Hampton Court Flower Show Dates

Now that the Chelsea show has closed for another year it’s time to consider other RHS flower shows. One popular event is the Hampton Court Flower Show  - held at Hampton Court this years event is on 7th – 12th July. Here’s what the RHS says about the forthcoming show: Gardening’s best gets down to earth [...]

James May Shows Plasticine Flowers At Chelsea

The BBC Top Gear presenter has recently swapped playing with cars to playing with Plasticine – it is claimed he made Plasticine flowers for his Chelsea Flower Show display. Insisting the display is not a spoof (I rather think it is myself), May says that he went to both floristry and modelling classes before designing [...]

Magnolia Plant Under Threat

Magnolias are in danger of dying out according to botanists at Fauna and Flora International. These ancient plants are apparently disappearing due to the destruction of their forest habitats and from exploitation for timber and medicine. Magnolias evolved before bees appeared and some specimens in Chinese temples are believed to be 800 years old. They [...]

Jekka McVicar Rooftop Herb Garden

Just a quick post to mention that the rooftop herb garden created by award winning gardener Jekka McVicar looks great. McVicar has created a rooftop garden on the roof (wherelse!) of the Trafalgar Hotel in London. McVicar is an accomplished garden designer and has won 12 gold medals at the Chelsea Flower show. I saw [...]

Queen Cuts Kew Gardens Cake

To celebrate 250 years of the Royal Botanical Gardens at Kew the Queen was invited to cut the birthday cake. The Telegraph reports that as the Queen struggled to cut through the icing (evidently not Royal – isn’t that soft?) of the palm house shaped fruit cake, her husband the Duke of Edinburgh joked “Press [...]