Flowers
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Good enough to eat!
As the Chelsea Flower Show gets under way, we reveal one of the top trends from members of the Society of Garden Designers – edible gardens. Evident in gardens large and small this year is a trend for incorporating edibles…
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Creating a force for good
Horticulture college and military veterans join forces to create an award-winning Chelsea Flower Show exhibit. Sparsholt College continues its RHS Chelsea Flower Show medal-winning run with news of a Gold medal and Best Discovery Exhibit at this year’s show. The…
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Chelsea Plant of the Year contenders
Burncoose Nurseries enters two plants for Plant of the Year at RHS Chelsea Flower Show RHS Chelsea Flower Show regular, Burncoose Nurseries, which is once again supported by Terra Firma, has two plants in the running for Plant of the…
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RESTORING PEACE OF MIND AT HAMPTON COURT
Garden designer, Alexandra Noble has been commissioned by the RHS to create a Health & Wellbeing garden at Hampton Court Palace Flower Show Alexandra is one of four designers in the brand new Lifestyle Gardens category which seeks to create…
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Pucker Up For Salvia ‘Pink Lips’
Growing The British Way In 2018 Hawkesmill Nurseries, the family run business based in Warwickshire, grow an abundance of over 3.5 million plants throughout the year. The team are proud to announce that they have a brand new Salvia which…
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Everything’s coming up roses…
With St Valentine’s Day on the horizon, why not check out the best of British blooms with New Covent Garden Market? British Flowers Week 2018 dates have just been announced, so it’s time to get out your diary to celebrate…
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Explosion of Colour at Arundel Castle
Arundel Castle in West Sussex is alive with colour, as thousands of exotically coloured flowers have come into bloom… Lily African Queen at Arundel Castle Gardens. PHOTOS SUPPLIED Arundel Castle in West Sussex is alive with colour, as thousands of…
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New Fothergill’s workers get buzzy
Mr Fothergill’s is encouraging gardeners to help bees by growing a wide range of flowers that bloom at different times through the season. A colony of honey bees is settling into its new home on the Mr Fothergill’s trial ground,…
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A new home and era for the UK’s biggest and only dedicated flower market
Historic move for New Covent Garden’s Flower Market after 43 years On Monday 3rd April, the Flower Market at New Covent Garden Market – the UK’s biggest, specialist flower and plant hall – is headed for a new home. Remaining…
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New stunning Zinnia ‘Lilliput Purple’
Zinnia ‘Lilliput Purple’ has abundant, small and perfectly formed pompom flowers on strong, medium height, perfect-for-cutting stems. Thrive is celebrating a new partnership with Chiltern Seeds which is selling a stunning new Zinnia ‘Lilliput Purple’ in aid of the charity,…
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‘Spring is on the way; you can smell it’, say National Trust Gardeners
12th annual Valentine’s Flower Count National Trust garden teams in the south west [1] have conducted their annual flower count for Valentine’s Day and although spring seems to be on the way, just as we would expect, what is noticeable…
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Podcast 6: The September issue
The Kitchen Garden Magazine Podcast is here, packed full of hints, tips and advice from the team. The editorial team – Steve Ott, Tony Flanagan and Emma Rawlings take a break from the plot to discuss the September issue, in…
