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RHS responds to the increased threat from pests and diseases by creating the new post of Principal Scientist - Plant Health.Continue reading...

Gardeners plan to 'colour the county yellow' to celebrate the Tour de France's Yorkshire start in 2014.Continue reading...

The RHS welcomes a new scheme to get all London schools growing food by 2016Continue reading...

Nearly 300 people from over 40 countries have now registered for the Congress and the scientific programme has been finalised. All the latest news and information about the congress is provided here.Continue reading...

The McDonald's Drive-Thru Garden: how does that sound? I've been doing some automobile-based garden visiting. Not quite visiting, I suppose, if you don't actually get out of the car. But a McDonald's Drive-Thru is, I think, pretty much predicated upon the idea of you not getting out of the car....

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You only need a space 28cm square to set up a dream of spring. That's the size of my favourite container, an old seed tray made of clay, the kind my great-uncle used before they invented plastic. When he died, I liberated it from his shed along with his rake and hoe. I use them still. The...

The Certificate in Practical Horticulture has been running since 2006 and is constantly in demand. Learn how to deliver this course and run the CPH at your garden.Continue reading...

The Lombardy Region Botanic Gardens Network is celebrating its 10th birthday with a conference: “Let’s build the future of Botanic Gardens together”.Continue reading...

The European Association of Zoos and Aquariums (EAZA) have published a plant conservation strategy for 2013-2016. The Strategy has 6 objectives and 5 targets to be achieved by 2016.Continue reading...

Ten years ago William Cinea started Haiti's first botanic garden on rented land. Now the owners of the land are planning to sell him the space, which is planted with hundreds of species of ornamental, medicinal and forest plants.Continue reading...

Brooklyn Botanic Garden has been awarded a three-year, $150,000 grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) in support of its living collection management program.Continue reading...

On Wednesday 4 September, Queen Máxima opened the renovated tropical greenhouse complex of the Hortus botanicus Leiden, an event that attracted wide public interest. Thanks to this renovation, the greenhouses are even better equipped for scientific research.Continue reading...

Can you reinvent the English garden? That's the question posed in a new book by Tim Richardson, The New English Garden (£40, Frances Lincoln). A distinguished landscape and gardens critic, Richardson is the author of many books, and a tireless yet utterly non-boring campaigner for unpaid...

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If I'd been parachuted, blindfolded, into the grounds of the Manoir d'Eyrignac (an unlikely scenario, I know), I'd be in no doubt that I was in a French garden, rather than an English one. Why is that? There's plenty going on at Eyrignac that you'll find in our grand gardens, too: excellent...

BGCI's U.S. office is undergoing three exciting changes we would like to share with you.Continue reading...

Call for Applications - 2014 Conservation Leadership Programme Awards. Deadline 11 November 2014Continue reading...

The International Council of Museums (ICOM) New Zealand and BGCI are organising a joint event on 25-26 October as part of ICOM New Zealand's inaugural annual conferenceContinue reading...