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National Gardening Week 16 - 22 April

Learn about gardening with the experts

Celebrate National Gardening Week

Celebrate with the RHS all that is green with events for gardeners novice and expert, including weekend activities such as ask the expert sessions at RHS Garden Wisley.

Bee on Verbena bonariensis

Attract beneficial bees and butterflies

Learn what plants you can fill your garden with to help bees and butterflies with the Perfect Pollinators Display at RHS Garden Rosemoor on Saturday 21 April.

Joe Maiden gives veg advice

Get invaluable vegetable advice

Visit vegetable expert Joe Maiden at RHS Garden Harlow Carr Plant Centre on Saturday 21 April who will be giving sound advice on growing crops in all situations.

This month

Plant of the month

Pulmonaria rubra

Pulmonaria rubra

at Harlow Carr

Early-flowering Pulmonaria rubra is noted for its long flowering seas...

Top 3 jobs to do

Prune summer- flowering shrubs such as Buddleya and Perovskia.
Check winter protection is still in place on tender perennials
Check for mole activity as it is now their nesting and mating season.

» More jobs to do

Recent headlines

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Feb 22

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Coping with drought in spring & summer

Feb 20

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Ventnor Botanic Garden under new management

Feb 17

Ventnor Botanic Garden is soon to be under new management after the Isle of Wight Council withdrew i...
Gardeners urged to become 'one in a million'

Feb 17

News story on Jubilee Woods for Queen's Diamond Jubilee as part of Woodland Trust's celebrations whe...
Olympian challenge for community gardeners

Feb 15

Challenge to Londoners to create more food-growing spaces

Connect with the RHS

What's on

Butterflies in the Glasshouse

Bejewelled butterflies

Feb1–26

Come and visit the myriad colourful Butterflies In The Glasshouse this winter, among the backdrop of tropical plants.

Phaphiopedilum

Botanic art and orchids

Feb16–17

Visit the Orchid & Botanical Art Show to see intricate plant prints and the very best in orchid cultivation.

What's new

Primula Dilly Dilly

A theatre of auriculas

See the splendid range of colour and patterns of Primula auricula cultivars and instructions on how best to care for them.

Mulching with gravel

Garden drought

Get top gardening tips from RHS experts on how to tackle the effects of the recent drought, officially announced by DEFRA.

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