Heroic plant hunters did us proud Roy Lancaster tells Chelsea
23 May 2012
Horticulturists owe a huge professional debt to Victorian plant hunters who risked their lives and sanity trekking to faraway lands, says broadcaster Roy Lancaster.
Welcome to Horticulture Week's presentation of the RHS Chelsea Flower Show Plant of the Year 2012 award.
Horticulturists owe a huge professional debt to Victorian plant hunters who risked their lives and sanity trekking to faraway lands, says broadcaster Roy Lancaster.
Gardenex, the Federation of Garden & Leisure Manufacturers, has announced several cost saving opportunities at overseas trade exhibitions for UK exporters of garden and pet care products.
Hillier Nurseries has won its 67th consecutive Chelsea Gold medal at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show with its Diamond Jubilee tribute to Her Majesty the Queen.
Competition was as intense as ever at this year's show.
A foxglove that is the result of what was considered an impossible hybridisation has scooped the RHS Chelsea Flower Show Plant of the Year 2012 Award.
University of Sheffield's Professor James Hitchmough has told the RHS's president's lunch that "horticulture is in danger of going extinct".
A long list of 37 plants has been been whittled down to 20 finalists for the RHS New Plant of the Year award, due to be judged later today at Chelsea Flower Show.
M&G Investments, the asset manager, has renewed its sponsorship of the Chelsea Flower Show for a further two years until 2014.
The traditional Hackney Carriage has been given a makeover for Chelsea Flower Show this year. Three specially designed garden cabs have been created with London in mind, focusing on three distinctive themes, Jubilee, Nightlife and Pick Your Own Garden.



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