Diarmuid Gavin has defied a Royal Horticultural Society edict and the blustery weather with a promise to offer some lucky visitors to the Chelsea Flower Show a ride in his 'garden in the sky'
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Elizabeth Banks, the first woman president of the Royal Horticultural Society, has denounced the dumbing- down of the BBC’s gardening programmes... more
Record numbers of gold medals were handed out at Chelsea Flower Show today despite fears that it would be left a 'colour-free' zone by the harsh winter... more
Royal Horticultural Society uses garden made entirely from discarded underwear hung on a washing line to convince Londoners to grow their own vegetables... more
Visitors to Hampton Court Palace's spectacular gardens at this year's flower show are being encouraged to create displays in slightly more modest spaces... more
Once the final plants have been sold off and the grand marquee is safely packed away at the end of Chelsea Flower Show next week, Graham Burrell, chief executive of hard landscape manufacturer Marshalls, and Giles Coode-Adams, president of the Royal Horticultural Society, will have to sit down a for a serious chat. ... more
Lavish designs, star names and big sponsors are thin on the ground; vegetable growing, green issues and value for money are in: welcome to the pruned-back Chelsea Flower Show... more
This year's Chelsea Flower Show has been downsized after several high-profile companies withdrew their sponsorship, the Evening Standard has learnt... more
The size zero debate has gone all quiet. No models have collapsed or died on the catwalk this year. The heroin-chic look is long dead and a lot of the girls do look reassuringly healthier. But it's all relative, isn't it?... more
Chelsea Flower Show became a place of nostalgic reflection as George Harrison's widow Olivia posed by her garden devoted to the memory of the late Beatle alongside Sir Paul McCartney's daughter Mary... more
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