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Presents an update on the activities and events held by the West Midlands and South Wales branches of the Institute of Horticulture as of Autumn 2004. Waste recycling initiatives at Pershore College; Highlights of the Annual Branch Meeting; Tour offered by Steve Dawkes on his fruit farm in Snitterfield.

The article offers an update on the activities of the West Midlands South Wales branch of the Institute of Horticulture as of October 2007. Members visited the garden at Highgrove, home of Prince Charles of Wales. Head gardener David Howard toured the members around the garden. The branch's 2007 annual branch meeting (ABM) was held at the Friends Meeting House in Warwick where the branch committee officers were elected. Future events of the branch are also presented.

The article offers news briefs related to horticulture in South Wales. The Horticultural Engineering Technical Group of the Institution of Agricultural Engineers visited the Campden and Chorleywood Food Research Association. Steven Desmond has been appointed membership secretary of the South Wales branch of the Institute of Horticulture (IoH). IoH presented the President's Medal to Peter Grimbly, acting treasurer for the South Wales branch of IoH.

Presents an update on the Institute of Horticulture (IoH) in West Midlands, England and South Wales as of April 2005. Tour of IoH to W. J. Findon & Son of Stratford-upon-Avon and Fibrex Nurseries to observe poinsettia and pelargonium production; Promotion of Graham Collier and Marion Gibson; Schedule of events from April to July.