Garden Design News Archive
30 April 2010,
What’s new in the Great Pavilion at the 2010 RHS Chelsea Flower Show
A huge floral Chinook will ‘hover’ above visitors in the Great Pavilion at the 2010
RHS Chelsea Flower show. Other new sights will include the revamped Continuous Learning
category with a ‘Power of Plants’ theme, florists creating floral plant parasols
and collection of exhibitors at the show for the first time. More...
24 April 2010, RHS Tree of Knowledge – nation’s
greatest ideas for biodiversity in the garden at RHS Chelsea
The RHS is calling on the nation to share ideas to support biodiversity in the garden.
The 50 best ideas will feature on The RHS Tree of Knowledge, in the Great Pavilion,
at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show. Jeremy Irons, Greg Wise, Julian Fellowes and Nicki
Chapman first to share ideas. More...
17 April 2010,
Free Garden Design Consultations At The Chelsea Flower Show
For visitors to the Chelsea Flower Show who have been inspired by the wealth of
exciting garden designs and are wondering how to get started on their own garden,
The Society of Garden Designers (SGD) has the answer. More...
14 April 2010,
The Second Annual Great London Garden Trail Comes To Town
Over the May Day Bank Holiday, a selection of professionally designed gardens will
be opened to the public, forming the second annual ‘Great London Garden Trail’,
to celebrate the launch of the latest RHS title, How to Grow Practically Everything.
The trail, which is FREE, will take place on Monday 3rd May 2010. More...
14 April 2010, RHS Cardiff
Show On The Lookout For Pests
The Royal Horticultural Society will be calling on Welsh gardeners to plot pests
when they hold their annual show in the parklands of Cardiff Castle April 16-18. More...
30 March 2010, Home Grown at Hampton Court
Did you know that sweet potatoes, tomatillos and rice can all now be grown in British
gardens? Home Grown is a major new feature at Hampton Court Palace Flower Show,
demonstrating the diverse range of fruit, vegetables, cut flowers and nursery stock
that can now be grown on home soil. More...
12 March 2010, RHS London Greener Gardening
Show
Flowers for birds, bees and butterflies will transform the RHS London Flower Show
into a honey pot for wildlife this April. There'll be a wealth of information available,
shops selling what you need to get gardening, and, of course, displays from some
of the UK’s best nurseries, helping make any garden wildlife friendly. More...
04 February 2010,
Roger Platts to create 2010 Show Garden at RHS Chelsea
Eight years since his last show garden, one of UK gardeners’ favourite designers
returns to London’s premier event.
More...
03 February 2010, Birthdays, adventure,
new plants, veteran showmen; get set for the 2010 Great Pavilion
The return of vegetable guru Medwyn Williams, 100 maples for a 100th birthday
and a major display promoting “Adventures in Gardening” are some of
the highlights in the Great Pavilion at the 2010 RHS Chelsea Flower Show.
More...
25 January 2010, The RHS Chelsea
Flower Show, sponsored by M & G Investments, 25-29 May
The crème de la crème of the garden world will be wowing visitors at RHS Chelsea
Flower Show 2010. Leading designers such as Tom Stuart-Smith, Tom Hoblyn, James
Wong and Andy Sturgeon have drawn inspiration from literature, romance, the Far
East and the Fynbos of South Africa, promising gardens to delight visitors.
More...
13 January 2010, Kew’s Tropical Extravaganza
– bursting with biodiversity and dripping with colour
Visit the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew’s ‘Tropical Extravaganza’ and be transported
from the frosts of February to a sizzling orchid oasis dripping with colour.
More...
05 December 2009, M&G
to sponsor RHS Chelsea Flower Show
Flower power; 2010 RHS Chelsea blooming with new headline sponsor, top designers
and UK’s best nurseries. More...
28 October 2009, Fine Artist, Sarah Naybour…..The
Next Gertrude Jekyll?
Talented new Oxford College of Garden Design graduate, Sarah Naybour, has won the
prestigious Student Designer Of The Year (2009) competition.
More...
