Garden Reflections and Resolutions for the New Year
Need a fresh start for 2026? See what gardening experts are promising to do — it need only be small, meaningful changes to redefine your year ahead!
Arit Anderson
I am a garden & landscape designer, writer & tv presenter on BBC Gardeners' World. I am a passionate communicator of the environment & wellbeing through the lens of the garden. A lover of herbal tea…
See How Knepp’s Walled Garden Thrives in Winter
There is a misconception that wild gardens can just be left....to go wild!! Even in winter the garden team at Knepp's Rewilded Walled Garden are busy as bees! Take a look and see what they get up to.
A Wildlife View from Best In Show Designers
Join me for a chat with trail blazers Lulu Urquhart and Adam Hunt: landscape designers who deeply respect nature, have a passion for plants, and thoughtful design.
Behind the scenes: A Chelsea garden build
Arit Anderson is creating a very particular sort of garden, driven by her understanding of Parkinson's and how a garden can help
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Sonic Rewilding - Sound Matters
Can you hear me? Then listen up! The way we design our land and gardens can be done through the soundscape. Don’t believe me? Take a read or listen to hear more…
How Tea & Cake Led to a RHS Chelsea Show Garden
The RHS Chelsea Flower Show is just weeks away. I am catching up with Paul Jackson-Clark, Director of Fundraising at Parkinson's UK to chat about how we are feeling to soon be on Main Avenue
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The Forest in the Sky
Have you ever seen pigs fly? Well, I have seen flying gardeners… does that count? 112 metres skyward bound there is a horticultural experiment that the sceptics thought wouldn’t last, now celebrating its 10th anniversary.
The State of Gardening Report with RHS Director General Clare Matterson
We discuss the RHS's first in-depth look at gardening’s impact on the UK.
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Taking the Divisive Out of Diversity
Have you ever stopped to think of all the different labels there are to describe our world? And can adding a prefix or changing a few letters to a word really take us forward or flinch when it comes to saving nature?
Meet the Maverick Gardener Shaping Nature and Community
Imagine a world where we invest in people and not infrastructure, placing skilled gardeners at the heart of our communities, so that green spaces are beautiful, inclusive and resilient for both people & wildlife. How could it be a reality? Do read on.
From Fashion to Flowers: Giving up Retail for Roses!
It's not a secret that my previous life had many different incarnations. But I didnt know that I would swap watching fashion runways to walking the garden path...
Sun, Stones and Celebrations
'Sun standing still' – that's how the ancient civilisations described this special time of year. Yes it's summer solstice! What are you doing to celebrate the longest day of the year?