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RHS’s Top 10 beneficial garden species

26th April 2023 Alex Bestwick News

The Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) has complied a list of the top ten beneficial garden species. iStock The list, which compiles the top ten most-asked-about species for biodiversity, is designed to celebrate the wildlife of our gardens and highlight the benefits of encouraging more species into our outdoor spaces. The list was built from enquiries to the RHS Gardening Advice…

Gardening inspiration to beat the heat this summer at RHS Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival

12th April 2023 Alex Bestwick News

Gardens packed with innovative ideas to reduce water use will take centre stage at RHS Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival this July as the UK expects another summer of heatwaves. Featuring drought tolerant planting schemes and landscaping techniques for managing water use, designs at the festival this year will demonstrate how gardeners can adapt their planting and landscaping practices to…

Children’s Picnic at Chelsea Flower Show aims to connect children with nature

21st October 2022 Alex Bestwick News

The Royal Horticulturist Society (RHS) have announced plans for the first Children’s Picnic to take place at the Chelsea Flower Show in 2023. iStock The picnic is one of the first initiatives of the new director general, Clare Matterson CBE, who hopes that the event will encourage more children to take an interest in gardening: “I want this to be…

Vegebag announced as RHS Chelsea Garden Product of the Year

19th May 2020 Steve Ott News

First virtual show bags a stylish winner! The Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) announced the winner of the prestigious RHS Chelsea Garden Product of the Year 2020 as it launched its first ever virtual RHS Chelsea Flower Show, sponsored by M&G, on Monday (May 18). The title was awarded to the Vegebag by Vegepod UK, a garden growing tool allowing gardeners…

RHS herbarium to go online

23rd January 2019 Steve Ott News

A vast new online resource will soon be available to gardeners. The RHS has digitised its collection of dried plant specimens Pic: Herbarium toolkit. Credit: Picture: RHS/Joanna Kossak A vast new online resource will soon be available to gardeners. The RHS has digitised – and thereby futureproofed – its collection of dried plant specimens, the largest in the UK. More…

Popular deterrents slug it out – but to no avail

12th October 2018 Steve Ott News

Slimy pests still find ways to munch on our crops, the RHS discovers. Subs Club subscribers, read on… A study by the RHS has sadly found five popular remedies to be entirely ineffective in deterring slugs and snails. Copper tape, horticultural grit, pine bark mulch, wool pellets and eggshells were found to make no difference when applied around lettuces, with…

RHS to recruit garden water scientist

25th July 2018 Steve Ott News

Gardening charity to help recruit and train first dedicated garden water scientist With this summer set to become one of the hottest and driest to date, the RHS has announced that it is collaborating with Cranfield University to recruit and train the UK’s first garden water scientist. This pioneering role has been created in response to climactic changes that are…

Time to slug it out…

14th June 2018 Steve Ott News

Gardeners’ favourite slug deterrents are in focus in the first Subs Club offering for June, specially for subscribers to Kitchen Garden. Home slug remedies get scientific trial Egg shells, copper tape and other home remedies traditionally used by gardeners to deter slugs and snails are being put to the test by the RHS this summer, in the first scientific experiment…

Ready, steady… grow!

14th June 2018 Steve Ott News

RHS Hampton Court Palace Flower Show to showcase home-grown produce with The Raymond Blanc Gardening School The world’s largest annual flower show, RHS Hampton Court Palace Flower Show supported by Viking Cruises, will boast a festival of food and flowers from July 2-8 with gardens to highlight simple and easy ways to grow fresh food at home. The RHS is…

Stepping up the fight for our natural world

30th May 2018 Steve Ott News

Our latest Subs Club article, for KG subscribers only, highlights several ways in which people can stand up for treasured wild species. Plants for pollinators: perfection not promised The RHS has announced that it is changing the name of its ‘Perfect for Pollinators’ logo scheme to ‘Plants for Pollinators’ (pictured above). The logo was launched in 2011, so that retailers…

Chelsea Plant of the Year contenders

18th May 2018 Steve Ott News

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 Year at this year’s RHS Chelsea Flower Show. The first plant, which is bred by Jos van Meuwen and Arjan…

The Royal Horticultural Society (RHS)

28th March 2018 Steve Ott Advertising Features, Reviews

“Inspiring everyone to grow” If you’re keen to turn your passion for propagation into a professional qualification, the RHS has just the thing, and it’s already helping transform the lives of people looking to take that first step… or make that dreamed-about career change. The theory based qualifications are at levels 2 and 3, with practical qualifications at levels 1,…

What’s in a name?

27th March 2018 Steve Ott News

This man is one of numerous RHS staff whose name is linked to nature or horticulture! Find out more in Subs Club, for KG subscribers only… Born to the job! Matthew Pottage, Wisley curator. Picture: RHS/Richard Dawson The RHS has discovered that nearly one in eight of its 900 staff has a name that can be linked to gardening. Around…

Teen art sensation to have a brush with RHS Chelsea Flower Show

20th March 2018 Steve Ott News

‘Mini Monet’ Kieron is commissioned for limited-edition show paintings Fifteen-year-old art prodigy Kieron Williamson from Norfolk is one of the world’s most sought-after professional young artists with a global waiting list of art enthusiasts who eagerly look forward to his next masterpiece. Kieron’s first painting sold for a phenomenal £14,000 when he was just six years old; he has featured…