http://www.gardendesignunlimited.co.uk Garden Design, Garden Designers and Best Practice in Garden Design. en-us With the new academic year on the horizon, why not sign up for a course that could take your career in a whole new direction? Garden Design School offers a one-year diploma course in garden design from its two study centres: Painshill Park in Cobham, Surrey, and the University of Bristol Botanic Garden. http://www.gardendesignunlimited.co.uk/a/Garden-Design-Diploma.aspx Thu, 29 Jul 2010 18:00:00 GMT This year’s Association of Professional Landscapers (APL) and Society of Garden Designers (SGD) autumn workshop will be held at Birmingham Botanical Gardens and Glasshouses on Thursday 23 September 2010. Planting ideas and making them last is the title of workshop which provides a great opportunity for APL and SGD members to get together to listen and share experiences. http://www.gardendesignunlimited.co.uk/a/APL-And-SGD-Autumn-Workshop.aspx Wed, 22 May 2010 18:30:00 GMT Olivia Stewart, from Oxford, was awarded a prestigious Silver Gilt Medal at the RHS Young Designer of the Year competition at RHS Show Tatton Park yesterday. The Show is organised by the Royal Horticultural Society in Cheshire and runs until 25 July. http://www.gardendesignunlimited.co.uk/a/Olivia-Stewart-from-Oxford-Wins-RHS-Silver-Gilt-Medal.aspx Wed, 22 Jul 2010 18:00:00 GMT The Most Important Step for those Considering a Second Career in Garden Design. Places are now Being Offered for a Unique 4 Day Taster Course 6 to 9 September. http://www.gardendesignunlimited.co.uk/a/Oxford-College-Of-Garden-Design-4-Day-Taster.aspx Thu, 15 Jul 2010 18:00:00 GMT The UK’s largest collection of David Austin roses has spectacularly burst into bloom at The Alnwick Garden, creating a stunning display of summer colour and fragrance. http://www.gardendesignunlimited.co.uk/a/Roses-Boom-In-The-Alnwick-Garden.aspx Wed, 14 Jul 2010 18:00:00 GMT RHS has announced the appointment of Sue Biggs as Director General. She will take up the post in August, succeeding Gordon Seabright, who has been acting Director General since September 2009. http://www.gardendesignunlimited.co.uk/a/RHS-Appoints-Sue-Biggs-As-Director-General.aspx Sun, 11 Jul 2010 12:00:00 GMT The UK’s biggest gardening show is back in full bloom this summer in the dramatic and historically rich grounds of Hampton Court Palace, with an array of gardens to capture the imagination of visitors. http://www.gardendesignunlimited.co.uk/a/From-Bees-to-Thailand.aspx Sun, 04 Jul 2010 18:00:00 GMT The Royal Horticultural Society announces the appointment of Jim Gardiner as Director of Horticulture. http://www.gardendesignunlimited.co.uk/a/Jim-Gardiner.aspx Sun, 06 Jun 2010 08:00:00 GMT Olivia Stewart, from Oxford, has just been announced as one of three finalists in the prestigious RHS Young Designer of the Year competition. Olivia, who is a graduate of the Oxford College of Garden Design, will be designing a show garden at RHS Show Tatton Park, to be held on 21-25 June. http://www.gardendesignunlimited.co.uk/a/Olivia-Stewart.aspx Thu, 03 Jun 2010 18:00:00 GMT "Exclusive Access” More than 120 private gardens open their gates for London Open Squares Weekend. London Parks & Gardens Trust is offering the opportunity to visit more than 120 private gardens & squares as part of Open Garden Squares Weekend, which will take place on June 12 & 13, 2010. http://www.gardendesignunlimited.co.uk/a/Transport-For-London-Open-Garden-Squares-Weekend.aspx Wed, 24 May 2010 18:00:00 GMT 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. http://www.gardendesignunlimited.co.uk/a/The-Great-Pavilion-At-The-2010-RHS-Chelsea-Flower-Show.aspx Fri, 30 Apr 2010 10:00:00 GMT The postgraduate level Diploma in Residential