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By way of consumer research, I asked a hard-drinking friend of mine if he knew of any pubs in his area with good flowers. "Flowers?" he said incredulously. "Flowers?" he repeated, his voice rising with disdain. "I don't go to pubs for bloody flowers".Continue reading...

Imagine a world renowned botanic garden displaying an art installation inspired by a famous sculptor and created by more than a thousand young people. This incredible vision has become a reality at Wakehurst Place, Kew through an innovative project: the ‘School Fields for Mid-Sussex’.Continue...

Imagine a world renowned botanic garden displaying an art installation inspired by a famous sculptor and created by more than a thousand young people. This incredible vision has become a reality at Wakehurst Place, Kew through an innovative project: the ‘School Fields for Mid-Sussex’.Continue...

Science, magic, history and space are all part of the family fun on offer at Tatton 2013Continue reading...

'Pelargonium' is a bad name, isn't it? Heavy and clunky, it sounds immediately like the ugliest plant in the world. Actually it signifies, in a more correct botanical sense, those cheery geraniums old ladies grow in macramé pot-holders in their porches. (Actually not just old ladies. If I had...

I've just come back in from fighting hogweed in Foxpatch. The battle has been going on since we arrived here and first started to let the grass grow long in this half-acre plot. Each summer for the past seven years, we've cut off the hogweed flower heads to prevent it seeding. Every week, from...

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Shopkeepers plan floral displays to welcome show visitors to KnutsfordContinue reading...

Have a go at willow weaving and being a weather presenter, then head to Jodrell Bank's interactive space exhibit at this year's showContinue reading...

Tom Galligan has been named as the Young School Gardener of the Year at RHS Hampton Court Palace Flower ShowContinue reading...

An eclectic mix of talks, Q&A sessions and cookery demonstrations promises to enhance your visit to this year's showContinue reading...

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We are pleased to announce great progress in our BGCI summer assessment of threatened species held in collections in NZ and Australia! With the help of BGANZ, we have been in touch with curators from gardens all over NZ and Australia and received 13 collections uploads in the last week...

See all the garden award-winners in the 2013 RHS awards.Continue reading...

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I don't have many free hours for gardening at this time of year because mostly I am occupied with gawping at Corsica and the Côte D'Azur on the Tour de France. Wowzers. I am sorely tempted to a Mediterranean holiday by all this giddying about on bicycles by the sea, though I'd happily forego...

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Last weekend saw the raising of a new Craft Shelter at the University of Oxford Harcourt Arboretum, UK. This beautiful cruck-framed structure located in their coppice woodland was built using timber from the arboretum and is the result of three workshops run at the arboretum.Continue reading...