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LATEST NEWS

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RHS Chelsea Flower Show People's Choice award presented

The last prize from this year's Chelsea has been given out after a public vote.

Movers and people: APPGHG

Contract of the week: PA Housing £1.3m Tree Works contract

WATCH: BALI's RHS Chelsea Flower Show exhibit The Hive

Winners and losers this horticulture week: Ninja, Superman, Opperman

Stihl unveil battery system with nine minute recharge

HortWeek returns as official Groundsfest premium media partner as pre-registration opens

New homes' surrounding landscape valued above how buildings look, LI poll finds

What will win People's Choice at RHS Chelsea Flower Show?

Climate change report: industry body reaction

Book review: Garden for Life

Paved gardens send "bathtubs" of water into drains, new research suggest

Parliamentarians visit Chelsea and hear about the future of horticulture

Most read this horticulture week: Chelsea, Opperman, discounter, Ninja, Superman

RHS Chelsea show garden medals and ‘best in show’ awarded

Provender Nurseries' Richard McKenna speaks at Parliamentary event

RHS Chelsea Flower Show in 20 news in briefs

RHS Chelsea Flower Show: Clarkson, Queen, Lancaster and Perry to appear

Research shows how good gardening is for mental health

Movers and people: Amenity Forum, Mansfield's, Replay, Heligan, RBGE

Chelsea garden relocates to Mayfield Park

ANALYSIS

Eden Project's Andy Jasper, Harry Holding and Alex Michaelis

Jane Moore’s analysis of top 12 themes from RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2026

Mentoring partnerships for garden landscapers

Alan Sargent

RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2026: What not to miss

RHS floral display

Are British paving materials becoming more affordable?

Stone paving

Ask Sally: What should employers do to make working at height safer for staff?

Sally Drury

19 new gardening trends

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Obituaries 2026

Nigel Dunnett

Business changes in 2026 so far

Business graphic

Movers so far in 2026

movers

Most read in April: top buyers, Nigel Dunnett, Oppermans, Blue Diamond

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Five questions with Imogen Perreau, the designer behind Chelsea Flower Show’s Monument Feature 2026

Imogen Perreau

Guide to: Horticulture business costs and employment challenges

Calculator image

Sargent’s Solutions: Building a portfolio that sells your landscape garden design practice

Alan Sargent

VIDEO: BALI’s National Landscape Conference talks - Mark Gregory, Adrian Wickham, Trevor Williams, Sir Tim Smit, Helen Nyul

Trevor Williams, Helen Nyul, Sir Tim Smit, Adrian Wickham and Mark Gregory

How is the Commonwealth War Graves Commission building resilience for the next 100 years?

Fisher-Tomlin (left), CWGC horticulture manager Steve Arnold (centre) and horticulture supervisor Emmanuelle Courchel (right)

Stop treating weeds as a cosmetic issue: The 25mm rule and proactive asset management

Weed control

BALI National Landscape Conference 2026: Five questions with Verna director of ecology Helen Nyul

Helen Nyul

International Women’s Day: how close is horticulture to gender parity?

International Women's Day

VIDEO: What do the horticulturists of the future want?

Apprentices

Top 20 British Standards for UK landscapers and designers

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Wet weather has been 'demoralising' for landscaping sector

Flooded field

SARGENT'S SOLUTIONS

Sargent’s Solutions: How to give a valuable guided garden tour

Alan Sargent

Sargent’s Solutions: Artificial intelligence and domestic landscape contractors

Alan Sargent

PGCA looks to tackle rogue influencers

Alan Sargent

Sargent’s Solutions: Time-limited quotations for landscape maintenance contractors

Alan Sargent

Sargent’s Solutions: Patios, damp-proof courses and insurance matters

Alan Sargent

Landscape Logic: Checks and red flags for designers

Alan Sargent

Sargent’s Solutions: Examining the roles of specifiers and designers in landscaping projects

Alan Sargent

COMMENT

Gardener’s Diary: Creating breathtaking meadows

Joe McWilliams

Gardener’s Diary: Finding ways to deal with unwanted return visitors

Joe McWilliams

Gardener’s Diary: Different clients, different approaches

Joe McWilliams

Gardener’s Diary: Tree pruning in winter

Joe McWilliams

Growing with purpose through a year of change

Fran Barnes

Why 2025 has been a ‘hay’ year for specialist deck builders?

Karl Harrison

LANDSCAPE PLANT LIBRARY

Plant Focus: Stars of the 2026 Chelsea show gardens

Magnolia stellata ‘Rosea’

Plant Focus: Liquidambar

Liquidambar

Plant Focus: Miscanthus

Miscanthus

Plant Focus: Jasminum

Jasmine

Water lilies

Escarboucle

Phlox

Rosa 'Pastell' - credit all pictures: Floramedia Database

Fragrant foliage

Elsholtzia stauntonii has slender spires of lilac or pale purple from August until the end of October - credit all images: Floramedia Database)

MACHINERY & KIT

Game-changing grounds maintenance and arb kit coming in 2026 from Stihl, Husqvarna and STIGA

Stiga APEx Pro at Saltex

Smarter irrigation solutions for landscapers and turf managers

Mona tank systems

Grass cutting: The advances making battery ride-on mowers a viable option

AS 920 ESherpa - credit: AS-Motor

Grass cutting: State-of-the-art robots giving better results than ever before

Automower 560 EPOS - credit: Husqvarna

Grass cutting: Remote-controlled machines for safer mowing on slopes

AS 1000 Ovis RC flail mower - credit: AS-Motor

The latest battery tools built to match up to petrol equivalents

Man using hedge trimmer HSA 100 in Stihl AP System - credit: STIHL