If you have an interest in the history of city green places then you might like to head to a new exhibition at the London Garden Museum running until April 1 2012.
There you will be taken through the range of green city developments across London over the last 150 years in an exhibition that opened recently.
"From Garden City to Green City re-visits a time when areas like Brixton and Waterloo could be depicted as rural idylls," said the museum.
The Institute of Horticulture’s conference later this year will focus on youth and the need to ensure that the industry has the right quality and quantity of staff to provide for its needs in the future.
The Institute of Horticulture will tackle some of the most challenging issues facing the industry at its annual conference on 8 October 2011.
Entitled 'Here today: Who’s here tomorrow? A focus on young people in horticulture', the conference will consider how the industry can respond to the challenges of ensuring that the right calibre of entrants are available both in quantity and quality to fill the employment needs of such a wide, diverse and extensive employer pool.
If you are looking for a dash of garden inspiration and can get to the British Museum in London, then take a stroll around an Australian Landscape.
The museum has worked in partnership with Kew Gardens to create the garden on its forecourt, with the promise of talks, workshops, lectures and films exploring Australia.
What looks like a truly stunning exhibition is set to soon open at London's Natural History Museum.
Sensational Butterflies will let visitors see live butterflies fluttering around in a beautiful, outdoor butterfly house.
The exhibition runs from April 12 until September 11, 2011 and on display will be 100s of live butterflies and moths, including spectacular swallowtails and beautiful blue morphos.
Ticket prices:
Adult £3.50. Child and concessions £3.50. Family £12.
Free to Members, Patrons and children aged 3 and under.
A good time was had by all Landscape Juice members at the three informal meetings last week.
The idea was only mooted a month earlier by Karl Harrison on the forum entry South Bucks Landscape Juice meeting. Since then events have moved forward fast.
At the South Bucks meeting there were some mysterious mentions of a certain hat that made an appearance without its owner. T & S Plants said: "Also present was 'John Pugh's hat' making a guest appearance."
Network members have been sharing ideas and advice over many months. Every day, gardeners and designers, business owners and suppliers who wouldn't otherwise be in touch, have that chance via the forum.
As the value to each member becomes clear, there is a curiosity and a need to cement the friendship by meeting up. Connecting on-line and putting up a photo and comment, with an occasional direct meeting consolidates the relationship.
Karl Harrison has taken the intiative to organise the first meet up, with the chance of putting a face to a name, and even sharing a pie and a beer or two.
From October 6th 2010 their Autumn and Winter exhibition will focus upon the Dutch who are not only 'the world's best gardeners', but 'have transformed the British approach to gardens and plants in the last fifteen years', according to Christopher Woodward the museum director.
The Dutch Wave was a movement of the 90's that strongly influenced British garden design. It was based on ecology, habitat planting and perennials.
Here's a list of the Royal Horticultural Society's garden show and events 2011.
February
15-16: RHS London Plant and Design Show
Marvel at a spectacular array of spring flowers and be inspired to turn neglected urban outdoor spaces into areas of beauty
RHS Horticultural Halls, Westminster, London
15: 10am-7pm, 16: 10am-5pm
Are you handy with a scythe or have you always fancied having a go using a scythe?
Now's your chance: the Green Scythe Fair is being held at Thorney Lakes, Muchelney near Langport in Somerset on the Sunday 13th June and the event organisers are looking for entries into West Country Scythe Competition.
Scything's not just for men either. Before mechanisation women played an equal part in gathering in the harvest but using sickles because English scythes were heavy and cumbersome. Today’s lighter and more ergonomic Austrian scythes allow women to participate.
On Saturday 12th June there will lessons in all aspects of scything and scythe expert, Christiane Lechner, will be visiting from Austria.
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