creations of today
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.
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…
Book Release
What Makes a Garden
Building on her first book, Jinny Blom shares a broader idea of how she thinks about garden design.
Job
Head Gardener Woolbeding
Formal National Trust gardens set in rural landscape of the River Rother which includes the recently opened Woolbeding Glasshouse and Silk Route Garden.