Furzey Gardens: Reflective Waters of Inclusivity
A garden built by gardeners with learning disabilities has delighted visitors at RHS Hampton Court Garden Festival. As an RHS Partner Garden, Furzey Gardens in Hampshire (a social enterprise of Minstead Trust) were asked to give a glimpse of what they offer with a pocket sized recreation. The garden called Furzey Gardens: Reflective Waters of […]
Today, the penultimate day of the RHS Chelsea Flower Show, The Octavia Hill Garden by Blue Diamond with the National Trust by award winning designer Ann-Marie Powell received this year’s RHS/BBC People’s Choice Award, an award voted for by the public. The Show Garden was also voted the favourite of the junior judges who presented […]
Sparsholt College has teamed up with The Colegrave Seabrook Foundation to create Sparsholt’s 2024 RHS Chelsea Flower Show Discovery entry ‘Plants, Routes & Branches’. They celebrated the launch of the garden with a morning unveiling the design joined by Sparsholt College Alumni and Industry Professionals. Visitors gathered at the college’s Hampshire Rural Business Centre to […]
A stunning sanctuary garden designed for those living with rare dementias and their carers, that won three top awards at RHS Chelsea Flower Show, is now on display at Exbury Gardens. The National Brain Appeal’s ‘Rare Space’ garden, designed by Charlie Hawkes and funded by Project Giving Back, won a gold medal, best Sanctuary Garden […]
The shortlist for Plant of the Year at RHS Chelsea Flower Show has been revealed, with Hillier Garden Centres being responsible for four of the 19 plants recognised. Three of the four Hillier plants put forward this year are the new introductions launched at BBC Gardeners’ World Spring Fair in April, all of which were […]
Sparsholt College has launched this year’s RHS Chelsea Garden entry ‘Rustic Recipes Reimagined’ which is inspired by tasty recipes from medieval cookery books that can all be foraged from the local countryside or grown in UK gardens. The 2023 garden is designed by Sparsholt’s multiple-medal-winning-team including Chris Bird who is celebrating his 25th RHS Chelsea […]
For the first time ever, the RHS held Chelsea in September, which gave the opportunity to show off a different range of planting with some fantastic autumn colours. Find out more about the Hampshire connections to Chelsea Flower Show 2021
Rosy and Rob Hardy have unveiled what would have been their final display at RHS Chelsea Flower Show.
After almost three decades and an incredible 24 RHS Gold Medals, Hardy’s Cottage Garden Plants has announced their retirement from exhibiting at RHS Chelsea Flower Show. Hardy’s were due to present their finale exhibit at RHS Chelsea Flower Show in May 2021 with their largest ever exhibit. Sadly, as RHS Chelsea has had to be […]
Planning for the RHS Chelsea Flower Show happens many months before the event. Once the gardens are designed, the plants then need to be grown for the show so that they’re in peak condition for the event. But throw a pandemic into the mix and the usual time frames go out the window. Hampshire nursery […]
