Developers and landlords should give tenants a “right to garden”, a leading horticulturist has said as he campaigns for more green spaces in new-build homes.…
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British succulent society chair quits over row about taking specimens from wild
A furious row has blown up in the UK’s leading succulent society over the practice of taking desirable specimens from the wild, with the chair…
View More British succulent society chair quits over row about taking specimens from wildPlantwatch: how does moss survive and thrive in harsh Antarctic climate?
Mosses are the plant superheroes of Antarctica, steadily colonising parts of the continent, building up into plump green cushions or even deep banks on bare…
View More Plantwatch: how does moss survive and thrive in harsh Antarctic climate?Country diary: A little miracle by my feet – a four-leaf clover | Kate Blincoe
I am up to my ankles in thick mud, scraping horse poo up from a waterlogged pasture. It’s been a tough winter for anyone who…
View More Country diary: A little miracle by my feet – a four-leaf clover | Kate BlincoeDarwin’s plant specimens stored for 200 years to go on public display
Plant specimens collected by Charles Darwin on the voyage of the Beagle have been unearthed in an archive at Cambridge University. The rare specimens, which…
View More Darwin’s plant specimens stored for 200 years to go on public displayAct to save Dartmoor rainforest from sheep, urge campaigners
There are acorns galore and tiny oaks sprouting from tussocky grass beside the gnarled ancient trees of Black-a-Tor Copse on the northern slopes of Dartmoor…
View More Act to save Dartmoor rainforest from sheep, urge campaignersPlantwatch: the strange organism so tough it can survive in space
Lichens are strange organisms, a partnership between a fungus that offers shelter, water and minerals, and an alga or cyanobacterium that supplies food from their…
View More Plantwatch: the strange organism so tough it can survive in space‘Jewel of Britain’s nature crown’: Plan to restore rainforest welcomed by campaigners
Conservationists have praised the launch of a new government strategy to revive the remaining fragments of the vast temperate rainforests that were once “one of…
View More ‘Jewel of Britain’s nature crown’: Plan to restore rainforest welcomed by campaignersSurvivalist gardens and hot-weather fruits among 2024 trends, RHS predicts
Fruits that thrive in hot weather and can now be grown in the ever-hotter UK summers, and weeds such as cow parsley to decorate borders,…
View More Survivalist gardens and hot-weather fruits among 2024 trends, RHS predictsCountry diary: Frost covers anything that can support its feathery weight | Ed Douglas
The ground was so white that you’d swear it had snowed overnight. Around us every frond of bracken and sprig of heather shone, while the…
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