07 January 2010, Win
£5,000 to Create a Garden at BBC Gardeners' World Live 2010
NS&I announces Growing Gardens Today competition for established & aspiring
garden designers. More...
21 November 2009, RHS Search for
UK’s Best Young Designer
The RHS is searching for the UK’s best young garden designer and calling for designers
and students, aged 28 and younger, to enter a new national competition to win the
title RHS Young Designer of the Year.
More...
26 September 2009,
Autumn Colour and High Adventure at Treehouse Towers
The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (RBG Kew) celebrates its 250th anniversary with a
season of colour and the opening of Treehouse Towers – a new outdoor play area for
kids to enjoy this autumn.
More...
13 May 2009, Learn about the birds
and the bees at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show
Gardens are a vital refuge and food source for wildlife and this year the RHS Chelsea
Flower Show is a hive of activity with plants and habitats for birds, bugs, bees
and butterflies. With the plight of the humble bee and decline of certain butterfly
species, the world’s premier gardening event will provide valuable ideas to help
support wildlife in the garden. More...
10 May 2009, Reuse, Recycle, Reclaim; Accessorise
Your Garden On A Budget
Within the gorgeous gardens, perfect plant displays and great gardening accessory
stands some clever ways and inspirational ideas to brighten up outside spaces on
a budget are emerging at the world’s premier gardening event, the 2009 RHS Chelsea
Flower Show, sponsored by Marshalls. More...
9 May 2009, David
Bellamy counts down to opening of conservation showcase attraction - Future Gardens
Today, Professor Dr David Bellamy got his hands dirty helping out in the final stages
of the eco-planting for the world-class new conservation showcase, Future Gardens
which is set to open on 5th June this year. More...
18 April 2009, The Great London Garden
Trail Comes to Town
Over the May Day Bank Holiday, a selection of fantastically designed gardens will
be opened to the public, forming the ‘Great London Garden Trail’, to celebrate the
launch of the new RHS Encyclopedia of Garden Design. The trail, which is FREE, will
take place on Monday 4th May 2009. More...
10 April 2009, Quilted Velvet Garden At The 2009
Chelsea Flower Show
Quilted Velvet will be unveiling a hat-trick of spectacular show gardens this year,
opening with the Quilted Velvet Garden at the prestigious RHS Chelsea Flower Show
in May. More...
10 April 2009, The World’s Largest
Annual Gardening Event To Fuel Nation’s Appetite For Grow Your Own
Whet your appetite at the world’s largest annual gardening event. An allotment,
food growers, cookery theatre, sustainable gardens, chicken run and gardens brimming
with edible delights make the 20th Anniversary Hampton Court Palace Flower Show
the destination to help you grow your own and bring a taste of the good life into
your home. More...
2 April 2009, Exciting New Garden Show At Holdenby!
Holdenby Garden Show sponsored by Haddonstone: Sat 9th and Sun 10th May 2009. This
summer sees the launch of a fantastic new event that is to be of interest to all
those who love gardens and outdoor living. The Holdenby Garden Show sponsored by
Haddonstone, will take place in the middle of May, just outside Northampton in a
beautiful country house setting. More...
12 March 2009, The RHS London Greener
Gardening Show
Blooms for birds, bees and butterflies, homes for hedgehogs, an insect house, a
beehive and an avenue of trees will transform the RHS Lawrence Hall into a honey
pot for urban and rural gardeners looking to support declining species and attract
wildlife into their gardens. The 2009 RHS London Greener Gardening Show will demonstrate
how to create a wildlife haven without letting your garden go wild. More...
25 February 2009, Future
Gardens Unveils Exclusive Designs To Be Showcased At Inaugural Summer Event
Future Gardens, the launch-pad of the ground-breaking Butterfly World Project near
St Albans, has unveiled the 12 outstanding designs that will feature at its much
anticipated inaugural designer garden event opening on 5th June 2009. More...
15 February 2009, Help For Heroes is going
to the Chelsea Flower show.
All Seasons Design and Landscaping are proud to announce that their Help for
Heroes Sanctuary Garden, designed for prominent UK charity Help for
Heroes and generously funded by B&Q, has been selected for exhibition at the
Chelsea Flower Show in May 2009. More...
