Beautiful Borders and new Edible Borders in the BBC Gardening Competition BBC Gardeners’ World Live, sponsored by Lexus, is a hotbed for emerging talent in garden design, and Show organisers are on the search for this year’s hottest to take part in the Beautiful Border and all-new Edible Borders. At just a few square meters, […]
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RHS Britain in Bloom to Honour Flood Hit Communities with New Award
The Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) Britain in Bloom campaign will for the first time formally recognise the efforts of communities that have been flooded, with the creation of a new discretionary award for overcoming adversity. The announcement of this new award comes on the same day the RHS revealed the 72 RHS Britain in Bloom […]
Bounty Hunters hit Wakehurst for a Botanical Adventure!
Wakehurst Place, home to the largest seed bank in the world, have announced the line-up of their exciting NEW ‘Bountiful Botanics’ Festival in September. Plant hunter Tom Hart Dyke, Garden Doctor Steve Bradley and John Guest – otherwise known as ‘The English Apple Man’ are amongst a panel of eclectic and world-renowned guest speakers who […]
Minecraft Made Reality: Kids Re-enact Gaming Concepts in Real Life
Swedish property company AMF Fastigheter has partnered with Microsoft to launch the construction for its 130,000sqm Urban Escape Stockholm regeneration, through a unique gaming collaboration with Minecraft and a group of schoolchildren. Challenging convention, it was the ten-year-olds who had the honour of marking the ground breaking ceremony, when they used virtual TNT to ‘flatten’ […]
Gardening Helps Improve Young Offenders’ Health and Wellbeing
Female young offenders at Styal Prison have created a Show Garden at the 2015 Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) Flower Show Tatton Park (22 – 26 July). As a result of gardening, they report to be eating and sleeping better and have an improved sense of wellbeing. This is the fourth consecutive year that staff and female […]
Inspiriation for Budding Gardeners at the Royal Horticultural Society Flower Show
Step into a land of myth and folklore this year at the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) Flower Show, Tatton Park (22 – 26 July) as the popular School Gardens – in association with the Winsford Education Partnership – draw inspiration from British life, culture, and heritage. A stunning display of mini Show Gardens, created by […]
Wellchild at the Chelsea Flower Show
Chelsea charity garden highlights importance of living sensory spaces for seriously ill children and young people This year’s Chelsea Flower Show will host an inspiring garden created to highlight the work of WellChild, a national children’s charity, and the important role gardens and outside spaces play in support to seriously ill children and young people. […]
BBC Radio 4’s Gardeners’ Question Time Summer Garden Party arrives in Wales for the first time
BBC Radio 4’s Gardeners’ Question Time (GQT) will celebrate the blooms of summer by hosting its annual Summer Garden Party on Sunday 29th June 2014 in the impressive grounds of the National Botanic Garden of Wales for the first time. Radio 4 listeners will be able to hear two special editions of the programme recorded at […]