Busy Bees and Leapfrog Nurseries in the North of England will be showcasing a spectacular garden at Tatton Park Flower Show, taking place from the 20th – 24th July, based on the much loved film, the Wizard of Oz. Busy Bees Nurseries entered into the RHS Show at Tatton Park last year, with popular children’s [...]
Project coordinator Glen Jackson of HM Prison Everthorpe worked with a group of prisoners; both perpetrators and victims of knife related crimes, to design and create a garden to raise awareness on current issues relating to knife crime. The garden represents the journey of knife crime from the physical act through to imprisonment, rehabilitation and [...]
Waterfront designed by Stephen Dennis, Stephen Dennis Designs When visiting the area of County Mayo on the West Coast of Ireland, Dublin based designer Stephen Dennis was intrigued to notice wild flowers which are normally found in Africa growing amongst the native Irish plants. Research led Stephen to discover that these plants had been brought [...]
Horticulture Student’s Vegetables Turn to Gold at RHS Tatton Park Flower Show. After exhibiting at flower shows across the UK for over six years, students at Finchale Training College, a registered charity in County Durham, has finally swept Gold at RHS Tatton Park Flower Show. The show garden, entitled ‘The Schedule’, was designed a constructed [...]
Visitors can step back in time at Tatton with ‘Dinosaurs at Large!’ designed by Mark Hargreaves and Mark Sparrow of Chester Zoo. Chester Zoo’s garden is a representation of the environment and plants that existed when dinosaurs roamed the earth during the Mesozoic era. A young Raptor can be seen taking a drink from a swampy [...]
Gardener Dori Miller, from Cheshire is celebrating winning the gold medal for her climate change inspired garden at Tatton RHS Flower Show. Together with her son Howard, she created an Oxfam climate change garden called ‘When the Waters Rise”. The garden reflects the plight of millions of women farmers in poor countries who have to [...]
The thirteenth RHS Flower Show Tatton Park is lucky for some – not least Tatton itself – as it celebrates a gold medal for this year’s show garden. Entitled ‘Paradise Isle: 100 years on’ Tatton’s show garden is a re-imagining of the serene Japanese garden, which was introduced to Tatton a hundred years ago. A [...]
On flights where seatback IFE is not available, business class and premium economy passengers will be able to play games and enjoy movies and TV shows on the popular portable entertainment system after signing agreement with IFE Services. Knutsford based IFE Services, a leading in-flight entertainment (IFE) provider, has signed an agreement with Icelandair to [...]
On Monday 11th July .Victoria Pendleton, Olympic Gold Medallist and local Cheshire girl was cycling at the stunning Tatton Park to continue her tireless encouragement to increase the number of women on wheels through her women only bike rides, Cycletta sponsored by Sky Ride. The Cycletta series consists of two cycling events in 2011, one [...]
