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Monty Don to design dog-friendly garden
“This is an irresistible opportunity to join with the RHS and Radio 2 to share my love of gardens and dogs at the world’s greatest horticultural event” – Monty Don.
The garden will be displayed at the Chelsea Flower Show.

Next year’s Chelsea Flower Show is set to feature a dog-friendly garden designed by BBC Gardeners’ World presenter Monty Don.

Mr Don’s dogs, including the golden retrievers Nigel, Nell, and Ned, have been a regular feature of Gardeners’ World episodes from his garden at Longmeadow.

Although he has previously presented television coverage of the show, it will be the first time Mr Don has designed a garden for the annual event organised by the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS).

The garden will be created in collaboration with gardener and RHS ambassador Jamie Butterworth and BBC Radio 2. DJ Jo Whiley will be creating a doggy playlist with the help of listeners to play in the garden’s summer house.

The design of The RHS and Radio 2 Dog Garden will showcase how to create a garden for sharing with canine companions, including a lawn for playing and rolling. It will also feature an area that highlights some plants to avoid.

Mr Don said: “This is an irresistible opportunity to join with the RHS and Radio 2 to share my love of gardens and dogs at the world’s greatest horticultural event.

“Along with the superb team headed by Jamie Butterworth we shall be making a garden that is inspired by Longmeadow and my own dogs but above all a celebration of the way that so many of us share our gardens with our canine companions.”

Clare Matterson, RHS director general, added: “It’s exciting to be working with Radio 2 and Monty Don to create a garden that celebrates the connection between two of the UK’s greatest loves – dogs and gardens.”

The RHS Chelsea Flower Show will run from 20-24 May 2025.

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Practices urged to audit neutering data

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 RCVS Knowledge has called on vet practices to audit their post-operative neutering outcomes.

It follows the release of the 2024 NASAN benchmarking report, which collates data from neutering procedures performed on dogs, cats and rabbits.

The benchmarking report enables practices in the UK and Ireland to compare their post-operative outcomes to the national average. This includes the rate of patients lost to follow-up, which in 2024 increased to 23 per cent.

Anyone from the practice can submit the data using a free template. The deadline for next report is February 2026.

Visit the RCVS Knowledge website to complete an audit. 

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RCVS pays tribute to well-loved equine vet

The RCVS and the Riding Establishments Subcommittee has paid tribute to well-loved veterinary surgeon and riding establishment inspector, Rebecca Hamilton-Fletcher MRCVS.

Linda Belton MRCVS, RCVS President, said: "I, along with my colleagues on the RESC, RCVS Council, RCVS Standards Committee, as well as RCVS staff, was very saddened to hear of the sudden death of Rebecca, or Becca as we knew her, last week.

"She was a true advocate for equine welfare and in her many years on the RESC worked to continually improve the quality and consistency of riding establishment inspections, all in the interests of enhanced horse welfare and rider safety."