Royal Horticultural Society

Join Nikki Barker MHort (RHS), RHS Peat Free Transition Project Co-ordinator, in our online event to hear her experience of studying for the RHS Master of Horticulture Award. Find out why she decided to study for the degree-level award, and the opportunities that have followed as a result, such as becoming a published author. “I have worked across many sectors of horticulture during my career but studying for the MHort gave me a greater understanding of how research and development can be a positive influence on the horticultural industry. One of the most rewarding parts of my current role now is giving gardeners the knowledge and skills to have a lasting, positive effect on the planet, whether that’s sourcing peat-free plants, watering more sustainably or finding the flowers they love that provide pollinators with food all year round." Register for this online event taking place on Thursday 1 August 12:30 - 1pm GMT: https://lnkd.in/eVghK3qe #RHS #MHort #HorticulturalCareers

Designed by award-winning garden designer Adam Frost, the new wellbeing garden at Colchester Hospital in Essex aims to be a relaxing and restorative space for NHS staff, patients and visitors. Directed by the needs and voices of the NHS staff who work there, the garden will serve as a well-needed community hub. "People need somewhere tucked away where they can pause before going through the hospital entrance; I want people to feel cloaked and comfortable. On a personal level, this is my way of saying thank you to everybody that works hard in the NHS," Adam Frost. Find out more: https://lnkd.in/d_t2rG9S #RHS #NHS #Wellbeing

We are looking for a keen horticulturist to join our passionate Formal Ornamental Team in the beautiful surroundings of RHS Garden Wisley 🌷 Developing and maintaining the stunning Mixed Borders, Wisteria Walk, Cottage Garden and Exotic Garden, this role would suit someone with a passion for unusual plants and a flair for designing and developing plant displays. Find out more and apply: https://lnkd.in/eNva5xNv #RHS #Hiring #HorticulturalCareers

Looking to grow your horticultural career? 🌱     The Master of Horticulture (MHort) is designed for experienced horticulturists who wish to advance their knowledge and grow further in their careers.     Find out more and hear from RHS Peat Free Transition Project Co-ordinator, Nikki Barker (MHort), on the opportunities that have followed in this online, 30 minute webinar. Find out more: https://lnkd.in/eVghK3qe #RHS #HorticulturalCareers

Could you be the next Artist in Residence for The Plant Review magazine? 🎨 Entries are now open for the chance to receive a £1,000 commission to have your art featured on the front page of our quarterly magazine published in 2025. Open to both amateurs and professionals, entries are assessed by a panel of judges from the worlds of publishing and botanical art looking for not only botanical accuracy but also something of a plant’s character. The competition closes on 30 September 2024. Find out more on how to apply: https://lnkd.in/ei8ZeWup Artwork by the 2024 Artist in Residence winner, Caroline Buckley. #RHS #BotanicalArt #Competition

Do you enjoy helping people? Perhaps you have a passion for plants, gardening and horticulture, or maybe you want to feel part of a friendly team? From welcoming visitors at the RHS Lindley Library in London to collecting plant specimens at RHS Garden Hyde Hall, we offer volunteer roles suited to all skills and interests across our organisation. Discover which role is right for you: https://lnkd.in/gHPCHs3 #RHS #Volunteering #HorticulturalCareers

Transformed from a disused patch of land, this garden at the Walkden Clinic in Worsley, Greater Manchester, is now a green sanctuary for NHS staff and patients. Designed by garden designer Dave Green, the new garden is multifunctional, and created for staff as well as patients. It features curved seating set into grassy mounds, where teams can socialise or enjoy some peace and quiet. There is also a looped pathway, which can be used for outdoor physiotherapy sessions. Patients will be able to walk around it to regain strength, while using small weights and resistance bands in a therapeutic outdoor setting. This is one of the many green spaces that the RHS is working to develop into community-designed gardens to help promote the wellbeing of NHS staff and patients in healthcare settings around England. Find out more about the Walkden Clinic NHS wellbeing garden: https://lnkd.in/g5FmPVtx #RHS #NHS #Wellbeing

The Better New Build garden, designed by Nadine Mansfield for RHS Tatton Park 2024, aims to inspire new build homeowners and property developers to make more of their spaces and ditch environmentally damaging artificial grass. Gravel, in place of a lawn, is surrounded by plants for pollinators, native hedging – allowing birds to nest and feed – and two specimen trees, Acer davidii ‘Viper’ and a mulit-stem Crataegus prunifolia. Reclaimed slate fills the gabion seating, allowing insects to find a home, and reclaimed oak totems have specific holes drilled in for solitary bees. A section of fencing has a hole for hedgehogs to pass through, while a dual-level bespoke water feature, made from Corten steel and reclaimed stone boulders, adds an additional sensory element to the space. https://lnkd.in/dn4PQxgy #RHSTattonPark #NewBuild #UrbanGardens

Making dreams come true at RHS Flower Show Tatton Park! Many congratulations to all the medal and award winners in the garden and floral categories 👏 Check out all the winners on our website: https://lnkd.in/eMp9qktz (📷 My Name'5 Doddie Garden designed by Pip Probert and Rory Tompsett, Dibleys Nurseries; The Woodland Trust: 49% Garden designed by Ashleigh Aylett, Glean designed by Christine Leung) #RHSTattonPark

We loved hosting our first RHS Children's picnic at the Scone Palace Garden Fair in Perthshire, Scotland this month, when we were joined by children from Guildtown, Cranhill and Netherlee primary schools 🙌 As well as enjoying a picnic, the children learnt how to sow their own salad and herbs, and displayed the work that they have been doing as part of the RHS Campaign for School Gardening, which included supermarket baskets upcycled into strawberry beds, drums transformed into herb gardens, and succulents growing in tea sets. Find out more: https://lnkd.in/dwbvJvSf #RHS #Communities #SchoolGardening