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Extension Opens at Hillier Eastbourne
Eastbourne Garden Centre Plant Area We are delighted to announce our extension at Eastbourne Garden Centre is now open! An additional 20,000 sqft of space has been added as a result of the major project, allowing room for five additional concessions, as well as giving even more room in our Centre to offer a great range of quality plants, garden accessories and home items. Chris Francis, Hillier Wholesale and Retail Director, comments: “We are delighted…
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Inaugural Hillier Cooking Class a Flaming Success
Have you ever found yourself struggling for recipe inspiration when hosting a summer party or barbecue? At our inaugural summer cooking class, held at three Hillier Garden Centres in late July and August, we shared deliciously simple ideas for a three-course barbecue feast with participants, which they could easily repeat at home to impress any guests. “Just a note to thank you all for a very good evening last Thursday… The whole evening was brilliantly…
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Salmon with Fennel & Lemon Recipe
Serves: 6 Time: 30 minutes This simple centrepiece of a dish is brilliant cooked on a barbecue or firepit. The flavours of the fresh herbs and zingy lemon make it a perfect summertime supper recipe. Great for sharing with friends. Ingredients 1 ½ kg side of salmon, skinned ½ bulb of fennel, thinly sliced 1 small white onion, thinly sliced Small bunch of dill 2 lemons, 1 thinly sliced Salt and freshly ground black pepper Method 1. Lay…
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Chelsea Flower Show 2017 | Most Wanted
At our 'Spring' by Hillier garden at RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2017, a certain number of plants - and gardening extras - really caught the interest of visitors to our Chelsea Flower Show stand. From statement trees to stand-out perennials, discover what was in the Chelsea 'Most Wanted' list this year. 1. Calycanthus × raulstonii 'Hartlage Wine' Absolutely the most talked about plant on our exhibit was Calycanthus 'Hartlage Wine' - also know as Sinocalycanthus 'Hartlage…
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Your Gardening Memories | View Our Memory Book from Chelsea 2017
The RHS Chelsea Flower Show is an enormous part of the Hillier story. We have so many remarkable memories collected from almost 100 years of exhibiting at the show. To celebrate this, in 2017 we included a 'memory tree' in our Chelsea garden - a beautiful Davidia involucrata (also known as the Pocket Handkerchief tree). All visitors to the show were invited to take a moment to pause among the bustle of Chelsea, contemplate and…
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Meet Three of the Hillier Plant Experts
It takes a huge team of people at Hillier to plan and create the Chelsea garden each year. The stars of the show, without a doubt, are the stunning plants displayed beautifully for all to admire. Among the Chelsea team are three key people working hard behind the scenes to ensure every single plant is worthy of a medal. Jo Fell is the head grower at the company’s Brentry nursery in Hampshire and is responsible…
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Memories Are Made of Chelsea
At Chelsea Flower Show 2017, we invited visitors to play their part in Chelsea history by leaving a lasting memory in our memory book and hanging tags on our Davidia involucrata ('Pocket Handkerchief tree'). The Memory Tree initiative has been supported by Hillier charity partner Wessex Cancer Trust. To kick it off, a number of famous faces, garden designers and personalities kindly shared their memories, signing unique wooden tags. The first of these was shared by gardening legend, long-term supporter of Wessex…
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Hillier Continues Chelsea Winning Streak with 72nd Gold
May 2017 - The most successful exhibitor in the history of the RHS Chelsea Flower Show has continued its winning streak. Hillier was awarded a gold medal for its ‘Spring’ by Hillier garden, making this the 72nd consecutive Chelsea Flower Show where Hillier has won gold. This impressive result also means lead designer, Sarah Eberle, remains Chelsea’s most decorated designer with a total of 14 gold medals at the show - this year she celebrates the 'treble…
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Hang Your Gardening Memories in Chelsea History
April 2017 - Visitors at this year’s RHS Chelsea Flower Show are invited to play their part in Chelsea history by leaving a lasting memory in the Hillier show garden. At the heart of one of the must-see exhibits will stand a unique tree, fluttering with something quite unusual. Hillier is opening part of its prestigious show garden to the public and is inviting show visitors to attach their favourite garden memory to its ‘Memory Tree’.…
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RHS Young Designer Of The Year On Hillier Chelsea Team
Hillier will return to the RHS Chelsea Flower Show in May 2017 on a mission to achieve its 72nd consecutive gold medal, furthering its title as Chelsea’s most successful exhibitor in the show’s history. To help achieve this, Hillier has called upon the services of the 2016 RHS Young Designer of the Year, Caitlin McLaughlin, who will be working alongside lead designer Sarah Eberle throughout the design detailing. Caitlin, 26, is an award-winning garden designer…
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Hillier Chelsea 2017 Design Unveiled
The 2017 Hillier Chelsea Flower Show garden has been inspired by one simple word: Spring. The ‘Spring' by Hillier garden will bring together the word in all its meanings. From seasonality and the anticipation of the first growth, foliage and flower; to a sense of movement and dynamism, all fuelled with a spirit of excitement and simple pleasures. This is all encapsulated in the Hillier garden, designed by Chelsea’s most decorated garden designer, Sarah Eberle.…
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Hillier Chelsea 2017 Plant Highlights
The botany behind the star plants at the Hillier Chelsea 2017 garden March 2017 – A remarkable new tree discovered by a retired chemist, an outstanding new form of blue Corydalis and an undervalued Lilium are three of the plant highlights that will be on display at the Hillier show garden for the 2017 RHS Chelsea Flower Show. Malus x purpurea ‘Crimson Cascade’ ** New and Exclusive to Hillier** The first of these, Malus x purpurea ‘Crimson…
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Roy Lancaster’s Top Plant Picks
Roy Lancaster hunting out exciting plants at our Newbury Garden Centre In June, we were fortunate enough to be joined by legendary plantsman, Roy Lancaster, for a series of talks at Hillier Garden Centres. As well as sharing tales of his fantastic adventures from a lifetime of hunting plants all over the world – many of which are featured in his new book, ‘My Life with Plants’ – he also took the opportunity to highlight…
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Hillier Chairman to Feature in Charity Portrait Exhibition Celebrating Hampshire People
Hillier Chairman, Robert Hillier, will be one of the more than 100 portraits of Hampshire people featured at the exhibition From 26th April to 2nd May 2017, the Winchester Portrait Exhibition at the Great Hall, Winchester, will display photographs of people who have made an impression on the local Hampshire community. The exhibition, by photographer Michael Butters, aims to raise funds for Winchester Cathedral; the PICU (Paediatric Intensive Care Unit) at Southampton General Hospital and The…
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Hillier Raises More Than £10,000 for Rainbow Trust
Robert Hillier, Chairman of Hillier Nurseries and Chris Francis, Director of Hillier Garden Centres and Wholesale, together with Sophie Collins, Partnerships Manager at Rainbow Trust Hillier Garden Centres and Rainbow Trust Children’s Charity rounded off two years of partnership together with the presentation of a cheque for more than £10,000 at Hillier Garden Centre Horsham. Rainbow Trust was the charity partner of Hillier Garden Centres throughout 2015-16. Funds were raised through collection boxes at the till points…
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