Foster + Partners has revealed a masterplan it helped develop for the revitalization of the Antakya and wider Hatay province in southeast Turkey, after the devastating earthquake last year. In collaboration with Buro Happold, MIC-HUB, and leading Turkish practices DB...
Sadiq Khan has said he intends to appoint Suki Kalirai to chair the new London Legacy Development Corporation (LLDC) leadership team. Shazia Hussain has also been appointed the new chief executive as the group prepares to deliver the next stage of the Games’ legacy at...
Tisserand and Landscapes By Design are set to face off at the BBC Gardeners’ World Autumn Fair at the end of this month. Audley End House and Gardens in Essex will play host to the competition set by the Association of Professional Landscapers. The two companies must complete a competition standard show garden in 16.5 hours with a theme of...
Species diversity has reduced by 22% in Britain’s broadleaf woodland diversity, a 50-year survey commissioned by the Woodland Trust has found. The Bunce Report has collected data in three surveys across 97 woods in 1971, 2001 and 2021 and to keep the results as comparable as possible, the plots were as close to the original and the original...
The deadline to apply to join the board of the British Association of Landscape Industries is looming, with applications set to close by Wednesday. The non-executive role will provide strategic and ethical direction and focus on collaborating with their fellow directors and ensuring regulatory compliance. The association has identified...
‘Giving back’ will be the theme of the Society of Garden Designers’ takeover of the Inspire Theatre at this year’s FutureScape. Three talks will take place at the event on 16 October at the ExCeL London from members of the association, all centred about the SGD’s commitment to encourage biodiversity and lower the carbon footprint in the gardens...
Warm, wet spring leads to explosion of summer colour for Eden Project’s great outdoors. Met Office figures show that the UK has had its warmest spring since records began in 1884, and its wettest since 1986. These conditions have helped some of the Eden Project’s plant life flourish, with summer visitors enjoying the rewards. Home to more than...
The Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) is hosting a series of seminars in the Inspire Theatre at this year’s FutureScape. Visitors will gain a wealth of knowledge on how to create a show garden, from funding to planting, on 15 October at the ExCeL London. RHS shows garden judging manager Eleanor Hollingworth will kick off the day by hosting a...
The showcase garden at this year’s BBC Gardeners’ World Autumn Fair will celebrate the way the raised beds have ‘revolutionised’ gardening. The Raised Bed Revealed, designed by gardening writer and presenter David Hurrion, will show the adaptability of the growing method, from using them to grow vegetables to tailoring them to suit ornamentals....
The Nurture Group has purchased Spacecare Ltd in the West Midlands, bringing its total number of acquisitions to 48 since it was founded in 2008. Completed this month, the latest acquisition is its third this year. Telford-based Spacecare will operate under the Nurture Landscapes brand from 1 October, with its grounds maintenance, winter...
Environmental charity Hubbub has set up a free-to-join ‘Community Nature Network’ to support community-led green spaces. Community groups will be able to access funding opportunities, resources, guidance and peer-to-peer support to establish new green spaces or improve existing ones. The launch comes after a study by Chrysalis Research reveals...
Despite being based in Essex, marketing assistant for RUBI, Emily MacLean has recently found herself much further south than usual, involved in what is being called “The Plymouth Project.” MacLean and the team at RUBI discovered the project when a lady, Hannah, had entered a competition being held by a well-known landscaping influencer. She'd...
Software provider Vectorworks has announced that its Design Days are returning this year, with the first of the event series to take place in London on 1 October. Design professionals across architecture, interior, and landscape will be able to explore the 2025 version of the software set to launch this September. As well as the London event,...
A new professional battery-powered blower has hit the market from German kit manufacturer Stihl. The BGA 250 is “the world’s most powerful handheld battery-powered blower throughout the full battery charger” thanks to its ability to maintain full power whilst the battery discharges. It’s lighter than its BGA 86 counterpart at 2.7kg – with the...
Landscape architect Peter Donegan is returning to the small screen alongside London-based contractor Maylim to transform a garden for The Julian Benson Cystic Fibrosis Foundation. In a one-off episode of Irish TV programme Room to Improve, the Dublin-based designer and Maylim will create a new outdoor area as part of a complete rebuild of a...
The Horticultural Trades Association has revealed the success of its campaign for plant pots to be accepted in kerbside recycling from 2026. All non-black, recyclable PET or PP plastic plant pots will be accepted in household kerbside recycling in England. Defra confirmed this move following a successful long-term advocacy campaign from the...
Planning permission has been granted for a new “tranquil space” in Regent’s Park following an “overwhelmingly positive” public response. The new two-acre garden is set to open in 2026 to mark what would have been Queen Elizabeth II’s centenary year. The approval marks “an exciting step forward” for the new garden, says Andrew Scattergood, chief...
The transformation of a derelict shopping centre into green space is underway in Nottingham and is expected to open to the public later this month. ATV Contract Services has spent the last two months working on the landscaping element for Willmott Dixon on behalf of Nottingham City Council. The former Broadmarsh Shopping Centre site will provide...
Union Terrace Gardens has undergone a £28.3m transformation, with more than 20,000 plants being added to the Victorian park. There are now wheelchair-friendly routes, a children’s play area, and three new pavilions for cafes, restaurants and cultural spaces. Seating, lighting and specially commissioned artworks have also been added. The project...
Heatherwick Studio’s Philipp Nedomlel is one of five esteemed names to be hosting a keynote speech at the III International Symposium on Greener Cities in September. He will present at the event alongside Gardens by the Bay’s Felix Loh, Professor Diane Pataki of the University of Arizona, Professor Stephan Pauleit of the Technical University...
We need to “change the way we garden”, says the award-winning designer behind a new garden focused on climate resilience and biodiversity that has been revealed at Beningbrough Hall near York. Andy Sturgeon says the UK can expect “warmer summers with prolonged dry periods and drought, but also an increase in very wet days, particularly in...
The deadline for the second Pro Landscaper Sustainability & Biodiversity Awards has been extended. Those looking to enter will now have until 9 August to submit their completed entries. All 14 categories will be judged by a panel of experts and recognised voices from across the industry, including garden designer, Juliet Sargeant, off the...
Cornwall Wildlife Trust launches what it says is one of the UK’s ‘most ambitious’ rewilding projects. Tor to Shore aims to create a thriving landscape rich in biodiversity, from Helman Tor in central Cornwall, all the way through to Cornwall’s south coast. The project will be building on the work already carried out by Cornwall Wildlife Trust...
Matthew Pottage has been a well-known name within the industry for the last two decades working with the RHS, now taking on his latest venture as Head of Horticulture and Landscape Strategy at The Royal Parks charity. Pottage fell in love with gardening from an early age, a passion shared by his grandmother who was happiest in her garden. This...
Bromley Council unanimously approves the next major phase of the Crystal Palace Park restoration, led by HTA Design. This phase, worth £17.75M, of the wider £52M regeneration project includes work on a number of grade-listed features on site, following the granting of listed building consent. HTA Design, which recently became B-corp certified,...
Owned by designer and creative consultant, Leah Lane, the Grade II listed Mulberry House in Surrey is home to Lane, her husband and their two children. Formerly the home farm of Farnham Castle, the early Georgian dwelling originally belonged to the bishopric of Winchester. Lane knows that when it comes to style, classic is key, and has returned...
RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2026 will mark Project Giving Back’s final year of funding gardens for good causes, but this year there is a twist. Applicants for the 2026 instalment of RHS Chelsea can expect a slightly different process this time around. Since the charity’s inception in 2021, it has received over 400 expressions of interest from...
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