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The Royal Horticultural Society‘s (RHS) Chelsea Flower Show 2010 comes to an end tomorrow (Saturday May 29th).Horticulture Week noted how, despite a difficult build-up to the event, a number of records were broken by exhibitors.One of the firms to achieve … [ Read More ]
So, you’ve seen the show gardens and taken in the Grand Pavilion. Now what? Fancy building a Corten steel structure? Planning on filling the back garden with tree ferns? Or do you fancy inviting the cow parsley in? Unlike designers … [ Read More ]
Brits are set to spend time working in their gardens and greenhouses over the bank holiday weekend and throughout the summer, a new survey has revealed.According to Horticulture Week, the poll of 3,000 people was carried out by vouchercodes.co.uk and … [ Read More ]
Is it because you can’t buy plants at the Chelsea Flower Show that the urge to shop is so irresistible to most people? Seasoned colleagues tell me they deplore the commercialism of it all, while I keep my guilty secret … [ Read More ]
Garden and greenhouse enthusiasts attending this week‘s Chelsea Flower Show may wish to check out some of the award winning gardens during their visit.The Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) organises the event and hands out gongs to the best displays each … [ Read More ]
They say that behind every successful man there is a woman. And behind every successful Chelsea Show Garden there is a shed. Some contain exotic items like rose-water and lime leaves, others are cluttered with boxes of disposable plastic shoe … [ Read More ]
Today I’ve been turning my attention to plants at the Chelsea Flower Show: first of all there are new plants, and then, there are plants that are new to me! But with only 60ft to play with in London, I … [ Read More ]
Brits who regularly spend time tending the plants in their garden and greenhouse could be looking after their own health, it has been suggested.According to a leading psychologist, indulging in a spot of horticulture is beneficial for one‘s wellbeing.Manchester University … [ Read More ]
Insect-pollinated plants could allow hay fever sufferers to be able to spend more time in their gardens.A design by Olivia Kirk of KKE Architects has focused on the use of foliage plants and flowers, including irises and peonies, to ensure … [ Read More ]
They came, they saw, they splashed around in the water (at the Trailfinders Australian Garden), they recited punk poetry (John Cooper Clarke in the Foreign and Colonial Investments Garden), they served up celebrity pizzas (Jamie Oliver in the Children’s Society … [ Read More ]