13 February 2009, Fit to Bloom; the Jewel in
the Crown of the RHS Chelsea Flower Show.
The number of applications to exhibit in the Great Pavilion, the heart of the RHS
Chelsea Flower Show, sponsored by Marshalls, has soared this year, according to
the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS), organiser of the world's most famous gardening
event. More...
12 February 2009, Art and Gardening; 2009
Chelsea set to be a Masterpiece
Drawing and digging, sculpture and secateurs, paintings and plants; designers at
the 2009 RHS Chelsea Flower Show, sponsored by Marshalls, are merging art and gardening
to create a masterpiece of a show. Designs at the world's most famous gardening
event will illustrate how the garden itself can be a form of art and ways to merge
nature and art in outside spaces. More...
21 June 2009, Inchbald
Garden Design & Drawing Course
The course is a 15 week Garden Design & Drawing course and starts 1st Monday
of each month and gives students worldwide the opportunity to study with the renowned
Inchbald School from their home base and in their own time. More...
16 June 2009, BBC Gardeners'
World Live 2009 Show Garden Photos
Some of the inspirational garden designs on show at the BBC Gardeners' World Live
Show 2009 in Birmingham, UK. More...
6 June 2009, Ground-breaking
Future Gardens Unveiled
On 4th June 2009 the impressive new 27 acre Future Gardens visitor attraction near
St Albans was unveiled by actress and patron Emilia Fox. The pioneering conservation
project, open from June to October, represents a notable achievement in the current
economic environment. It is estimated that 200,000 visitors of all ages will explore
the inspirational gardens over the next four months. More...
25 May 2009, Tickets Now On Sale For Transport
For London's Open Garden Squares Weekend
Tickets are now available for Transport for London’s Open Garden Squares Weekend,
which takes place over the weekend of June 13 & 14, 2009. Organised by the London
Parks & Gardens Trust, more than 190 gardens throughout Greater London will
be participating, with 25 taking part for the first time. More...
20 May 2009, Photos of the
Show Gardens at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2009
Some photos of this year's amazing show gardens by the world's top designers at
the RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2009. Also the urban and contemporary gardens. More...
20 February 2009, David Austin Garden
Design Days
Held at David Austin’s Plant Centre and Gardens, in Albrighton, Wolverhampton, these
days have been created for gardeners who would like help to get started on a garden
design project. More...
19 February 2009,
Welcome to Henry VIII’s Tudor court!
Hampton Court Palace was reputed to be the favourite residence of the famous Tudor
king, Henry VIII, and to celebrate the 500th anniversary of his ascension to the
throne, the Royal Horticultural Society has made the Tudor period a key theme of
the 2009 RHS Hampton Court Palace Flower Show. Six different garden designs will
be displayed, each representing one of Henry VIII’s six wives. More...
29 January 2009, Kew Appoints Landscape
Architect
In its 250th year the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (RBG Kew) is commissioning
GROSS. MAX. landscape architects to create a long-term plan to shape the Gardens
for future generations. This landscape masterplan will be the first comprehensive
analysis and design for Kew since William Nesfield's proposals in the 1840s. More...
30 November 2008, Councils' Green Credentials Assessed
In New Report
The Horticultural Trades Association's (HTA) Greening the UK campaign will today
alert Councils in England of the need to improve the control mechanism to ensure
that the level of green planting outlined in planning agreements is installed and
maintained. More...
18 October 2008, RHS Shows Listings 2009
The Royal Horticultural Society is the UK's leading gardening charity dedicated
to advancing horticulture and promoting good gardening. Its charitable work includes
undertaking scientific research into issues affecting gardeners, holding plant trials
and educational events and activities. The shows it organises are a great source
of inspiration. Visiting one or more of the shows in 2009 will be well worth the
time you spend there. More...