Garden Design offered by the Oxford College of Garden Design is widely regarded as one of the leading garden design courses in the world. Held at St Hugh's College Oxford, which is set in 14 acres of beautiful landscaped gardens, applications are currently being taken for the next 1 year fast-track course which starts on 30th September 2010. http://www.gardendesignunlimited.co.uk/a/Oxford-College-Of-Garden-Design.aspx Tue, 27 Apr 2010 07:00:00 GMT 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. http://www.gardendesignunlimited.co.uk/a/RHS-Tree-Of-Knowledge.aspx Wed, 24 Apr 2010 18:00:00 GMT The Horticultural Trades Association (HTA) is encouraged by the Government’s assurances that it will involve the gardening industry in ongoing discussions over a Code of Practice on Hosepipe Bans during this week’s concluding debates on the Flood and Water Management Bill. http://www.gardendesignunlimited.co.uk/a/Concerns-About-Hosepipe-Bans.aspx Wed, 24 Apr 2010 17:30:00 GMT 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. http://www.gardendesignunlimited.co.uk/a/Free-Garden-Design-Consultantations-At-The-Chelsea-Flower-Show.aspx Sat, 17 Apr 2010 18:00:00 GMT As part of its highly successful Grow Your Own campaign, the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) has launched its first ever iPhone application - designed to help novice gardeners and would-be growers develop their own fruit and veg patch in whatever space they have available. http://www.gardendesignunlimited.co.uk/a/RHS-Launches-Its-First-Ever-iPhone-App-Grow-Your-Own-For-The-Digital-Age.aspx Wed, 14 Apr 2010 19:00:00 GMT 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. http://www.gardendesignunlimited.co.uk/a/The-Second-Annual-Great-London-Garden-Trail-Comes-To-Town.aspx Wed, 14 Apr 2010 19:00:00 GMT 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. http://www.gardendesignunlimited.co.uk/a/RHS-Cardiff-Show-On-The-Lookout-For-Pests.aspx Wed, 14 Apr 2010 18:00:00 GMT Amongst the show gardens at this year’s RHS Show Cardiff in the parklands of Cardiff Castle April 16-18 (www.rhs.org.uk/cardiff) is a design that first appeared at last year’s RHS Chelsea Flower Show – attracting the attention of BAFTA award winning actor Bill Nighy and Gavin and Stacey star Alison Steadman. http://www.gardendesignunlimited.co.uk/a/Cardiff-Shows-RHS-It-Is-Capital-For-Shopping.aspx Tue, 30 Mar 2010 18:00:00 GMT 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. http://www.gardendesignunlimited.co.uk/a/Home-Grown-at-Hampton-Court.aspx Tue, 30 Mar 2010 18:00:00 GMT 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. http://www.gardendesignunlimited.co.uk/a/RHS-London-Greener-Gardening-Show.aspx Fri, 12 Mar 2010 18:00:00 GMT In response to a recent story regarding a number of cases of Legionella longbeachae linked to potting compost in Scotland the Growing Media Association has released the following statement: http://www.gardendesignunlimited.co.uk/a/Legionella-longbeachae.aspx Sun, 07 Mar 2010 18:00:00 GMT Alnwick Garden starts appeal to find Strychnine tree for notorious Poison Garden. National hunt for deadly plant draws blank. http://www.gardendesignunlimited.co.uk/a/Search-Launched-For-Elusive-Deadly-Plant.aspx Tue, 23 Feb 2010 18:00:00 GMT Gardens For Life Ltd has scooped the top award at the Association of Professional Landscapers (APL) Awards 2010 for the design and construction of a stunning natural garden with a bold and dramatic planting scheme. http://www.gardendesignunlimited.co.uk/a/Gardens-For-Life-Ltd-Winners.aspx Wed, 10 Feb 2010 18:20:00 GMT The world’s largest annual gardening show is renowned for providing a taste of the good life, with more “grow your own” inspiration than any other UK event and an abundance