News

2012

February

• Rare lichen found in Wales

January

• Meagre fruit yields from mild winter
• Slugs and snails back as most troublesome pests
• Government funding for greener horticulture

2011

December

• New Year, new plans
• Huge variation in UK allotment rents

November

• Benefits of Britain in Bloom revealed
• Wild bees versus honeybees...
• Japanese rarities find haven in UK
• RHS eager to get schools growing

October

• Community boost for Welsh gardeners
• Government backing for community orchards
• Community spirit at Edinburgh botanic garden
• Lost generation of gardeners

September

• Record number of Britain in Bloom golds

August

• Chilli breeder produces new scorcher

July

• Judges tour UK in finals of RHS Britain in Bloom
• Video to inspire community gardening
• School gets its grown-ups gardening

June

• Have you seen this caterpillar?
• Parts of England officially experiencing drought
• Community gardening just a click away
• A snapshot of gardening Britain

May

• Be water wise this spring

March

• Mass tree planting launch for RHS Britain in Bloom

January

• New role for Landscape Man
• Slugs and snails knocked off top spot

2010

December

• Finalists for Britain in Bloom announced
• RHS welcomes peat consultation

November

• Wrap up your plants for winter
• Wildlife sites 'too small'
• Wildlife shuns luxury shelters
• Survey finds clue to pollinators' decline
• Recognition for green-fingered estates

September

• Judges praise young gardeners
• Double success for Scottish team
• Fantastic response to grown-ups’ involvement
• Butterflies bounce back
• Chris Beardshaw Mentoring deadline
• Risk of disease from potting compost very low

July

• High in garden & allotment club membership
• 'Flagship' park tackles climate change
• First Royal Park Training allotment

June

• Earthworms 'eat seedlings'
• Peat mining draws to a close in Cumbrian bog
• Roger Aylett 1934 - 2010

May

• Plantfinder 2010 captures horticultural zeitgeist

April

• Pocket-sized chemicals advice

March

• 'River of green' to herald the start of community gardening year
• Honey fungus is number one plant disease
• Japanese knotweed: insect predator to be released
• Gardeners asked to go peat free
• Campaign to reduce invasive pond plants

February

• Research into blackcurrants that like it mild
• Audit reveals poor state of British ponds
• Wanted: Welsh vegetable seeds

2009

December

• Gardeners awarded People's Millions

November

• Great British Garden Competition winners announced
• Project to study changing bee habits
• Wasp support in war on whitefly

October

• Consumers urged to buy British produce
• Applications open for design scholarship

September

• Britain in Bloom winners announced
• Super-ant arrives in UK
• Go wild about gardening