The Latest Breaking News from Royal Horticultural Society

How to Make Leaf Mold for Better Garden Soil

What if the fallen leaves covering your yard could replace some of the expensive soil amendments you buy every spring? Instead of bagging them up for collection, you can turn those leaves into a dark, crumbly material that helps garden soil hold moisture, improves its structure, and supports healthier plant…

Frugal Gardening · Oct 17

Squash down: smaller pumpkins expected this Halloween after drought in England

Data shows 2026 could be worst harvest on record, as growers suggest painting faces on vegetables instead of carving

The Guardian - UK · Oct 17

‘People complain about anything popular’: the RHS boss taking on traffic jams and Chelsea critics

Exclusive: Clare Matterson, the head of the Royal Horticultural Society, talks about the charity’s £2.3m government compensation, community gardening and her high hopes for Andy Burnham

The Guardian - UK · Oct 4

Gardeners beware: slugs returning after dry weather to threaten strawberries

Wetter weather expected to bring surge of slugs out of hiding, just as strawberries experience bumper early crop

The Guardian - UK · Jun 2

Matthew Biggs obituary

Panellist on Gardeners’ Question Time on Radio 4 who was honoured with a medal from the Royal Horticultural Society

The Guardian - UK · May 29

For peat’s sake: RHS faces conservative backlash over Chelsea flower show

Critics of Royal Horticultural Society turn hose on corporate sponsorship, peat-free compost and general ‘wokery’

The Guardian - UK · May 21

David Beckham adds gnomes to celebrity auction to help children get gardening

Money raised in the auction will go to support the Royal Horticultural Society’s campaign for school gardening.

Evening Standard · May 20

Gnome-coming at Chelsea Flower Show as stars decorate garden favourites

The Royal Horticultural Society has lifted its Chelsea gnome ban for only the second time in the show’s history.

Evening Standard · May 14

Kate donates ‘Catherine’s Rose’ to prison’s mother and baby unit

The princess visited HMP Styal in Cheshire last February in her role as patron of Action for Children.

Evening Standard · Feb 12

Two-fifths of British garden space paved over, reducing green benefits – report

The Royal Horticultural Society has called for a guaranteed ‘space to grow’ in all housing and urban planning.

The Independent UK · Oct 20, 2025