5 Instagram Photos That Stopped Me In My Scroll

Hello! Each Wednesday I share some of the photos that stopped me in my scroll while I was perusing Instagram the previous week. Here are this week’s picks! 1. @MissMustardSeed: I love the look of all those pretty pots! Marian said whenever she posts about her pot rack on her blog, there are always comments from...

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Online garden sales slow as in-store returns accelerate

With no repeat of last year's Beast from the East snowstorms and a later Easter pushing back holiday spend, the online retail industry recorded growth of just +5% Year-on-Year (YoY) in March against a tough comparison in 2018 according to the latest IMRG Capgemini eRetail Sales Index.

Florist moves into Squire's garden centre

A florist has moved into Squire's Badshot Lea, while a shed firm is now trading at Buckingham Garden Centre.

Hillier Trees support renovation of Holly Bush Farm Estate

Hillier Trees has recently completed a project to supply a number of semi-mature trees and mature hedging plants to Holly Bush Farm in Staffordshire.   “Midland Contractors, were responsible for all hard and soft landscaping. All of which was designed to be of the absolute highest standard across the large estate,” comments Jamie Gormley, Account …

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Have you got what it takes to design the Hammersmith High Line?

A disused viaduct which once carried railway tracks could become an elevated park in Hammersmith.   A public competition is being staged to generate ideas for the Hammersmith Highline – a section of viaduct roughly 200m long. It’s a tenth the length of New York City’s popular High Line, a one-and-a-half-mile linear park created on …

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Show garden at Malvern Spring Festival to highlight diabetes

Work has begun on the first ever show garden to highlight diabetes at the Malvern Spring Festival.   Transformation of part of a field into a show garden has begun at the Three Counties Showground, with 50 square metres of soil revealed.   The Habit of Living Garden is the first ever show garden in …

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Garden centre March sales up 36%

RHS’ garden fund to help grow healthier communities

More communities than ever before are using gardening to promote good health and wellbeing, according to the RHS’ Greening Great Britain funding programme, supported by M&G Investments.   Two thirds (66%) of the 56 projects that will receive £500 funding and practical support this summer have made health and wellbeing their top priority. These will …

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Round Foyer Tables

Happy Tuesday! I’m on the hunt for a 30-something inch round table this month. I’m not going to use it in a foyer, but I do need something smaller than the average round dining table. I’ve been looking at local flea markets and antique malls, but I’ve also been scouring the web. Here are my...

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Easter sales double 2018 in garden centres

BBC Gardeners World to cover plastic alternatives

On 26 April, BBC 2 programme Gardeners World will report on plastic plant pot alternatives.

Waltham Forest council secures funding for four new pocket parks

Waltham Forest council has secured over £70,000 of Pocket Parks Plus funding from the Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG). This is to create new pocket parks at locations across the borough.   The grant, totalling £70,500, will fund four new pocket parks. The proposals for these parks were drawn up by local …

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Garden centres see Easter sales rush

Hot temperatures over Easter have helped garden centres this year.

Highlights at Harrogate Spring Flower Show 2019

The 2019 Harrogate Spring Flower Show (25 – 28 April 2019) will be showcasing the potential for petal power to transform Britain’s grey streets.   This year’s theme for the show is #kerbcouture. Featuring virtuoso ideas for vertical gardens, mini urban oases and a street scene of cutting-edge design ideas for bloom-bombed pubs, shops and …

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Jonathan Bourne talks perfect substrates for green roofs

Jonathan Bourne, director of Bourne Amenity, tell us why crushed brick is the right choice for green roofs There are various methods of meeting the German FLL specifications for extensive green roof substrates as highlighted in the amended 2008 FLL guidelines. If we take a standard extensive green roof, which will predominantly consist of low …

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Dobbies "in a good place" says chief executive Graeme Jenkins

Dobbies chief executive officer Graeme Jenkins has spoken about the acquistion of 31 Wyevale Garden Centres.

The RHS has called for people to put down their phones and pick up a spade

As part of its Greening Great Britain Campaign, the RHS is calling for the nation to drop their devices and pick up a spade this Easter.   A new Ipsos MORI study has shown that of those surveyed (31%) will spend 9 hours or more on smartphones outside of work and school. Compared to gardening …

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