Horticulture Week has enlisted two leading designers to share what it takes to get a show garden from concept to reality in the frenzied run-up to the 2008 Hampton Court Palace Flower Show.
Follow Philippa Pearson, designer of the Homebase ‘Room with a View’ Garden, as she wrestles with finding the perfect substitute for her Crataegus: Betula nigra, and other adventures on her blog: Philippa Pearson's Hampton Court Diary
Share Amanda Patton's blow-by-blow account as she goes about creating a garden with a sense of menace for 'The Traveller’s Garden – with Bradstone'.
Amanda Patton's Hampton Court Diary
Parks urged to offer community areas for growing fresh produce
Public parks should include community gardens providing a place for people to grow fresh produce, a gathering of horticulture and community professionals at London’s City Hall heard this week. NEWS
Professionals urge rational reaction to tree safety risks
Knee-jerk reactions to public safety concerns are not the answer to the proper management of trees, according to Arboricultural Association director Nick Eden. NEWS
NFU launches campaign to convey Why Horticulture Matters
How growers are helping to improve the environment is just one of the topics covered in the NFU Why Horticulture Matters campaign, launched this week at London’s New Covent Garden Market. NEWS
Medics back Australian parks campaign
A campaign to reposition parks as a key player in public health, by reinforcing connections between green space and mental or physical wellbeing, has won strong support from the health professions in one Australian state. NEWS
TV gardener offers advice on planting at nursery seminar
TV gardener turned lecturer Matt James offered a masterclass in producing a successful mixed planting scheme at last week’s Wyevale East seminar for landscape architects — and explained that maintenance is becoming the overriding factor for projects.
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Cheshire gets £17.3m to create new green space
Around 170ha of brownfield sites in Cheshire and Warrington will be transformed into green space following a £17.3m cash injection.
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Credit crunch drives demand for grow-your-own vegetable seed
The credit crunch and the soaring cost of food are driving sales of vegetable seed and young plants as consumers tighten their belts and try growing their own produce.
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