Author Daisy Bowie-Sell
Daisy Bowie-Sell

Daisy Bowie-Sell

Daisy is a freelance journalist and writer with 20 years of experience working on titles including the Telegraph, Time Out London, WhatsOnStage, Gardens Illustrated, the Guardian and Ambit Magazine. Her passions are wildlife, gardens and the arts, and she loves it best when those things intersect.

Recent articles by Daisy Bowie-Sell
The Julia Rausing Garden by Tom Stuart-Smith, Feature Garden. Image credit: The Julia Rausing Garden designed by Tom Stuart-Smith

Tom Stuart-Smith to design largest ever RHS feature garden and a surprise pop star turns his hand to garden design at RHS Badminton Flower Show this year

A huge feature garden is being planned by world-renowned garden designer Tom Stuart-Smith and there will be a surprising appearance from a popstar at RHS Badminton 2026
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Dry gardens and drought in the UK

7 expert tips for how to garden in a heatwave, from lawn care to watering (#4 might surprise you)

As the hot weather in the UK continues, we ask three horticultural experts how we should be adapting the way we garden to hotter, drier conditions
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Parkinson's UK A Garden for Every Parkinson's Journey. Designed by Arit Anderson. Show Garden. RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2026. © RHS / Neil Hepworth

People's Choice Awards open for voting at RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2026 - here's how to have your say

Here's how to make your vote count at this year's RHS Chelsea Flower Show. Voting has now opened and you can have your say about your favourite space
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King Charles III (R) laughs as he talks with designer Kazuyuki Ishihara in the Tokonoma Garden - Sanumaya no Niwa at 2026 RHS Chelsea Flower Show © Adrian Dennis - WPA Pool/Getty Images

Celebrities and best-dressed at RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2026

Discover which celebrities attended the RHS Chelsea Flower Show this year and what they wore
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The Spice Isle exhibit in The Great Pavilion © Neil Hepworth

Full list of medals awarded in the Great Pavilion at RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2026

The medals have been announced for the exhibits in the Great Pavilion at RHS Chelsea Flower Show - discover who won which award
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Winner of the coveted RHS Plant of the Year award announced at Chelsea Flower Show 2026

Discover which plant has been recognised as the RHS Chelsea Plant of the Year 2026, picked from a shortlist chosen by industry experts
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Sustainable products and businesses celebrated with awards announced at RHS Chelsea Flower Show

Discover what products were recognised in the RHS's Sustainable Lifestyle and Garden Products of the Year Awards 2026
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The RHS and The King's Foundation Curious Garden. Designed by Frances Tophill. Feature Garden. RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2026. © RHS / Sarah Cuttle

Frances Tophill brings a colourful and immersive garden to Chelsea Flower Show, with help from The King, David Beckham and Alan Titchmarsh

Discover what Frances Tophill and her collaborators Sir David Beckham and Alan Titchmarsh are hoping to achieve with The RHS and The King's Foundation Curious Garden at RHS Chelsea Flower Show
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No Mow May

Here's the reason why No Mow May is so important

No Mow May encourages gardeners to leave their mowers in the shed and transform their lawns into havens of biodiversity. Here's why it's so important. Illustration Lesley Buckingham
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Flowers from the Real Flower Company

The best flower subscriptions for a last minute Mother's Day gift

Don't just surprise mum with ONE bunch of flowers. Why not show how much you love her all year long? The best last-minute Mother's Day gift
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Christmas tree care

Stop the needles falling and the droop: here's how to care for your Christmas tree so it's happy for longer

You invest in a Christmas tree and bring it into your home over the festive season. Make sure it's as happy as possible so it lasts for as long as possible
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The best gifts for gardeners - Solstice Hot Chocolate, 400g, £8.95, Harth; Bel Holland Fluted Mug, large, £34, The Painted Bird; Gingerbread Christmas Tree Biscuits, 125g box, £3.50, Hawkens Gingerbread; Beth Lewis Linoprint Apple Orchard Notebook, black, A5 plain paper, £6, and Beth Lewis Fern Coasters, black, £12 for four, both These Two Hands; The Almanac: A Seasonal Guide To 2026, by Lia Leendertz, published by Octopus Books £12.99, Waterstones; Workshop Pen, multi-tool, £12, Plümo.

60 creative Christmas gifts for nature and garden lovers in 2025

Here's our selection of fantastic gardening gifts in 2025, tailor-made to suit the gardener in your life.
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Visitors walking through the grounds of Fountains Abbey

Great last minute Christmas gifts: gardening memberships and subscriptions for 2025

Looking for a Christmas gift for a gardener after the last Christmas post delivery date? We've got the best gardening membership and subscription gifts you can still buy and gift in time for Christmas
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Allium atropurpureum

Gothic plants for Halloween: these are the plants that could help to spookify your garden

Discover some of the blackest plants, just in time for Halloween
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Chelsea Flower Show: Chelsea pensioners

Tickets, information, dates and what's on

Everything you need to know about RHS Chelsea Flower Show tickets and more for 2026
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Deryck Body's garden

Cottage-core style: discover the best plants for a beautiful cottage garden

Looking to create a charming cottage garden feel in your garden? Marcus Eyles picks the plants you need
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A selection of garden chairs on a pink background

Kick back and relax with the best garden chairs to buy in 2025

Make the most of warmer, longer days with our choice of the most stylish outdoor garden chairs
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Palm House decay photography restoration at Kew Credit Jeff Eden © RBG Kew

Kew Garden to renovate its iconic Palm House into first net-zero glasshouse

Kew Gardens has announced a renovation project on the historic Palm House and Waterlily House
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A garden

There's a new RHS show taking place this week, but what happened to RHS Tatton and what exactly is RHS Wentworth Woodhouse?

Discover everything you need to know about the new RHS Wentworth Woodhouse show and which gardens won medals
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My second hand greenhouse

Should you get a second hand greenhouse? I got one and regretted it - here's why

There's a big market for second hand greenhouses, but is it worth the bother? Here's everything you need to know about getting one
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Alan Partridge

Alan Partridge brings Show Garden to RHS Hampton Court Palace Flower Show

The TV presenter Alan Partridge will be delving into the world of horticulture with his first ever garden at an RHS show
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Sunlight Shining Through garden at Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival

Hampton Court Flower Show 2025: the full list of gardens

The RHS's Hampton Court Palace Garden Show runs in early July, here are all the gardens to see at this year's show
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