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The list describes Jo as known for her rich, colourful planting and signature use of roses, creating gardens of atmosphere and romance, with current projects including several private gardens in the South of England and Provence, as well as the Archers Garden at the new RHS Badminton Flower Show in July.

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On the evening of 2 May, Jo joins Kali Hammerton Stove, founder of The Glasshouse charity, for a conversation hosted by Kitty Scully. Jo and Kali will talk about their extraordinary journey collaborating on the 2025 Chelsea Gold medal winning The Glasshouse Garden.

On 3 May, Jo leads her own talk, Designing a Romantic Garden, sharing the techniques and thinking behind her approach to creating gardens with atmosphere, romance, and a sense of timeless enchantment. A practical and inspiring session inspired by her book The New Romantic Garden.

The festival brings together an international range of speakers from garden design, horticulture, historic gardens, food growing, and nature conservation, set against the gardens of Ballintubbert House.

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The two-year collaboration will see Jo develop a series of exclusive rose and perennial collections, launching in 2027, alongside a year-round programme of seasonal content. The collections will be developed and trialled in real garden settings before launch, and one will draw directly on the planting from her RHS Chelsea 2025 gold medal-winning garden, The Glasshouse Garden.

The partnership launches this year with a programme of content across Crocus’ channels, beginning with a Rose Masterclass in June, guiding gardeners on how to choose roses and combine them with perennials.

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Created to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the long-running BBC Radio 4 programme, the garden will bring to life one of the series’ most familiar locations: Bridge Farm. Inspired by the fictional farm’s organic ethos and strong sense of community, the garden will feature elements inspired by life at Bridge Farm, including orchard fruit trees set within a wildflower meadow, a wildlife pond, a potting bench and references to the farm’s cheese-making heritage.

The design also draws on recent storylines from the programme, imagining the Bridge Farm garden being lovingly replanted following the devastating sewage spill that affected the farm in the drama.

RHS Badminton Flower Show
8 – 12 July 2026

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Taking place at the historic Guildhall in Winchester, Jo will be in conversation with writer and journalist Natasha Poliszczuk, sharing the ideas, stories and inspirations behind the 30 beautiful gardens featured in the book.

Through these projects, Jo explores how gardens can be both beautiful and environmentally thoughtful – atmospheric spaces that nurture wildlife as well as the people who spend time in them.

Whether you are an experienced gardener, designing your own outdoor space, or simply love gardens and the stories they tell, the event promises an inspiring celebration of the beauty, creativity and emotional power of gardens.

Saturday 18 April 2026
3:30pm

The Guildhall
High Street, Winchester
SO23 9GH

Tickets and further details are available here.

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Designed to come alive in the colder months, the Winter Garden celebrates structure, bark and silhouette. Frost and low light reveal the sculptural beauty of stems and seedheads, while soft drifts of grasses and a palette of silvers, russets and greens create a sense of quiet vibrancy.

The project – the largest undertaken at Rosemoor in recent years – took two years to complete and was realised entirely by the garden’s talented in-house team of 35. Their work included planting 1,612 bulbs, 1,120 herbaceous plants, 260 shrubs, 234 grasses and 96 trees. In a sustainable approach, 170 tonnes of concrete from old garden features were excavated, crushed on site and reused as hardcore for the new design.

Speaking about the garden, Jo said:

“It’s been such a pleasure to create a garden for the winter months – a time of year I find incredibly beautiful. When the leaves have fallen, you really see the structure, the bark, the silhouettes, and the way light moves through a space. I hope visitors will find real pleasure in walking through the garden and seeing the quiet magic that winter brings.”

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Set in a fairytale Kent village, this intimate garden shares a wall with a Grade I listed castle and reflects a seamless blend of history, craftsmanship and natural beauty. Designed as a journey of discovery, it balances formality and softness with meandering brick paths, a winding rill from the original well, and richly layered planting that offers privacy, texture and seasonal colour.

One of the judges said: “Simple design with beautifully complex plantings and material construction. The hardscape is amazing in this design… from the paving to the wall construction. Wow! This design has a lovely mix of informal (meadow-like) and formal (topiary) plantings, paired with the detailed stone work… makes it all magical.”

This year, the Association of Professional Landscape Designers (APLD) awarded 59 awards across residential, non-residential, small gardens, planting design, specialty projects, show gardens, and outdoor lighting. These awards honour excellence in landscape design, judged on the basis of difficulty, craftsmanship, attention to detail, and execution.

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