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How Meadow View Stone is meeting 2025 garden trends
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Sustainable landscaping is no longer just a trend – it’s a customer expectation. From biodiversity to water management, climate-aware choices are shaping today’s garden designs. Meadow View Stone is leading the way with innovative aggregate solutions that align with this growing demand...
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Outdoor Living Zone returns for third year at SOLEX
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Don’t miss the Outdoor Living Zone, open every day throughout SOLEX, which takes place at the NEC Birmingham on 8-10 July 2025. The Zone will see top brands in action and experience, highlighting the best in outdoor cooking and entertaining.
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Peter Beales Roses wins 30th Chelsea gold medal

Peter Beales Roses has won its 30th gold medal at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2025. This landmark achievement celebrates the nursery’s decades-long commitment to excellence, craftsmanship, and horticultural heritage.
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Hillier celebrates Plant of the Year win with world-first Philadelphus
Hillier Nurseries and Garden Centres’ groundbreaking new plant introduction, Philadelphus x ‘Petite Perfume Pink’, has been named RHS Chelsea Plant of the Year 2025. The plant is being showcased within the Sparsholt College garden, which this year celebrates resilient and innovative planting suitable for UK conditions...
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Get the Chelsea look with David Austin's ‘Secret Garden’

At this year’s RHS Chelsea Flower Show, renowned rose breeder, David Austin Roses unveiled a garden that felt like a hidden sanctuary – calm, romantic and immersive...
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Author Joanne Harris launches new rose at Chelsea
Author Joanne Harris was on hand to launch Rose ‘Vianne’s Chocolat’ grown by Fryer’s Roses and sold exclusively through Blue Diamond Garden Centres. A hybrid tea with richly fragranced deep purple blooms, it is perfect for beds and borders.
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Trade stands raise their game at Chelsea

Big Show Gardens might have been few this year, but trade stands at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show raised their game, upping the flower power of their displays. In some cases, the quality and design of the planting, rivalled that of the Show Gardens.
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EU-UK horticulture associations mark close collaboration

In the week of the EU-UK Leaders’ Summit, international, European and UK trade associations have convened at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show, demonstrating the close collaboration between the organisations and their members...
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David Austin Roses unveils ‘The King’s Rose’ at Chelsea
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HTA and APL Members Triumph at RHS Chelsea 2025

Members of the Horticultural Trades Association and the Association of Professional Landscapers have once again demonstrated excellence at the prestigious RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2025, bringing home top honours and showcasing world-class horticultural talent...
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April’s Barometer of Trade shows ‘positive’ sales for GCA centres
The Garden Centre Association’s Barometer of Trade for April has revealed members had another ‘wonderful’ month – with the year-to-date increase now at +12.28%...
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HTA supports the Embassy of Ireland's celebration of horticulture

His Excellency Martin Fraser, the Irish Ambassador to Great Britain and his wife, Deirdre, hosted a special event to celebrate the best of Irish and British horticulture at the Irish Embassy in London...
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Magical British rainforest garden wins the public vote

The Wildlife Trusts’ British Rainforest Garden, designed by Zoe Claymore, has won the coveted BBC/RHS People’s Choice award in the All About Plants category...
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Dobbies’ Senior Houseplant Buyer to open talks at Scone Palace Garden Fair
Claire Bishop, Senior Houseplant Buyer at Dobbies Garden Centres and Chair of Assessors at RHS Chelsea Flower Show, will headline the speaker programme at Scone Palace Garden Fair...
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FlowerTrials pre-registrations increased by 30%
On 10-13 June the heart of the horticultural innovation will beat again across 27 locations in the Netherlands and Germany as 56 plant breeders present their latest pot and bedding plant introductions at FlowerTrials...
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GARDENA joins forces with grow-your-own expert to find Britain’s best plot
GARDENA has partnered with grow-your-own expert Huw Richards to shine a light on the nation’s green spaces. Entries have officially opened for GARDENA Top of the Plots - the UK-wide gardening competition celebrating the best in ‘grow your own’ culture.
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Reimagining horticulture in a changing climate
GreenItaly, the recently AIPH-approved international horticultural trade exhibition, officially launched its 2025 edition at the Italian Embassy in London this week, spotlighting Italy’s ornamental horticultural excellence and strengthening ties with the UK’s professional plant sector...
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Freedom of Information Request reveals UK garden disputes
A recent Freedom of Information request* by local services marketplace, Airtasker, has unveiled a growing issue across the UK – Brits increasingly letting their gardens overgrow, with neighbour complaints soaring over invasive weeds, unruly hedges, and rubbish-filled spaces...
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Wyevale Nurseries launches new Bareroot Hedging and Forestry Catalogue
Wyevale Nurseries has launched a new Bareroot Hedging and Forestry Catalogue this month featuring details of the varieties it grows and the benefits of using each one...
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Blue Diamond reports turnover of £332m and profits of £22m in 2024 - UPDATED
Blue Diamond have reported profits before tax of £21.8m from a turnover of £332.4m in their 2024 Report and Accounts published today. Managing Director Alan Roper leads on "The missing millions" in his report: "In summary, £12.5m of profit per annum has been wiped out by 3 years of government intervention on wage costs."
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Chelsea Gold for Blue Diamond
Blue Diamond's immersive garden display in the Pavillion at Chelsea Flower Show has been awarded a Gold Medal plus the Tree of the Show Award and Taytors Bulbs have won their 32nd Gold Medal...
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Taylors Bulbs make it 32 gold medals at Chelsea
The specialist daffodil collection of Taylors Bulbs, based in Lincolnshire have worked their way through yet another nerve racking and tense build-up to put on a gold medal winning display of daffodil flowers at the Chelsea Flower Show. This Gold Medal is the company's 32nd at Chelsea Flower Show and their 30th consecutive Gold with the first being won in 1986...
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Westland Live – technology to unlock rapid replenishment
Westland Horticulture, home to brands such as Boost, Kent & Stowe, Peckish, and Unwins, is encouraging retailers to take full advantage of Westland Live – its dynamic ordering platform designed to keep shelves stocked and sales flowing...
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Evergreen maintains high stock levels during busy period
Evergreen Garden Care has assured stockists that the company is actively managing stock levels during the current garden season boom...
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