Help the RSPB track our feathered friends

Help the RSPB track our feathered friends

Read more on this topic and other garden news updates, just for Kitchen Garden subscribers Countdown to Birdwatch This year’s RSPB Big Garden Birdwatch takes place over the weekend of January 27 to 29. More than 497,000 people took part in last year’s Birdwatch, so sights are set on breaking the half-million mark. The Birdwatch is now a three-day event,…
A royal visit to Bug-ingham Palace

A royal visit to Bug-ingham Palace

With the Royal Family in the news, our exclusive subscribers-only first foray into the December Subs Club sees a duchess build bug hotels! RHS School Gardening celebrates 10 years The Duchess of Cambridge helps wildlife to thrive. Pictures: RHS/Luke MacGregor The Duchess of Cambridge has visited Robin Hood Primary School in Kingston Vale, London to celebrate the tenth anniversary of…
Beat the winter blues with the RHS

Beat the winter blues with the RHS

The short days of December 2017 and January and February 2018 can still hold cheer and inspiration thanks to the Royal Horticultural Society Wrap up, stride out and beat the winter blues at the four Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) Gardens this season, with awe-inspiring illuminations, thought-provoking art and festive family fun complementing inspirational displays of winter horticulture. Between the last…
Burpee's delight in double RHS gold

Burpee’s delight in double RHS gold

The East Yorkshire based European division of American seed company W. Atlee Burpee & Co., is celebrating after winning two gold medals  Burpee partnered with award-winning nurserymen, Chris Smith and Mike Milligan from Pennard Plants in Somerset and provided tomato, cucumber and pepper plants for the medal winning exhibits. The gold medal Chelsea exhibit featured a green roofed hobbit hut,…
Belmond Enchanted Gardens wins Gold at new RHS Chatsworth Flower Show

Belmond Enchanted Gardens wins Gold at new RHS Chatsworth Flower Show

Belmond Enchanted Gardens wins gold at at RHS Chatsworth Flower Show, Derbyshire. Designed by Butter Wakefield, Belmond’s garden is a thoughtful combination of playfulness and practical planting, showcasing the international world of Belmond’s gardens, from the legendary Belmond Hotel Cipriani’s Casanova Gardens where the roguish seducer is reputed to have held secret assignations with his lovers, to the historical gardens…
Chewton Glen’s Luke Matthews joins Sparsholt College’s 2017 RHS Chelsea Flower Show team

Chewton Glen’s Luke Matthews joins Sparsholt College’s 2017 RHS Chelsea Flower Show team

Sparsholt College has teamed up with Luke Matthews, award-winning Executive Head Chef from Chewton Glen Sparsholt College has teamed up with Luke Matthews, award-winning Executive Head Chef from Chewton Glen described by Condé Nast as ‘one of the world’s best hotels’, as part of their entry for this year’s RHS Chelsea Flower Show, Mighty Greens. Luke has been busy reinventing…
RHS welcomes visitor no. 2,000,000

RHS welcomes visitor no. 2,000,000

The four RHS Gardens have clocked up a combined total of over 2,000,000 garden visits in the past year. The RHS counts its annual visitor numbers from February 1 through to January 31, and number 2,000,000 – Jenny Paxman from Guildford, who was visiting with her children James and Anna – walked through the gates of RHS Garden Wisley at…
RHS seeks top school gardeners

RHS seeks top school gardeners

Royal Horticultural Society is calling on Britain’s schools to enter the search to find the best of the next generation of horticulturists. With awards in three categories, the annual RHS School Gardeners of the Year celebrates green-fingered pupils, passionate school gardening teams and the teachers and parent volunteers who encourage them. Nominations are open until April 28. Shortlisted gardeners will…
RHS Photo Competition back for 2017

RHS Photo Competition back for 2017

After a two-year absence, the RHS Photographic Competition has been relaunched for 2017.  Open to both amateur and professional photographers, it attracts entries from all over the world. For the first time, entry is free, with the aim of encouraging even more people to take part. Entries can be submitted in nine categories until February 28 2017. The categories are:…
Astronaut Sends Message of Support to Pupils

Astronaut Sends Message of Support to Pupils

British ESA astronaut Tim Peake will send a special message from space to the hundreds of thousands of children British ESA astronaut Tim Peake will send a special message from space to the hundreds of thousands of children who will be beginning the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) Campaign for School Gardening and UK Space Agency experiment, Rocket Science, on the…
Sparsholt College launches garden for RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2016

Sparsholt College launches garden for RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2016

Sparsholt College has partnered with Plant Heritage to tell the story of The People’s Plants for the RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2016 The garden will highlight the important work of the charity Plant Heritage, including their Plant Guardian Scheme, National Plant Collection® scheme and Threatened Plants Project and how people across the UK can become actively involved in conservation of…