of green initiatives and topical features. In recent years it has gained a reputation for providing some of the world’s best conceptual gardens. http://www.gardendesignunlimited.co.uk/a/2010-Hampton-Court-Palace-Flower-Show.aspx Wed, 10 Feb May 2010 18:10:00 GMT Mark Gregory, the vice chairman of the Association of Professional Landscapers (APL), has been appointed to the HTA Board. http://www.gardendesignunlimited.co.uk/a/New-Appointment-To-HTA-Board.aspx Wed, 10 Feb 2010 18:00:00 GMT Eight years since his last show garden, one of UK gardeners’ favourite designers returns to London’s premier event. http://www.gardendesignunlimited.co.uk/a/Roger-Platts-To-Create-2010-Show-Garden-At-RHS-Chelsea.aspx Thu, 04 Feb May 2010 18:00:00 GMT 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. http://www.gardendesignunlimited.co.uk/a/Chelsea-Flower-Show-Great-Pavilion.aspx Wed, 03 Feb 2010 18:00:00 GMT The management and administration of the John Innes Manufacturers Association (JIMA) has moved to the Horticultural Trades Association (HTA). http://www.gardendesignunlimited.co.uk/a/John-Innes-Manufacturers-Association-Moves-Under-HTA-Umbrella.aspx Wed, 26 Jan 2010 20:00:00 GMT 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. http://www.gardendesignunlimited.co.uk/a/RHS-Chelsea-Show-Gardens-Highlights.aspx Wed, 25 Jan 2009 18:00:00 GMT 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. http://www.gardendesignunlimited.co.uk/a/Kews-Tropical-Extravaganza.aspx Wed, 07 Jan 2010 16:00:00 GMT http://www.gardendesignunlimited.co.uk/a/Create-A-Garden-At-BBC-Gardeners-World-Live-2010.aspx Wed, 07 Jan 2010 16:00:00 GMT Flower power; 2010 RHS Chelsea blooming with new headline sponsor, top designers and UK’s best nurseries. http://www.gardendesignunlimited.co.uk/a/M-and-G-to-sponsor-RHS-Chelsea-Flower-Show.aspx Sat, 05 Dec 2009 05:00:00 GMT 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. http://www.gardendesignunlimited.co.uk/a/RHS-Search-For-UK-Best-Young-Designer.aspx Sat, 21 Nov 2009 06:00:00 GMT The importance of Government working closely with the growing media manufacturers, growers and retailers was strongly emphasised in a meeting between HTA and Defra Minister Huw Irranca-Davies last week. http://www.gardendesignunlimited.co.uk/a/Future-Of-Peat-Reduction.aspx Wed, 11 Nov 2009 18:00:00 GMT Talented new Oxford College of Garden Design graduate, Sarah Naybour, has won the prestigious Student Designer Of The Year (2009) competition. http://www.gardendesignunlimited.co.uk/a/The-Next-Gertrude-Jekyll.aspx Wed, 28 Oct 2009 18:00:00 GMT HTA’s PlantforLife campaign highlights the next phase of Grow Your Own as research reveals over two thirds of UK gardeners admit they don’t grow their own fruit. http://www.gardendesignunlimited.co.uk/a/HTA-PlantForLife.aspx Sun, 18 Oct 2009 18:00:00 GMT 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. http://www.gardendesignunlimited.co.uk/a/Autumn-Colour-And-High-Adventure-At-Treehouse-Towers.aspx Sat, 26 Sep 2009 18:00:00 GMT 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 2010 will be well worth the time you spend there. http://www.gardendesignunlimited.co.uk/a/RHSShowsListings2010.aspx Fri, 28 Aug 2009 00:00:01 GMT With news that the UK climate is set to increase by between 2-6 degrees centigrade over the next 70 years the garden industry is calling for a Code of Practice for water usage in order that gardeners are not unfairly restricted during times of drought. http://www.gardendesignunlimited.co.uk/a/Code-Of-Practice-For-Water-Usage.aspx Sat, 27 Jun 2009 18:00:00 GMT http://www.gardendesignunlimited.co.uk/a/Inchbald-Online-Garden-Design-And-Drawing-Course.aspx Sun, 21 Jun 2009 08:00:00 GMT Some of the inspirational garden designs on show at the BBC