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This years Chelsea Flower Show focuses on 'bringing nature back' and 'embracing the wild', so we hope to see many wildlife friendly gardens championing species plants . We also take a look at Beth's time exhibiting at Chelsea and how she influenced many visitors with her sustainable approach to gardening.
Essex based architect, Bryan Thomas, recently spoke with Julia about his memories of Beth and Andrew and about his time designing their home.
Ex-Trainee Henrietta writes about her time as a student during May 2021.
Henrietta completed her traineeship during 2020-2021 and has now joined us full time as a Plant Senior Assistant.
Gardener Sally has removed the pot display at our garden entrance to help reduce watering on site. To replace the pot display, Sally has added some planting into the ground which will be unirrigated like the Gravel Garden. Read how she has approached this new area of planting.
Learn how Beth created her world famous Gravel Garden and how the garden team now maintain it.
Read about a new course for local students and the development of a new growing space for Education Trust courses.