The HTA Shines Spotlight on Member and Advocacy Success

The Horticultural Trades Association (HTA) members are celebrating success at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show, with 18 awards being won by HTA and Association of Professional Landscapers (APL) members. Read more - open to all

North Yorkshire turf grower triumphs at World’s greatest garden event

A North Yorkshire turf grower has won a top award at the world’s most prestigious gardening event. Lindum Turf won the Sustainable Garden Product of the Year category at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show, for its plastic-free wildflower turf. Read more - open to all

(L-R) Roger Moore, Lindum Turf, Deborah Meaden, and; Andy Leighton, Nursery Manager at Lindum Turf.

RHS Chelsea Plant of the Year Winners 2023

T&M is thrilled to announce that our entry Agapanthus 'Black Jack' has been crowned the RHS Chelsea Plant of the Year 2023.  Read more - open to all

Agapanthus ‘Black Jack’

Horatio’s Garden awarded a gold medal and Best in Show

Horatio’s Garden Chelsea, the beautiful and accessible show garden designed by Charlotte Harris and Hugo Bugg at RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2023, has been awarded a gold medal and the coveted Best in Show. Read more - open to all

Samaritans' Listening Garden awarded Silver-Gilt Medal

Samaritans’ Listening Garden, created by garden designer and Samaritans volunteer Darren Hawkes, was awarded a Silver-Gilt medal today as it was unveiled at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2023. Read more - open to all

Left to right: Samaritans volunteer Kay Jahal joins Jason Flemyng, Laura Adlington, Elizabeth Day an

Grenfell charity debuts smallest ever show garden

Grow to Know, a grassroots non-profit born in the wake of the Grenfell tragedy that aims to empower young people through horticulture, is returning to RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2023.  Read more - open to all

David Austin launches English rose

After 12 years of meticulous breeding, this year's RHS Chelsea Flower Show sees family-owned British brand, David Austin® reveal the latest addition to their English rose collection with Danny Clarke.  Read more - open to all

Claire Austin returns to the RHS Chelsea Flower Show

Chelsea Flower Show after a 7 year break, marking her 40 year career in horticulture and the 40th anniversary of her first visit to the show. Read more - open to all

New for 2023

Raymond Evison Clematis is looking forward to exhibiting once again at The Chelsea Flower Show. The 2023 exhibit staged in The Great Pavilion will be an island site comprising of over 2,000 mature clematis plants in full flower, with more than 35 different varieties on display. Read more - open to all

New flowering plants shortlisted

Thompson & Morgan is proud to announce that four of its new flowering plants have been shortlisted for the RHS Chelsea Plant of the Year 2023 award and will be judged at the show on 22nd May. All plants are available to view in the floral marquee. Read more - open to all

Hydrangea serrata ‘Euphoria Pink’

Blue Diamond announce they are taking part in this year’s RHS Chelsea Flower Show

Blue Diamond are exhibiting in the Discovery Zone where they have two stands, one in collaboration with the National Trust and one with the Soil Association. Read more - open to all

Artist impression of the Blue Diamond stand in collaboration with the National Trust at RHS Chelsea

Four Hillier plants in the running for RHS Chelsea Plant of the Year title

The shortlist for Plant of the Year at RHS Chelsea Flower Show has been revealed, with Hillier Garden Centres being responsible for four of the 19 plants recognised. Read more - open to all

Uplifting garden designed to inspire conversations about life and loss

Designed by Gavin McWilliam and Andrew Wilson of McWilliam Studio, the garden is centred around opening up positive conversations about the end of life, encouraging people to discuss the often hard-to-broach topic of death and share their dying wishes with loved ones. Read more - open to all

‘Feel Good' by Hartley Botanic

Hartley Botanic’s bright and cheerful RHS Chelsea tradestand to deliver a much-needed psychlogical boost. Read more - open to all

Victorian Chelsea Glasshouse, Nottinghamshire

Taylors Bulbs make it 30 Gold Medals

The specialist daffodil collection of Taylors Bulbs 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. Read more - open to all

The RSPCA Garden awarded an prestigious silver-gilt medal

The RSPCA Garden at the 2023 Chelsea Flower Show has picked up a prestigious silver-gilt medal from the judging panel, as it spreads an inspiring message about reversing wildlife decline. Read more - open to all

Burpee Europe wins GOLD at the Chelsea Flower Show!

