Gardens for Good Causes

Chris Young in conversation with three PGB 2023 Garden Designers: Alexa Ryan-Mills of the Sadler's Wells East Garden, Laura Carey of the Talitha Arts Garden and Darren Hawkes of the Samaritans' Listening Garden. All views expressed in this episode are of the speakers and do not represent Project Giving Back as an organisation.

PR & Comms expert from Bloom PR, Jennie Spears, in conversation with Awil Mohamoud, Press & Communications Officer, School Food Matters; Zoe Franklin Director of Communications & Events at Horatio's Garden; and Clare Foggett, Editor of The English Garden. All views expressed in this episode are of the speakers and do not represent Project Giving Back as an organisation.

Hattie Ghaui in conversation with Sarah Randall, CEO of Teapot Trust, Stephanie Slater, CEO & Founder of School Food Matters and Tom Harfleet, live at the Garden Museum May 2023 All views expressed in this episode are of the speakers and do not represent Project Giving Back as an organisation.

James Alexander-Sinclair in conversation with Richard Curle, Managing Director, Landscape Associates; Jilayne Rickards, Designer of the Fauna & Flora Garden; and Camellia Taylor, Designer of the Natural Affinity Garden for Aspens - live at the Garden Museum May 2023 All views expressed in this episode are of the speakers and do not represent Project Giving Back as an organisation.

Chris Marchant, Plantswoman, Nursery owner and PGB mentor, in conversation with Jane Porter, Designer of the Choose Love Garden, Jamie Butterworth, Managing Director of Form Plants; and organic gardening expert Jekka McVicar - live at the Garden Museum May 2023 All views expressed in this episode are of the speakers and do not represent Project Giving Back as an organisation.

Gemma Lake, Show Manager at the RHS, at the Garden Museum All views expressed in this episode are of the speakers and do not represent Project Giving Back as an organisation.

In our new series discussing 2023's gardens for good causes, we're starting with a deep dive into the inspiration behind and future plan of one of the recent gardens from RHS Chelsea - The Teapot Trust 'Elsewhere Garden'. Hattie is joined by Tom Steele, Director of Estates and Facilities, NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde, to discuss the relocation plan at the Royal Hospital for Sick Children within the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital, Glasgow. It will afford long term benefits and equitable access to transformational art therapy. Hattie also spoke with Ruth Girvan, Chair of the Teapot Trust, who has lived experience of the challenges of having a child with a long term health condition, JIA, and has experienced first-hand the life-changing impact Teapot Trust can have on children who go through multiple hospital visits, procedures and tests, and their ability to face into their (often invisible) condition.  Recorded before the RHS Chelsea Flower Show where the garden won a Gold medal in the All About Plants category. The garden was designed by Semple Begg. Read more here.

In this live episode, Project Giving Back brought together charity representatives from this year's cohort of PGB funded gardens at the 2023 RHS Chelsea Flower Show for a discussion in the lead up to Chelsea. The event was a chance for the 2023 funded charities to ask questions and hear from three representatives from our 2022 cohort giving a talk on the human impact of gardens. The talk was hosted by Tom Harfleet, former RHS Chelsea Show Manager  GUEST SPEAKERS Tayshan Hayden-Smith, Founder of Grow2Know Darryl Moore, Director and Cofounder of Cityscapes Georgi Peyok, Special Event Manager - Major Giving at Mind Recorded live at The Conduit in London on 24 April, 2023. Project Giving Back is a grant making organisation funding gardens for good causes at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show from 2022 - 2024.

With only two months to go until the RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2023, we are looking back at 2022 with four garden designers who experienced the full journey to Chelsea. Listen along as John, Lulu, Adam and Andy share their highlights, lowlights and anecdotes in between.  Recorded live in May 2022, hosted by Chris Young, landscape designer, gardens consultant and former RHS editor. A special thanks to our special guests: John Everiss, garden designer RAF Benevolent Fund Garden 2022 Lulu Urquhart, garden designer of A Rewilding Britain Landscape 2022 Adam Hunt, garden designer of A Rewilding Britain Landscape 2022 Andy Smith-Williams, garden designer of Core Arts Front Garden Revolution 2022

