The Royal Horticultural Society is teaming up with Gibsons on a new line of licensed puzzles and games.

The first wave of products will land at retail in January 2025, spanning two 1,000-piece puzzles, a 500-piece gift puzzle and a 500-piece extra-large puzzle, all featuring botanical themes. There will also be an RHS card game themed around gardens and bees, in which players use cards to plant the perfect flower bed.

The second phase of products will launch in 2026. These will include an RHS board game which is now in development.

“The joy of games and puzzles is always enhanced by partnerships that bring something special to their design,” said Emily Charles, Product Development and Licensing Manager at Gibsons Games.

“The gorgeous design assets of the RHS together with our expertise in games design will have an enormous appeal to a very wide customer base. It’s a real treat to be bringing out such an exciting range in partnership with the UK’s favourite gardening charity.”

Cathy Snow, RHS Licensing Manager, added: “Gibsons Games’ core mission has always been to bring people together and that is a mission we wholeheartedly share and are thrilled to support by bringing our name and design assets to these delightful games. For this new venture into jigsaws, board games and card games, we could not have chosen a better partner.”

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The Royal Horticultural Society has signed its first licence for art and craft products with West Design Products.

The first products in the range will launch in May and will include items for both adults and children. The adult range will include soft craft kits, papercraft products and art sets, while the children’s range will span scrapbooks and painting-by-numbers sets.

The imagery of plants and birds used in both the packaging and the products themselves are inspired by the RHS Lindley Collections of botanical art.

“It was important that we worked with a company with a genuine passion for the art and craft industry on our first major foray into this product category,” said RHS Licensing Manager Cathy Snow.

“West Design Products is the perfect partner, bringing expertise, experience and exceptional design skills to a range that will appeal to people who love art and craft – whatever their skill levels.”

Jo Bray, Managing Director – Sales and Marketing at West Design Products, added: “We are thrilled to have produced this marvellous range for the UK’s favourite gardening charity. It has been a delight to work with this prestigious brand and its unmatched design assets on a range of products that we are certain will be enormously popular with art and craft enthusiasts across the UK.”

A follow-up collection will debut in autumn/winter 2024, including kits for sewing, embroidery, macrame, quilting, wall hanging and flower press. More products are also planned for 2025.

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