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Asa, Emily, Nicola and Leanne went to the Chelsea Flower Show on Tuesday 24th May. Here are some of the highlights from their visit.
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.
Read about a new course for local students and the development of a new growing space for Education Trust courses.
Read about our new additions on the Plant Nursery for all our visitors.
On Friday 18th February, the UK was hit with strong winds from Storm Eunice, bringing gusts of 80mph to this part of the country. Due to the forecasted high winds, the Gardens, Plant Nursery, Tearoom and Garden Shop were closed to visitors and staff.
On Monday 14th February, we celebrated the reopening of the Gardens, Plant Nursery, Garden Shop and refurbished Tearoom by inviting Friends of Beth Chatto’s to an exclusive members day. Garden and Nursery Director David Ward spent the day in the Woodland Garden giving snowdrop tours and answering any questions.
The ‘Design for the Environment’ Award is for UK or international residential, commercial, or public project of any size focused on environmental contribution and sustainability and is the only award open to members and non-members.
We celebrated the Best in Horticultural Communications, at The GMG AWARDS 2021 Virtual Ceremony Friday, 26th November 2021
Delighted to be able to confirm that finally Beth’s Gardens are being featured in the latest Carol Klein’s ‘Great British Gardens’
Following the recent Visit England Visitor Attraction Quality Scheme assessment earlier this year in May 2021, we are delighted to be able to announce that Beth Chatto’s has been awarded the prestigious Visit England Welcome Accolade.
Life on the Nursery continues throughout winter as we prepare the plant palettes that provide the 'paint' for your garden in the seasons that follow
The Beth Chatto Symposium took place 30-31st August; a gathering of gardeners, designers and plantspeople from all over the world.
It is with great sadness we announce the death of Beth Chatto OBE VMH, the acclaimed gardener, writer and plantswoman.