London College of Garden Design

The perfect day for a nursery visit to Form Plants with our Planting Design Diploma students.

Back with @lcgdlondon.bsky.social with the planting design diploma cohort in the beautiful @rbgkew.bsky.social.

Really enjoyed listening to everyone's first project presentations with @ninalandgirl.bsky.social

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Thank you so much- wonderful to have you!

A blue field of Scilla forbesii (Chinodoxia) @rbgkew.bsky.social today.

Wonderful day to be tutoring with @ninalandgirl.bsky.social and Rosie Nottage on the Planting Design Diploma for @lcgdlondon.bsky.social. So many amazing planting designs being developed.

#Garden #UKGardening 🌱

HTA Calls For Decisive Action To Support The Horticulture Industry HTA urges the Chancellor to ease mounting financial pressures on horticulture businesses to ensure the sector can grow, create jobs & contribute to the green economy

Ahead of the Chancellor's Spring Forecast, the HTA calls for decisive action to support the environmental horticulture sector ...read more on thedirt.news #AutumnBudget #HorticultureIndustry #HTA #SpringStatement
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LCGD Graduates To Showcase 7 Borders At RHS Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival Graduates from the London College of Garden Design (LCGD) return to RHS Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival to showcase 7 educational borders

LCGD graduates to showcase Lamiaceae at RHS Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival ...read more on thedirt.news #graduates #Lamiaceae #LondonCollegeofGardenDesign #RHSHamptonCourtPalaceGardenFestival
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Stepping up for our pollinators: bumblebees With climate change adding to habitat loss and pesticide woes, how can we step up for bumblebees in our gardens?

In light of the sad news from @bumblebeetrust.bsky.social today, I have removed the paywall from the Substack I wrote in autumn about extra things we can do to help bumblebees. One of them is growing crocuses undercover, which is working really well! open.substack.com/pub/katebrad...

A bumblebee dusted in yellow pollen sitting in a greyed-out flower. Text reads: 2024 was the worst year for bumblebees since records began.

It’s official, 2024 was the worst year for bumblebees since records began🚨

The latest findings from #BeeWalk, our national bumblebee monitoring scheme, have revealed bumblebee numbers declined by almost a quarter (22.5%) across Great Britain💔

Read on: www.bumblebeeconservation.org/british-bumb...

Elemental: New Green Design Tool Launching In March 2025 Elemental, a web-based tool for garden designers will be launching in March 2025 and was developed by Nicholsons.

elemental: the green design tool developed by Nicholsons, in association with the industry is launching March 2025. ...read more on thedirt.news #Elemental #greenaudit #Nicholsons
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Garden Apprenticeship Opportunity At The Horniman Museum & Gardens London based, Horniman Museum & gardens are looking to recruit a Garden Apprentice.

Job opportunity Horniman Museum & Garden: Garden Apprentice ...read more on thedirt.news #Apprenticeship #Careers #CareersinHorticulture #HornimanMuseum #gardener
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It’s out! The New Romantic Garden is published today 🎉
#blueskygardens #gardening #gardens

A laptop on a wooden table displays the Perennial website, featuring a section titled 'Building better lives' with four categories: 'Your money,' 'Your health,' 'Your career,' and 'Your life,' each represented by an image. The background shows a blurred view of green foliage through a window. The Perennial logo with the tagline 'Helping people in horticulture' is visible in the bottom-right corner.

We’ve got your back in 2025

Our website’s full of free tools, advice & info to help you tackle the year with confidence. From health & wellbeing to finances, careers, legal advice, carer support, and coping with grief, we’re here to help: perennial.org.uk/home/ways-we...
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Celebrating 2025 SGLD Student Award Winners In Design Emerging talent recognised at the SGLD Annual Awards in London for garden and landscape design excellence.

Emerging talent in garden & landscape design celebrated at the Society of Garden + Landscape Designers (SGLD) Awards.. read more on thedirt.news #GardenDesign #KLCSchoolofDesign #LondonCollegeGardenDesign #SocietyofGardenDesign #Studentawards
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Colm Joseph’s award-winning garden

Congratulations to our talented graduates who won SGD Awards - Bronte Seller and Kate Hyslop and also to all who were shortlisted - John Howlett, Rachel Emus, Kat Fellas, Louis Champain and Maria Krichallo. Finally to graduate and tutor Colm Joseph for winning the People’s Choice Award 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

The newsletter is going out today with all the latest horticulture news, do sign up if you haven’t already… #newsletter #thedirtnews #horticulture #gardening #freenewsletter #horticultureindustry

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A fabulous day to be at Kew Gardens with our Planting Design Diploma students - finally some sun and blue sky!

Get well soon!

Yes, let’s! A tiny bit of good news.

Neonicotinoid pesticide emergency authorisation denied for 2025 UPDATED Neonicotinoid pesticide emergency authorisation denied for 2025 UPDATED - from HortWeek

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Welcome to our class of 2025 Planting Design Diploma students!
We still have some 2026 places left but they are filing fast. And we’ve just launched our new Certificate in Plantsmanship starting this September so check our website for info & to download a prospectus www.lcgd.org.uk/certficate-p...

SOIL: The World At Your Feet Groundbreaking exhibition at Somerset House, unearthing soil’s vital role in the planet’s future.

Reminder: Starting this week - 'SOIL: The world at your feet' exhibition, uniting visionary artists and thinkers from around the world to explore the remarkable power and potential of soil...read more on thedirt.news #exhibition #Soil #SomersetHouse #TheLandGardeners
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London College Of Garden Design: New Plantsmanship Course The London College of Garden Design launches new Certificate in Plantsmanship course for those looking to enhance their horticultural knowledge.

The London College of Garden Design launches new Certificate in Plantsmanship course... read more on thedirt.news #gardendesign #gardens #LondonCollegeofGardenDesign #horticulture #education
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We’re excited to announce our new Certificate in Plantsmanship. This in-class course will be delivered from our home at Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and introduces students to the essential skills, knowledge and techniques of plantsmanship. Download a prospectus here www.lcgd.org.uk/certficate-p...