March '25 in the Garden

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March in the Garden 2025 SHORT NOTES

Spring is in the air! DIG IT’s Peter Brown and Chris Day guide us through the month of March looking at events far and wide to visit, including the US and Australia, the latest news stories and the jobs to be getting on with in the garden.

What’s on

1st March: The Alpine Society’s Early Spring Show at Chelmsford City Racecourse, Chelmsford, Essex.

1 - 9th March: Philadelphia Flower Show, Pennsylvania Convention Centre, US.

15th March: Orchid and Terrarium Workshop Day at Buckingham Garden Centre with Manos Kanellos.

16th March: Rare Plants Fair at The Bishop's Palace, Wells, Somerset.

17 - 23rd March: Hever Castle's Dazzling Daffodils, Hever, Edenbridge, Kent.

21st March Garden Re-Leaf Day 2025 The annual Greenfingers Charity flagship fundraising event.

26 - 30th March: Melbourne International Flower and Garden Show. Royal Exhibition Building and Carlton Gardens, Australia.

29th March: Rare Plants Fair at Evenley Wood Gardens, Brackley, Northants.

News

Britain's bestselling non-fiction writer Dr David Hessayon has died aged 96 - after selling 67 million gardening guidebooks worldwide.

RHS reports a 21% surge in applications across its School of Horticulture programme

Peat-free education collaboration launches a new concise peat-free guide.

TV personality Fiona Bruce will be joining the National Garden Scheme (NGS) as an ambassador.

Storm Eowyn topples more than 10,000 National Trust trees.

Petition for a total ban on neonicotinoid puts pressure on government.

National Trust announce 10-year green plan.

Beloved Barnsdale Gardens established 40 years ago by horticulturist and star broadcaster Geoff Hamilton, faces closure if 67-acre solar farm is built.

Hillier’s woodland themed garden to be created at BBC Gardeners’ World Spring Fair.

Jekka McVicar launches her 10th thyme variety, Thymus Jekka’s Bee Happy.

Johnsons new Cutting Flower seed range now in Garden Centres.

2025 Sweet Pea season at Eaton Walled Gardens.

Best houseplants for productivity.

Coffee and cocoa prices doubled due to extreme weather.

New heritage pear Cornishgold ™ launched.

Alan Titchmarsh gets nod in latest BAFTA winning Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl film.

DIG IT Top 5 Our top selling Dahlia varieties from last year were No 5 Thomas Edison, No 4 Topmix Yellow, No 3 Anne Joy, No 2 joint Collerette Kelsey, Lady Liberty, Red Hot Chilli, Vera Frost and Xanthe and No 1 White Perfection.

People mentioned: Jekka McVicar, Jessica Naish, and Nick Hamilton.

Products mentioned: Premier Christmas decorations, Rotavator, Cloche, Potato growing bags, Peat free composts, Root Trainers and Bird nesting boxes.

Plant mentions: Apricot, Peas, Beans, Artichoke, Asparagus, Tomatoes, Courgettes, Pumpkins, Squash, Seed Potatoes, Carrots, Fennel (Bronze), Maidenhair fern (Adiantum), Quickthorn, Blackthorn, Rhubarb varieties - Champagne, Timperley Early and Stockbridge Arrow, plastic dustbins as Rhubarb forcers, Hazel and Birch for pea sticks, Sweet Peas, Strawberries, Raspberries, Chinese money plant (Crassula), Monstera, Sansevieria, Boston fern, Prayer plants, Spathiphyllum, Lilies, Dahlias, Freesia and Gladioli

Our thanks to Chiltern Music Therapy for supplying the music.

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