PGB's Jennie Spears, speaks with Bianca Bello Biamonti, Senior Project Manager, Major Giving at Mind and Ben Eden-Davies, Head of Individual Giving at St. Mungo's about their charity's experiences of having a garden at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2022. Both charities were delighted to use the platform for raising brand awareness, as well as to cultivate and steward relationships with potential and existing supporters. The creative ideas really came out in the planning and execution. Having a garden at RHS Chelsea is a subtle yet effective way to bring funds and awareness to charities, with really beautiful stories emerging as well. Listen now.  Bianca Bello Biamonti - Senior Project Manager, Major Giving, Mind Ben Eden-Davies - Head of Individual Giving, St. Mungo's  Jennie Spears - PGB, PR & Comms Consultant, Bloom PR

Live episode Do you want to know how to get the best media coverage for a garden at RHS Chelsea Flower Show? Are you curious about how media plans are set for each garden? Are you in PR and wondering how to create the most noise around large events? How can charities tell their stories most effectively? These are all topics covered in this fantastic live podcast episode.  Our four guests speak on their experiences at RHS Chelsea 2022, sharing learnings and best practices.  Katie Tait Director of Communications, Maggie's & PGB Mentor Paula McWatersFreelance Garden Writer & Former Gardening Editor, Country Living Carry SomersFounder and Global Operations Director, Fashion Revolution Eleanor DriscollFilm & Image Manager, RNLI   Recorded May 2022

In this episode, PGB CEO, Hattie Ghaui speaks with Janet Cooper, Deputy Chair of Trustees at RNLI; Faris Khalifa, Media Volunteer at Mind; Jo Roberts, CEO of Wilderness Foundation and Ben Eden-Davies, Head of Individual Giving at St Mungo's on how the charities made the best of their opportunity at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show. The episode also touches on the power of volunteers, the process of building a garden at the show, gardening for mental health, learnings from Chelsea 2022, fundraising and friend-raising, and many other valuable topics. The key learnings are valuable insight for all charities involved for future years. First recorded as a webinar in November 2022. - RHS Chelsea Flower Show is a unique platform for charitable organisations to tell their stories. Project Giving Back was set up to fund 42 gardens for good causes over three years at the world-famous show, all of which will be relocated afterwards. This podcast shares conversations, insight and advice from Project Giving Back, designers, charities and other guests on what it takes to create a successful Chelsea garden, and how show gardens can leave a lasting legacy for good causes.

On the newest episode PGB CEO Hattie Ghaui speaks with Richard Curle, Manager Director of Landscape Associates and Mark Gregory, Managing Director of Landform Consultants and a PGB Mentor, about managing the garden projects and relocating the gardens after RHS Chelsea. 

In the second episode of Gardens for good causes, we have three garden and horticulture experts sharing insights into creating a garden at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show. Jenni Spears of Bloom PR interviews Chris Marchant, Plantswoman, Nursery owner and PGB mentor and Polly Wilkinson, garden designer for 2022 RHS Chelsea People's Choice winner for Mother for Mothers garden about how to be collaborative when working with nurseries and what designers should look for in plants suitable for the show. Listen today for tips, insights and stories.  - RHS Chelsea Flower Show is a unique platform for charitable organisations to tell their stories. Project Giving Back was set up to fund 42 gardens for good causes over three years at the world-famous show, all of which will be relocated afterwards. This podcast shares conversations, insight and advice from Project Giving Back, designers, charities and other guests on what it takes to create a successful Chelsea garden, and how show gardens can leave a lasting legacy for good causes.  

In the first episode of Project Giving Back's Gardens for Good Causes podcast, CEO, Hattie Ghaui, speaks with Gemma Lake, Show Manager of the RHS Chelsea Flower Show about the tremendous and exciting process of setting up gardens at the show.  Speaking live at the 2022 RHS Chelsea Flower Show, listeners can feel the buzz around the project itself and hear what it's like behind the scenes.  RHS Chelsea Flower Show is a unique platform for charitable organisations to tell their stories. Project Giving Back was set up to fund 42 gardens for good causes over three years at the world-famous show, all of which will be relocated afterwards. This podcast shares conversations, insight and advice from Project Giving Back, designers, charities and other guests on what it takes to create a successful Chelsea garden, and how show gardens can leave a lasting legacy for good causes.