Growing communities of resilience come rain or shine

We invite you to our 2025 spring seminar where we have gathered our industry’s leaders to speak about what resilience means in our gardens. From our planting choices to supporting communities of life, we will explore how to approach the climatic pressures our gardens face whatever the weather. 

The day will be made up of two talks:

• Biodiverse Rain Gardens: The Resilience of Small Things with Wendy Allen

• Can rewilding help build resilience in gardens? – the view from Knepp with Moy Fierheller & Suzi Turner

And two panel discussions:

• The Power of Water: ecological design and innovative approaches for resilient landscapes
  Chair: Jo McKerr (Ecological Landscape consultant and writer)
  Panellists: Lili Barras-Hargan (Glasshouse Horticulturist at RBG Edinburgh), Jo Gibbons (Landscape Architect at JL Gibbons) and Kevin Twyford (Head LA at London Borough of Newham).

• Creating communities of change: Right people, right plants, right place!
  Chair: Humaira Ikram (Studio Ikram)
  Panellists: Alex Antoniou (Leahurst Nursery / Plantsman), Kevin Martin (Head of Tree Collections & Arboriculture at RBG Kew) and Toby Shuall (Planting & Garden Designer & nursery owner @zophianplants)

Your ticket price includes:

• A vegan lunch and refreshments

• Entry to Kew, so you'll have a chance to explore the garden during breaks and when the seminar finishes

We hope you'll enjoy learning and digesting this years’ seminar themes and meeting new and old friends in the industry.

Location: Lady Sainsbury Lecture Theatre, RBG, Kew, TW9 3DS