Gardeners' World Live Show 2009 in Birmingham, UK http://www.gardendesignunlimited.co.uk/a/BBC-Gardeners-World-Live-2009-Garden-Photos.aspx Tue, 16 Jun 2009 18:00:00 GMT 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. http://www.gardendesignunlimited.co.uk/a/Ground-Breaking-Future-Gardens-Unveiled.aspx Sat, 6 Jun 2009 14:00:00 GMT Tickets are now available for Transport for London’s Open Garden Squares Weekend, which takes place over the weekend of June 13 and 14, 2009. http://www.gardendesignunlimited.co.uk/a/Open-Garden-Squares-Weekend.aspx Mon, 25 May 2009 10:30:00 GMT 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. http://www.gardendesignunlimited.co.uk/a/Chelsea-Flower-Show-2009-Show-Garden-Photos.aspx Wed, 20 May 2009 17:00:00 GMT 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. http://www.gardendesignunlimited.co.uk/a/Learn-About-The-Birds-And-The-Bees.aspx Wed, 13 May 2009 18:00:00 GMT 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. http://www.gardendesignunlimited.co.uk/a/Reuse-Recycle-Reclaim.aspx Sun, 10 May 2009 16:00:00 GMT 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. http://www.gardendesignunlimited.co.uk/a/David-Bellamy-Counts-Down-To-Opening-Of-Future-Gardens.aspx Sat, 9 May 2009 00:00:01 GMT 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. http://www.gardendesignunlimited.co.uk/a/London-Garden-Trail-Comes-to-Town.aspx Sat, 18 Apr 2009 00:00:01 GMT 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. http://www.gardendesignunlimited.co.uk/a/Quilted-Velvet-Garden.aspx Fri, 10 Apr 2009 00:00:01 GMT 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. http://www.gardendesignunlimited.co.uk/a/Hampton-Court-Palace-Flower-Show-2009.aspx Fri, 10 Apr 2009 00:00:01 GMT 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. http://www.gardendesignunlimited.co.uk/a/Garden-Show-At-Holdenby.aspx Thu, 2 Apr 2009 00:00:01 GMT 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. http://www.gardendesignunlimited.co.uk/a/The-RHS-London-Greener-Gardening-Show.aspx Thu, 12 Mar 2009 00:00:01 GMT 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. http://www.gardendesignunlimited.co.uk/a/Future-Gardens-Unveils-12-Innovative-Designs.aspx Wed, 25 Feb 2009 00:00:01 GMT 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. http://www.gardendesignunlimited.co.uk/a/David-Austin-Garden-Design-Days.aspx Fri, 20 Feb 2009 00:00:01 GMT 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. http://www.gardendesignunlimited.co.uk/a/Henry-VIII-Tudor-Court-RHS-Hampton-Court-Flower-2009.aspx Thu, 19 Feb 2009 00:00:01 GMT http://www.gardendesignunlimited.co.uk/a/Help-For-Heroes-Chelsea-2009.aspx Sun, 15 Feb 2009 00:00:01 GMT 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. http://www.gardendesignunlimited.co.uk/a/Fit-To-Bloom-Chelsea-2009.aspx Fri, 13 Feb 2009 00:00:01 GMT 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. http://www.gardendesignunlimited.co.uk/a/Art-And-Gardening-Chelsea-2009.aspx Thu, 12 Feb 2009 00:00:01 GMT 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. http://www.gardendesignunlimited.co.uk/a/Kew-Appoints-Landscape-Architect.aspx Thu, 29 Jan 2009 00:00:01 GMT 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. http://www.gardendesignunlimited.co.uk/a/GreeningTheUK.aspx Sun, 30 Nov 2008 00:00:01 GMT 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. http://www.gardendesignunlimited.co.uk/a/RHSUrban.aspx Sat, 29 Nov 2008 00:00:01 GMT 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. http://www.gardendesignunlimited.co.uk/a/RHSTickets.aspx Sat, 29 Nov 2008 00:00:01 GMT 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. http://www.gardendesignunlimited.co.uk/a/RHSShowsListings2009.aspx Sat, 18 Oct 2008 00:00:01 GMT