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Recent News

Survey reveals insights into skin cancer in the horticulture workforce

12% of survey respondents had been diagnosed with some form of skin cancer, according to a survey performed by the Chartered Institute of Horticulture and Plant Network looking at awareness of skin cancer and attitudes to sun-safety from those working in the...

2025 Landscape Institute Awards

The Landscape Institute (LI) Awards demonstrate the vital contribution that professionals across the sector make in addressing societal challenges in climate, nature, and health and wellbeing. There are opportunities to enter for both members and non-members of the LI...

Sarah Simpson is the 2025 Young Horticulturist of the Year!

Saturday 10th May, Historic Royal Palaces Hillsborough Castle and Garden, glorious sunshine and the Young Horticulturist of the Year 2025 Grand Final! Hillsborough Castle, County Down, Northern Ireland is the official home of the Secretary of State for Northern...

World Therapeutic Horticulture Day 2025

On May 18, 2025, we celebrate World Therapeutic Horticulture Day (WTHD), a global movement championing the power of plants in improving mental and physical well-being. With a growing number of Chartered Institute of Horticulture members actively engaged in Social and...

HTA Grower of the Year Award

Where would garden designers, landscape architects and landscapers be without fantastic plants and the brilliant nurseries who grow them? If you are a retailer, landscaper, garden designer or landscape architect you must have a favourite nursery or grower, so why not...

UK Government invests more than £45 million in ground-breaking technologies to boost Britain’s food security

DEFRA announced £45 million in new grants to drive and develop innovative technologies on farms.  From 28 April, applications will open for the brand-new Accelerating Development of Practices and Technologies (ADOPT) competition, which will commit up to £20.6...
World Therapeutic Horticulture Day 2025

World Therapeutic Horticulture Day 2025

On May 18, 2025, we celebrate World Therapeutic Horticulture Day (WTHD), a global movement championing the power of plants in improving mental and physical well-being. With a growing number of Chartered Institute of Horticulture members actively engaged in Social and...

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HTA Grower of the Year Award

HTA Grower of the Year Award

Where would garden designers, landscape architects and landscapers be without fantastic plants and the brilliant nurseries who grow them? If you are a retailer, landscaper, garden designer or landscape architect you must have a favourite nursery or grower, so why not...

read more

Upcoming Events

Annual General Meeting 2025
3 June 2025

Annual General Meeting 2025

SAVE THE DATE The Chartered Institute of Horticulture's Annual General Meeting is taking place...

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James Bruce Memorial Lecture - Dr Chris Thorogood
3 June 2025

James Bruce Memorial Lecture - Dr Chris Thorogood

'Pathless forest: the quest to save the world’s largest flowers' with Dr Chris Thorogood,...

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