Five great foliage plants to grow to your garden, including hostas, heuchera, begonias, ferns and ivy.
Flower shows
Our pick of Hampton Court Gardens 2022
This year’s RHS Hampton Court Flower Show is awash with fabulous flowers, perfect plants and simply glorious gardens, here are five favourites
My Flower Power Story – The professionals
If you are wondering what to feed your plants with this season, take the lead from the growers that grow and show for the flower shows.
Five great alliums
Add drama and colour to your early summer garden with ornamental alliums.
Ideas and Inspiration from Hampton Court Flower Show
Step back to look at your garden from a different angle. Change a few things to make more of your garden with these simple garden ideas.
Past Highlights of Chelsea Flower Show
RHS Chelsea Flower Show is not the centre of the universe, but usually for one week a year it becomes the pinnacle of all that is great in gardening and horticulture. This year the show is online, but here’s a taster of some of the highs from previous RHS Chelsea Flower Shows
What do gardens mean to you?
Tamsin Westhorpe discovers why so many of us enjoy being in a garden.
Five new roses for 2019
A garden is not complete without a rose or two. Jean Vernon finds five new roses at RHS Hampton Court Garden Festival
Ideas to take home from RHS Chelsea 2019
There are so many inspirational gems at this year’s RHS Chelsea Flower Show, many are unachievable in most gardens, but here are five ideas from this year’s show to take home for your plot
Five new plants at RHS Chelsea 2019
Richard Jackson picks his favourites from this year’s RHS Chelsea Plant of the Year
Five New Products at Chelsea Flower Show 2019
One of the lesser appreciated aspects of the RHS Chelsea Flower Show, are the garden products and accessories launched at the show. Fortunately there’s a special award for The RHS Chelsea Garden Product of the Year and this year there’s a shortlist of twelve interesting products. Launched in 2011, the competition sees entries judged on […]
Five Smaller Show Gardens at RHS Chelsea 2019
Here is a sneak preview of some of the smaller gardens at this year’s RHS Chelsea Flower Show. Jean Vernon picks five that provide a wealth of inspiration and food for thought
Five RHS Chelsea 2019 Show Gardens
Here’s a sneak preview of some of the amazing Show Gardens at this year’s RHS Chelsea Flower Show. It’s a tall order, but Jean Vernon picks her five favourites
Five reasons to visit Chelsea Flower Show
There a dozens of reasons to go to RHS Chelsea Flower Show, here are just five; plus Jean’s top tips to make the most of your day.
Five new plants at RHS Chelsea 2018
For the nurseries and plant specialists RHS Chelsea is a launch pad for new varieties and plants new to cultivation. Twenty of these plants have been shortlisted for the RHS Chelsea Plant of the Year and one will be picked as overall winner by the judges. This year there is a wonderful variety of fresh […]
Five Shopping Indulgences at RHS Chelsea 2018
If you love shopping and have a stash of cash to spend and you love gardens and gardening, then head on out to RHS Chelsea 2018 where you can create your own trolley-dash around the showground. Exhibitors are cherry picked from within the garden industry to display their wares at the show and if you’ve […]
Five ideas to take home from RHS Chelsea 2018
Ideas are great, especially when you can adapt them to fit your budget, situation and dreams. At this year’s RHS Chelsea Flower Show there are ideas aplenty wherever you look. Here are five you could take home and recreate in your own way in your garden. Shading We don’t often have a long hot summer […]
Five Chelsea 2018 Show Gardens
As the dawn lifts on this year’s RHS Chelsea Flower Show, Main Avenue is liberally seasoned with glorious show gardens to inspire and enthrall the crowds. Once again the garden designers have worked their magic with the plant nurseries and growers and landscapers to create gardens fit for the greatest show on earth. The sun […]
Five things to see at RHS Malvern Spring Festival 2018
If you are planning to visit the RHS Malvern Spring Festival 2018 then go. It’s a great spring show with lots of fabulous plants, gardens and events to educate, inspire and entertain. Nestled in the Malvern Hills, the Three Counties Showground has a magical, green backdrop of rolling hills. With a blue sky and a […]
Five things not to miss at Hampton Court 2017
The showground at Hampton Court Flower Show is packed with fascinating exhibits, gardens, trade stands and much more. Here are 5 things not to miss
Five Powerful Messages from Hampton Court
Show gardens are designed to dazzle, inspire or provoke thought, and this year, at Hampton Court 2017 there is plenty of thought-provoking content
Show Gardens at RHS Chatsworth
Visitors to RHS Chatsworth Flower Show are in for a treat says Jean Vernon
This June the very first RHS Chatsworth Flower Show opened it’s gates to visitors. The weather was not very kind, with high winds and torrential rain closing the show on Press Day and creating parking issues for those that braved the elements. For show stalwarts who refused to be repelled, the show offered plenty of fresh and innovative gardens, exhibits and displays. The show gardens were a delight, with a range of Free Form creations, that ducked under the judging radar and some show gardens that would have been just as at home on main avenue at RHS Chelsea.
Highlights of Chatsworth Flower Show
Jean Vernon picks her favourite features of the new RHS Chatsworth Flower Show.
A Show to remember
Volunteering, shopping and renewing friendships were all part of Geoff Stonebanks’ Hampton Court Palace Flower Show experience in 2016.
Five Great Show Gardens at Hampton Court
Jean Vernon picks five fabulous show gardens at RHS Hampton Court Palace Flower Show 2016.
Ideas to take home from Hampton Court
Jean Vernon finds some clever ideas and inspirations for you to recreate in your own garden from RHS Hampton Court Palace Flower Show.
Five Small Gardens from Hampton Court
Jean Vernon picks her five favourite small gardens from this year’s RHS Hampton Court Flower Show.
Five fabulous fuchsias
Five fabulous fuchsias to grow at home. Here are the pick of the fuchsias from Hampton Court Palace Flower Show 2016.
A day out at Chelsea Flower Show
Geoff Stonebanks has a day out at the 2016 Chelsea Flower Show. Here are his highlights.
Clematis raised on Flower Power wins at Chelsea
A clematis fed on Richard Jackson’s Flower Power has won Chelsea Plant of the Year 2016. Clematis koreana ‘Amber’ is from Taylors Clematis.
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