Events
National Amateur Gardening Show 2025
The first show since its relaunch, the National Amateur Gardening Show will take place in July at the South of England Showground in Sussex.
Environment
Woodland Trust launches Nature Emergency Scorecard for councils
The Woodland Trust is urging local authorities to declare a nature emergency and take urgent steps to restore community wildlife and green spaces.
Gardens
The gardens at Serge Hill open for visitors
The gardens around Serge Hill will be open for visitors from April to July, to raise funds for the Serge Hill Project.
Events
Great Dixter Spring Plant Fair 2025
The plant fair for plant lovers near and far.
Environment
Concerns regarding the Nature Restoration Fund
The UK government unveiled its planning and infrastructure bill which it says will remove barriers and boost housebuilding but has raised ‘growth-washing’ concerns.
Gardens
Biddulph Grange Stumpery renovation completed
The Stumpery at Biddulph Grange Garden in Staffordshire has been reinstated after completion of major renovation and expansion.
Events
Glee launches new Roadshow
The garden and outdoor living trade show, Glee launches a nationwide roadshow for garden retailers.
Book Releases
HTA
HTA highlights the GB-NI trade challenges to Parliamentary Committee
The Horticultural Trades Association delivered evidence to the Northern Ireland Affairs Committee as part of its inquiry into the operation of the Windsor Framework.
Careers
Applications for Professional Gardeners’ Guild Traineeship are open
The Professional Gardeners Guild 3-year Traineeship Programme in horticultural practices provides the opportunity to gain practical skills in the workplace at world class historic and botanic gardens
Charity
Greenfingers Charity: Garden build updates
An update from the Greenfingers Charity regarding the continuing work at four of its current hospice garden projects: Acorns Children Hospice, Hope House, Chestnut Tree and Bluebell Wood.
Research
Why do people install artificial lawns?
New survey funded by Northumbria University, in collaboration with Newcastle University and the RHS aims to find the reasons behind choosing an artificial lawn and if expectations are met.
Regulation
The Gardens Trust could be stripped of statutory consultee role in planning system
Aimed to speed up the planning system, the government announced a reduction in statutory consultees and that the scope of other statutory consultees will be narrowed.
People
Lee Connelly named Ambassador National Children’s Gardening Week 2025
The Horticultural Trades Association has announced that Lee Connelly has been named the official ambassador for National Children’s Gardening Week 2025 which runs from 24 May – 1 June 2025.
Environment
Forestry commission approves commercial forest in Durham
Three hundred hectares of new woodland is to be planted in County Durham featuring 31 different species and 600,000 trees.
Wildlife
2024: The worst year for bumblebees recorded
The 2025 BeeWalk Annual Report revealed that 2024 was the worst year for bumblebees since records began, with numbers declining by 22.5% compared to the 2010-2023 average.
Gardens
LCGD graduates to showcase Lamiaceae at RHS Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival
Graduates from the London College of Garden Design are set to return to RHS Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival to showcase seven educational borders highlighting the variety and diversity of the Lamiaceae family.
Regulation
The Green Spaces Bill heard in Parliament
The second reading of MP Caroline Voaden’s Private Members’ Bill took place on the 7th of March, seeking to establish a Government Office for Urban Green Spaces.
Gardens
Paws on the path trial at RHS Garden Rosemoor
The Royal Horticultural Society will be trialling dedicated dog-friendly days for six months at RHS Garden Rosemoor in Devon.
Collaboration
Lily Planter: Tom Faulkner & Them Outdoors
British furniture brand Tom Faulkner is collaborating with Them Outdoors on a distinct set of Lily Planters, made in corten steel, satin polished stainless steel or coloured steel.
Products
Boost expands plant food range
The Westland Horticulture brand, Boost now includes a new granular based plant food.