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The three-week event celebrates community gardens and horticultural stunts across the world, the quirkier the better
Inspired by his father’s concern for nature, Nick Buttle decided to use his joinery skills to create hives made from red cedar
Designer Jo Thompson’s garden at this year’s event pays homage to the Westbourne, a river that runs under the showground itself
Since 2003, Pennsylvania Horticultural Society has turned 8,000 vacant lots into public parks and planted 500,000 trees
This year’s headline-grabbing gardens feature anti-slavery messages, oak ‘metaphors’ and motorised hedges
Biosecurity ‘weaponry’ is helping to halt the global spread of non-native species, from rampaging caterpillars to giant hornets
A selection of the best specimens to look out for at this year’s event
Plants have long been entwined with literature, from symbols of romance and sexuality to political metaphor
The road to the show can be rocky, characterised by weather worries and timing issues
Cleve West on why we should celebrate the more mature career changers who have switched to garden design
The undisputed world master of garden design from the 1950s until his death in 1985
The redesign of grounds at the institution will aim to show how urban green spaces can aid wellbeing
Nursery apprentice Robert Parson, 20, talks about his enthusiasm for tree ferns
Jinny Blom picks out her all-time top flowering plants, from wisteria to magnolia
More women are needed to focus on the show’s human element rather than materialism and status, says Sarah Eberle
From giant apple sculptures and lightweight secateurs to birdbaths, compost and watering cans
Matthew Wilson defied geometry and linearity (and exhaustion) in creating the RBC’s water-conserving garden
Gardens and plants to look out for, from pineapple guava hedges to a ‘kaleidoscope’ of dahlias
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