The Burpee Europe team are over the moon to have just won GOLD at the Chelsea Flower Show! The medals were announced this morning after the judging which took place yesterday. Read more - open to all

Best new plant and other awards at Chelsea

Sparsholt College won the best plant award with Thompson & Morgan's purple striped agapanthus while UK grown Lindum Wildflower Turf was the Sustainable Garden Product of the Year. Read more - open to all

Taylors Bulbs Gold medal winning display

Double medals, filming and a Royal Visit for Claire Austin

Nurserywoman Claire Austin is celebrating a double win at this year’s RHS Chelsea Flower Show on being awarded RHS Silver-Gilt medals for both her courtyard exhibit of perennials and her garden of bearded irises. Read more - open to all

Environmental Horticulture sector group briefs dozens of MPs and Peers

The Ornamental Horticulture Roundtable Group (OHRG) has welcomed a record number of parliamentarians at its annual breakfast briefing (Tuesday, 23 May) at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2023. Read more - open to all

OHRG breakfast at Chelsea Flower Show

RHS Chelsea Flower Show garden on a mission to normalise difficult conversations

Designed by McWilliam Studio, it is hoped that the Transcendence Garden, with its thoughtful design and tranquil atmosphere, will invite discussions around the often hard-to-broach topic of death, allow visitors to talk about life and loss, and offer a safe space to reflect and remember. Read more - open to all

Leading UK horticulture association showcases the original green industry

The HTA is showcasing the growth of a greener future at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show. Representing and supporting 1,400 UK garden businesses, the HTA will demonstrate its members’ contributions to the economy as well as the environment and wellbeing through its trade stand, member gardens, events, and communications. Read more - open to all

Alan Down HTA Chelsea stand 2023

RocketGro supports GARDENA’s ‘Greenest Garden’ at RHS Chelsea

RocketGro has teamed up with GARDENA to help create the garden tool and watering brand’s sustainable trade stand, in partnership with leading eco-designer Lynne Lambourne, at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show this year. Read more - open to all

Growing a greener future: HTA members take centre stage

Members of the Horticultural Trades Association (HTA) are set to dazzle visitors at the highly anticipated RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2023 transforming the grounds of the Royal Hospital, Chelsea into a haven of inspirational gardens. Read more - open to all

North Yorkshire turf grower shortlisted for award

 

A North Yorkshire turf grower has been nominated for a top award at the world’s most prestigious gardening event. Read more - open to all

Plastic netting which is in much of turf laid in the UK, and breaks down into polluting microplastic

Taylors Bulbs aiming for 30 golds

The specialist daffodil collection of Bulbs.co.uk, a division of Taylors Bulbs, based in Lincolnshire have been working their way through yet another nerve racking and tense build-up to prepare a display of daffodil flowers ready for the Chelsea Flower Show. Read more - open to all

Chelsea stand 2022

Construction of 5.5m waterfall on the Gorilla Garden

Construction of a 5.5m waterfall that will form part of the back wall of the Fauna & Flora Garden at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show has begun. Adhering to the garden team’s mission to create a show garden that is as sustainable as possible, the waterfall is being constructed entirely cement and concrete free. Read more - open to all

HTA to highlight the value of the UK garden industry at RHS Chelsea Flower Show

The Horticultural Trades Association (HTA) is gearing up to demonstrate the value of the UK horticultural sector to thousands of visitors expected at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2023, which runs from Tuesday 23 to Saturday 27 May 2023, at The Royal Hospital, Chelsea.  Read more - open to all

APL winning gardens at Chelsea 2022

First ever Chef in Residence at RHS Chelsea Flower Show

Green Michelin starred Chef Sam Buckley delivers a daily foraged menu for Chelsea Pensioners on Savills Garden designed by Mark Gregory. Read more - open to all

L-R Michelin green-starred Chef Sam Buckley, illustration of the Savills Garden, designer Mark Grego