Government plans to give local people greater say over parks
People angry about the state of their parks will be able to take them over or force their local authorities to improve them, under new government plans. NEWS
Building slump hits landscapers
The house-building slump will force landscape companies to crash out of business or lay off staff, fears an industry leader. NEWS
Bellamy opens garden in Bristol
A garden showing the evolution of plants has been opened by Professor David Bellamy OBE at the University of Bristol’s Botanic Garden. NEWS
Chefs praise garden centre cafés
Top restaurateurs are eager to cash in on the success story of garden centre catering, HW discovered. NEWS
Roses could be under threat if EU votes to ban pesticides
Peter Beales Roses was awarded the Darlington Crystal Vase for best exhibit shown in the Festival of Roses marquee at the RHS Hampton Court Palace Flower Show earlier this month. NEWS
Make maintenance of trees obligatory, conference told
Managing trees should be a statutory obligation on local councils, Barcham Trees sales director Keith Sacre told a conference this week. NEWS
Christmas tree wholesale prices could rise by 30%
Christmas tree prices could rise by 30 per cent this year, according to growers at last week’s Woking Nursery Exhibition. NEWS
Hampton Court Palace Flower Show - Blog and diary
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
