This section offers news briefs on the West Midlands Branch of the Institute of Horticulture (IoH). Branch members visited the Blooms Gloucester Garden Centre in February 2013. Owen Groves won the WM/SW Branch final held at Pershore College in March 2013. The 2013 joint lecture of the Royal Horticultural Society and Institute of Horticulture lecture was given in March 2013 by David Domoney.