 Katie's Garden has also won Best in Show for the best trade stand in the Flower Show Here's Gill with the Perpetual Challenge Trophy !
Our colourful display is all set up in the Flower and Garden zone at the Suffolk Show and we're looking forward to the next two days! Several members of the Katie's Garden team will be taking turns as Stewards at our display and plant stall - other colleagues are still working hard back at the nursery which is still open - with plenty of plants to water! Our display features a wide variety of plants we grow, presented this year in border-like settings to showcase perennials and shrubs ideal for different popular scenarios such as a shady spot, or an all-whites look. Plus of course stunning samples of our popular annuals in patio pots and of course our famous hanging baskets! If you're at the Suffolk Show please do come and say hello, We'd love to see your photos too Facebook: @katiesgardenplantcentre; Insta: @katiesgardenplants This afternoon Gill set off for the Suffolk Show with the final van loaded with plants and displays for our exhibit and stall in the Flower and Garden zone. Good luck! The extreme heat didn't stop the Katie's Garden team from making the final preparations for our striking exhibit for the Suffolk Show in the Flower and Garden zone.
After final selection and cleaning at the nursery the displays are carefully transported to the showground, fortunately not too far away, where the whole look comes together. If you're visiting the Suffolk Show this year, 27th & 28th May, be sure to come and say hello ! Katie's Garden features on ITV Anglia News for World Bee Day. At the nursery today, Woodbridge Mayor Nigel Phipps presented Bee Cafe founder Paul Martin with an award from the Bee Friendly Trust in recognition of all his and the Bee Cafe volunteers' work. Congratulations! East Suffolk Councillors Ruth Leach and Stephen Molyneux also attended to mark the launch of a new 'pollinator pitstop' scheme supported by local councils, continuing the work to build a bee and wildlife friendly corridor in gardens and verges Ipswich-Woodbridge-Sutton. Watch the news item on catch up here (from 21.45) https://www.itv.com/.../catch-up-on-itv-news.../jydxlwm Find out more about the Bee Cafe CIC project here: https://www.beecafecic.org/ Breaking news! We're delighted that the Addelshaw Goddard Flourish in the City Garden at RHS Chelsea 2026 has been awarded a Gold medal and also Best in Show small showgarden! Congratulations to Joe and Laura Carey of Carey Garden Desgin Studio for their stunning design and build. Some of the garden's 2,000 plants were grown by us here in Newbourne!   We've just waved off the last batch of plants grown for RHS Chelsea 2026.
An after-hours working party saw a wide selection of 'edibles' carefully trolleyed up. Over the last few months we've sown and grown a selection of herbs and vegetables with a 'maritime' theme for the Rhino Greenhouses' trade stand designed by Rea Hill and Rose Hill Luxury Designs From our glasshouse to theirs! Last week we despatched plants grown for the Addelshaw Goddard Flourish in the City Garden, designed by Carey Garden Design Studio. We're also proud that our plants have been selected by Woodbridge-based botanical artist Brie Harrison for her trade stand at RHS Chelsea. Read more about our special commissions here: RHS SHOWS - GROWERS It's always a pleasure to welcome small groups to the nursery on mid-May evenings for summer basket planting workshops. Following demonstrations and sharing of our top insider tips for success, it's then fascinating to see the individual baskets take shape as everyone gets hands on to create their own baskets or pots to take home. This week was no exception! We are now able to start releasing a limited quantity of excess plants grown for Chelsea: special varieties of sweet pea, camassia and iris. To ensure a good selection of top-notch plants for Chelsea we always grow more than required; and sometimes also nurture a couple of varieties in order to increase the likelihood of having sufficient in flower at just the right moment! Those that flower too soon, or too late, or are surplus to requirements make their way into our nursery shop for customers to enjoy a bit of Chelsea stardust in their own Suffolk gardens: a win win!  We know you love a Salvia.. so we've been growing over 20 more varieties. Now rooted and ready for planting out: they're ready for you ! Ideal for our sandy soils, these fast growing, long flowering, low maintenance hardy/half hardy perennials are also loved by bees & more, what's not to love?! Find them at the nursery in the entrance lane in 1L pots, they will also be going out in our weekly deliveries  The East Anglian Daily Times asked Katie's Garden for advice on how to keep gardening enjoyable in later life. Susie's article 'Gardening in the Golden Years' appears in today's issue.
Tips include recommendations of longer flowering and lower maintenance perennials and shrubs; ensuring raised beds really are raised high enough and that pots are as large as possible to ease watering and improve growing. Easy care Grow Your Own suggestions and, if space allows a flowering cherry, crab apple or rowan tree which gives several seasons of interest and is wildlife friendly too are included too. But most importantly making time to enjoy your outdoor space with your favourite plants - and with family and friends! Read the full article here: Gardening in the Golden Years - Katie's Garden Plant Centre We're looking forward to this Sunday's Open Garden event at Columbine Hall, Stowupland, in aid of St Elizabeth Hospice. As plant partners to the Great Garden Trail, Katie's Garden is running a full plant stall filled with freshly grown cottage garden perennials, alpines, herbs, shrubs, patio plants, GYO veg & more!
Head Gardener Kate promises it will be 'our BIGGEST open gardens day EVER on Sunday April 26th 12-5pm all in aid of St. Elizabeth Hospice. There’ll be local nurseries with plants for sale, craft and artisan stalls and refreshments. Plus five acres of gardens to explore including our parterre, bog garden, walled kitchen garden, wildflower meadow, two newly built bridges across our moat and creation of our new Italianate style walled garden. £5 each - no need to book. Under 16’s free - dogs on leads welcome. It will be lovely to see you all at Columbine Hall, Stowupland IP14 4AT.' A quintessential Suffolk afternoon out, welcoming, relaxed and enjoyable with something for everyone - we hope to see you there! Learn about other venues and events where you'll find our plants this summer here: Shops and shows
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