29 November 2008, Calling City Dwellers To Green-up; Urban Design
Key Theme at New RHS Show
The UK's foremost gardening charity and organiser of the worlds most famous flower
shows, the RHS, is creating an event in the heart of London to help urbanites make
the most of their outside spaces. Part of the 'new look' London shows, The RHS Plant
and Design Show will take place on 17 - 18 February, in the RHS Horticultural Halls,
Greycoat Street, SW1. More...
29 November 2008, RHS flower show tickets on sale
Tickets to the 2009 RHS flower shows are now on sale. If you want a gift for the
gardener in your life, a special day out for you and a friend or an excuse to indulge
your passion for plants, get your tickets early to make sure you're ahead of the
gardening game for ideas and inspiration from some of the world's best flower shows.
More...
30 July 2008, Autumn Colour At Kew
With the leaves beginning to turn to a glorious array of burnt oranges, browns and
reds, Kew Gardens invites visitors for a last chance to come and celebrate its festival
of trees, in a beautiful setting. Kew's autumn festival runs until Sunday the 2nd
of November 2008. More...
08 July 2008, Global Plant Trade Poses Increased Risk
of Alien Diseases Attacking Gardens and the Countryside
Alien pests and diseases inadvertently imported on exotic plants are threatening
the plants in our gardens and across the countryside, according to a report launched
today (Tuesday 8th July) by a scientific working group led by the Royal Horticultural
Society (RHS). More...
06 July 2008, Plant Fair at The Savill Garden,
Windsor Great Park
British growers offering specialist and rare varieties of plants and prestigious
nurseries, many of whom are exhibitors at Chelsea and Hampton Court offering a wide
range of unusual plants not widely available elsewhere.
More...
03 June 2008, Charity Auction Site Offers Garden
Enthusiasts A Dream Garden Re-Design
Have you been watching The Chelsea Flower show with envious eyes, wishing that your
garden could look like those featured? Well here’s your chance to make that dream
a reality! Charity auction site, www.buyoncegivetwice.com has a fantastic auction
lot that would delight any horticultural fan – a garden re-design by Chelsea Flower
Show star Rachel de Thame. More...
30 May 2008, Surrey Sculture Society Exhibition
At The Savill Garden
The Surrey Sculpture Society will be showing nearly 100 pieces of original sculpture
at The Royal Landscape’s Savill Garden and Savill Building, Windsor Great Park,
from 31 May to 6 July. Visitors will also have the opportunity to find out more
about sculpture with a special weekend of artist demonstrations in the Garden on
7 and 8 June. More...
24 April 2008, Experience the High-life at Kew
Gardens with the Xstrata Treetop Walkway
The pioneering structure of the Xstrata Treetop Walkway is an ingenious design based
on a Fibonacci numerical sequence, often found in nature’s growth patterns.
Designed by Marks Barfield Architects, the architects of the London Eye, it has
a low environmental impact in keeping with the overall underlying environmental
message behind the festival. More...
9 April 2008, Unique Scholarship Opportunity For Keen
Gardeners
As part of their 25th birthday celebrations in the academic year 2008/9, the renowned
English Gardening School will make available one free place on each of the School’s
One Year Diploma Courses in either Practical Horticulture or Plants and Plantsmanship.
Courses take place at the Chelsea Physic Garden in central London, with practical
working sessions at well known gardens such as Glyndebourne.
More...
2 April 2008, New Gallery of Botanical Art
Opens at Kew Gardens 19th April 2008
The Shirley Sherwood Gallery of Botanical Art at Kew Gardens, opening on 19 April
2008, is the first gallery in the world dedicated to botanical art and will be open
to the public all year round. The gallery, designed by award-winning architects
Walters and Cohen, will exhibit precious works of art from the collections of the
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and Dr Shirley Sherwood, many of which have never been
on public display before. More...
28 February 2008, It's hip to be square: Topiary's back
at the 2008 RHS Chelsea Flower Show
The RHS Chelsea Flower Show is the place to spot new gardening trends, and this
year is shaping up to be top for topiary, as formal, clipped design returns to the
show. The 2008 RHS Chelsea Flower Show, sponsored by Marshalls Landscapes Plc, takes
place on 20-24 May. More...
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