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First details of Chelsea Flower Show 2025 revealed at RHS Autumn Conference: discover who is designing what
Everything we know so far about the RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2025, including who is designing gardens and the causes they focus on.
Monty Don to design a dog-friendly garden at RHS Chelsea 2025
Monty Don is to design a garden at RHS Chelsea Flower Show this year, with a special theme that's close to his heart
Monty Don joins the Talking Gardens podcast for season 4
Tune in to the new season of Talking Gardens, where Monty Don and a whole host of guests will join Stephanie to construct their dream gardens.
Gardens Illustrated nominated in four categories for the Garden Media Guild Awards 2024
This year's Garden Media Guild Awards shortlist has been announced
The world's most endangered plants: ten of the plants likely to be extinct very soon
The experts at Kew Gardens highlight ten of the world's most at risk plants, from a tiny waterlilly to a golden fuchsia
Don't miss out on RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2025 tickets: we found out this is the date they go on sale
The date that tickets for the RHS Chelsea Flower Show will go on sale has been revealed.
Where are all the pumpkins? Wet and cold weather has meant pumpkin patches are disappointing
The National Trust reports that pumpkin crops are significantly down this year, with crops either not growing or being eaten by slugs
Discover our 2024 Horticultural Heroes: 22 extraordinary people making a difference in gardening
Discover the stories of the extraordinary garden champions who are making a difference to places, people, plants and the planet. Words Molly Blair, Stephanie Mahon, Veronica Peerless and Alice Tuffery, photograph Lisa Linder
How to be a horticultural hero: the organisations to support
Getting involved doesn’t have to mean rolling up your sleeves and launching new initiatives...
National Trust announces new head of gardens and parks to replace Andy Jasper
Sheila Das will step into the National Trust’s most senior horticultural role.
A garden of memories - ‘Nostalgia is as good a reason as any to grow a plant,’ says Nigel Slater
Many of the plants in Nigel Slater’s garden hold deeper meaning – some joyful, others more poignant – but all add another layer of pleasure when they bloom.
Watch: botanists are now travelling by paragliders instead of 4x4s to research plants in the remote Peruvian desert
A group of botanists have teamed up with dare-devil paramotorists to find a solution to studying plants in a remote area of the world
19 top Christmas garden light shows and trails
Here are our top picks for the best Christmas light shows and illuminated trails in gardens across the UK, to enjoy with friends and family during this festive season
Bio emergency: shocking lowest butterfly numbers ever in worst summer on record
The final results are in from the Big Butterfly Count and they show an alarming reduction in the number of butterflies in the UK
Last minute Christmas gifts: gardening memberships and subscriptions for 2024
Looking for a Christmas gift for a gardener after the last Christmas post delivery date? We've got the best gardening membership and subscription gifts you can still buy and gift in time for Christmas
Dan Pearson reveals plans to expand Beth Chatto Gardens with new areas
Everything we know so far about the plans for a new area at Beth Chatto Gardens.
"Nature is sounding the alarm and we must listen." Big Butterfly Count recording lowest ever numbers with one week to go
Butterflies recorded in the Big Butterfly Count are at their lowest numbers in the event's 14-year history. Read the full story below.
What is the Big Butterfly Count and how can you take part
The Big Butterfly Count takes place 18 July to 10 August 2025. Read our guide to how you can take part in this important citizen science project, and how to attract more butterflies to your garden
Can bees and earth worms drown in wet soils? The answer might surprise you
Ecologist Ken Thompson explains the very surprising truth about whether insects can survive in waterlogged soil
Beautiful Blenheim Palace depicted in winning shots of latest IGPOTY competition
The International Garden Photographer of the Year Blenheim Palace special award has been announced
Rain forecast | How to make the most of this week's rainfall
With rain forecast gardeners should ready their plots to capture and absorb as much as possible when it arrives
Join the Talking Gardens podcast live with Nigel Slater and Sarah Raven
Join our special guests Sarah Raven and Nigel Slater for an evening of lively conversation about gardens and gardening at the Garden Museum in London
Stop! Here are 14 things you think you need to do in your garden but you actually don't
The RHS offers up 14 things in your garden that you think might work, but which actually don't
Hampton Court Flower Show 2024: full list of gardens
Discover the full list of the gardens at RHS Hampton Court Flower Show this year