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...
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...
RHS Young Designer of the Year Finalist 2023, Ollie Pike returns to the RHS Flower Show Tatton Park to reveal his second show garden, “This Garden Isn’t Finished Without You.” Landscape Architect and Garden Designer at Pike Studio grew up in rural South-West England where he was very lucky in his childhood that nature was always so readily...
Majestic Trees has just had its most successful peat-free trial yet. The Hertfordshire based nursery showcased the results of its efforts at the RHS Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival last week, bringing with it several peat-free trees including a Prunus x yedoensis that featured on Arit Anderson’s RHS Peat-Free Garden. After 10 years of...
Nurture Group renames its pest control business to better reflect the company’s environmental and sustainability focused policies and practices. Nurture Pest Control, formerly Rokill Limited, was acquired by Nurture in November 2021. It provides services to commercial, domestic and public sector clients across Britain. This rebrand is the latest...
Only 9 July, diplomats from across European embassies based in London were welcomed at Provender Nurseries on behalf of the Horticultural Trades Association (HTA). This visit to the Kent based nursery was organised to provide a look into the operations of a UK grower first-hand with the opportunity to share insights into how the industry works...
Wyevale Nurseries is once again supplying plants for a selection of the ‘Long Border’ designs at the RHS Flower Show at Tatton Park taking place next week. Designed by final year landscape architect students, the four sponsored borders look to meet the RHS challenge of ‘Make a Statement’. Wyevale Nurseries’ amenity sales executive, Alan Young,...
plants@work continue the celebrations this National plants@work Week with the announcement of this year’s Favourite Office Plant of the year. It was the Ficus elastica Burgundy that came away victorious, securing the title of Favourite Office Plant 2024; voted for by a selected panel of voices across the plant world. Garden designer, Claudia de...
idverde expands its green service portfolio with the acquisition of Acorn Environmental Management Group. The Coventry based grounds maintenance and landscape creation company says this latest acquisition marks a ‘significant milestone in its growth trajectory’. Kristian Lennard, CEO of idverde UK, comments on why Acorn is a good fit to existing...
This year’s winners of the coveted People’s Choice Award 2024 at the RHS Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival have been revealed. Show Garden The Way Of Saint James Won: People’s Choice Best Show Garden | Silver medal Nilufer Danis’ scooped the award for People’s Choice for her St. James inspired design, symbolising the patron saint of Spain and...
Eden Project students, Victoria Jane Cucknell and Hayley Herridge, win Silver-Gilt and Gold, respectively for their Pocket Planting gardens at RHS Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival this week. The Wild Child Cornwall, designed by Victoria Jane Cucknell, features a trail of balanced wood blocks leading to a series of growing willow sculptures...
Omega Oak Barn care home in North Yorkshire welcomes the addition of a new BioScapes WildPod planter at its Beadlam site, helping residents connect with nature. The wildlife planter, purchased by the Allison Willis Trust and donated to the care home, was installed free-of-charge by BioScapes. Biodiversity solutions provider, BioScapes says the...
Juliet Sargeant’s The Lion King Anniversary Garden scooped RHS Hampton Court’s first Environmental Innovation Award as well as Best in Show and a Silver-Gilt medal ‘How am I going to build a three-metre-high wall without concrete?’ That’s the question garden designer Juliet Sargeant was pondering after she submitted the plan for a show garden at...
Environmental consultancy, Tyler Grange, named SME Employer of the Year at the InsideOut Awards 2024. The annual award, supported by the InsideOut LeaderBoard Charity and Wellbeing@Work Summits, recognise and celebrate excellence in promoting mental health, wellness and overall wellbeing. Tyler Grange was awarded the accolade for its mental...
Climate change could begin to impact the density of tree species and in turn the effectiveness of ecosystem conservation, finds new study. The research, led by the University of Alcalá (UAH), in Spain, and including researchers at the University of Birmingham, draws data from across Europe and North America to show that tree species in the...
UK housebuilders have signed a new major initiative to support local wildlife in their new developments from September 2024. The Homes for Nature commitment will see a bird-nesting brick or box installed for every new home built, as well as hedgehog highways created as standard on every new development from the commencement date. Almost 20...
Johnsons Nurseries partners with agricultural and horticultural college, Askham Bryan College, to deliver a bespoke horticulture training course. The two Yorkshire based businesses will be partnering for a second year to deliver the 12 week course, ‘Introduction to Horticulture’, developed exclusively for Johnsons Nurseries’ staff. Taking place...
Juliet Sargeant secures the win for Best in Show with Disney’s the Lion King inspired community garden at this year’s RHS Hampton Court Garden Festival. Celebrating the 25th anniversary of Disney’s West End musical, the Lion King Community Garden looks to “rethink the English Garden”, with climate change in mind. The garden’s recycled, crushed...
Scientists at the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) find, for the first time, sustainable gardening to be not just good for the planet, but also for those who practice it. The research published in the journal ‘Urban Forestry and Urban Greening’ reveals that taking a more sustainable approach to managing gardens has a positive impact on a...
Accolades for the 2024 RHS Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival have been awarded, they include six Best in Shows, four Gold medals, seven Silver-Gilts, and 10 Silver and Bronze medals. Here are the gardens taking home the top awards from the show: Gardens Best in Show The Lion King Anniversary Garden Won: Best Show Garden | Silver Gilt medal |...
Those delving into gardening for the first time will be spoilt for choice at this year’s RHS Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival. There’s inspiration for allotments and small pockets of planting, gardens from budding designers and a variety of tips for adding a sustainable edge to their outdoor space. This is just one of the highlights from the...
Plant Heritage, today, presents its Brickell Award 2024 to orchid conservation, The Mathers Foundation, at RHS Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival. Based in West Sussex, The Mathers Foundation is home to three National Plant Collections of orchids (Oncidium; Pleione; Stanhopea & Acineta spp. & hybrids). The award was presented at the...
Off the back of its Future of Commercial Landscaping Conference, Pro Landscaper launches new Biodiversity Net Gain Workshops Day, taking place later this year. While the nature-fronted legislation, which came into effect earlier this year, provides a unique opportunity to protect and boost the country's natural environment. It is also an...
After making significant strides in its transition to peat-free tree production using AirPot technology, Majestic Trees will be exhibiting several specimen trees at the RHS Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival, taking place next week (2 - 7 July 2024). Trials at the nursery have been ongoing for 12 years, with over 1,500 trees across more than...
With the general election on the horizon and party manifestos dominating the headlines, Pro Landscaper looks to the land-based industry to ask the question; what does it want from the next UK government’s green agenda? Green-skill promotion “I would like to see properly funded and promoted green skills training. There is so much spoken...
Ashleigh Aylett has just been announced as one of the finalists for RHS Young Designer of the Year. Taking place at the RHS Flower Show Tatton Park in July, the competition will see Aylett vying for the coveted title alongside two other designers. She’ll be working with the Woodland Trust on a show garden that raises awareness on the decline of...
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