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Chelsea Flower Show 2025 medals: the full winners list
Medals have been awarded, see this year's winning gardens at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2025.
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4 Chelsea Flower Show gardens not to miss this year, according to our garden editor
Visiting this year's Chelsea Flower Show? Garden editor Clare Foster shares the four gardens she's making a beeline for.
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Why we should all have ‘hedgehog highways’ in our gardens
Native hedgehogs have declined by between 30-75% in rural areas since 2000, but this easy - and free - method can make a real difference.
Winter gardens
Our favourite places to see snowdrops in the UK
At this time of year, gardens all around the country open specially so that visitors can enjoy their spectacular displays of snowdrops, joyfully signalling that spring is on its way
Gardens
Chelsea Flower Show 2024: All the medal winners from this year's show
All the Chelsea Flower Show 2024 medal winners have been announced in every category – Show Gardens, Sanctuary Gardens, Feature Gardens, and the gardens in the Balcony & Container Gardens and All About Plants categories. See the full list here
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A potted history of the Chelsea Flower Show
What Clare Foster doesn't know about the RHS Chelsea Flower Show isn't worth knowing. See our garden editor's 'how-to' guide below (illustrated with some fabulous vintage images) and follow @houseandgardenuk on Instagram to see the latest from the show
Gardens
This new gardening course inspires us to connect to our communities through nature
Presented by the garden designer and activist Tayshan Hayden-Smith, this thought-provoking course by Earthed is designed to bring communities closer
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Gertrude Jekyll's house and garden is saved by the National Trust
Great news for horticulturalists and culturalists alike: Munstead Wood, the Lutyens-designed estate in Surrey that was once home to famed garden designer Gertrude Jekyll, has been saved thanks to the benevolence and dedication of the National Trust
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Cuprinol announces the 17th ‘Shed of the Year’ competition
Spring is officially in bloom and now is the time to give your tired shed a makeover - and yourself a chance to be crowned winner of Cuprinol’s ‘Shed of the Year’.
Gardens
All the events not to miss at the Chelsea Fringe
Can't make it to the Chelsea Flower Show? Worry not, because there's bound to be a garden-related event near you thanks to the Chelsea Fringe
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The National Trust and RHS are reopening their gardens for pre-booked visits
Good news for garden lovers as some of the UK's loveliest spaces are opening to socially distanced visitors.
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Our garden editor on what to look forward to at the Chelsea Flower Show 2020
This year’s Chelsea Flower Show looks set to go ahead on May 19-23 despite fears of coronavirus in the UK. Clare Foster looks at the show highlights and gives her tips on making the most of the show.
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Why you need to know about garden blogger Alice Vincent
Continuing our series of profiles of a new generation of talent, Alice Vincent tells how a gardening hobby became a way of life
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The new wildflower meadow at Kensington Palace Gardens opens to the public
Poppies, daisies and campion all feature in a beautiful new wildflower meadow at Kensington Palace
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Parks of the future may include elevated walkways through trees
With their bold design, one New York–based design firm is pushing the boundaries of how public parks should be created
Gardens
London's private gardens are throwing their doors wide open this weekend
A window of opportunity to nose around some of London's private green spaces
Gardens
From Chelsea to Chatsworth: the gardening events not to miss this summer
Spring is firmly blooming, and with it, the top gardens around the country are planning their events calendars. Here are the ones not to miss
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The Temperate House at Kew Gardens re-opens
The project to preserve this Grade I listed building has been the largest in Kew’s history
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Kew Gardens' newly-restored Temperate House to open this spring
Following a five-year restoration project, the Temperate House at London's Kew Gardens is set to re-open to the public on 5 May