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Something has happened to me over the winter. Normally in March I'm a very lazy gardener, waiting for the weather to warm up considerably before I start feeling my way back into actual horticulture. This year, though, I'm In the Mood for Machete-ing. And here's my vibe: 2015 as the year for a...

It's odd that the same name, artichoke, should have been given to two such completely different vegetables. The globe artichoke looks as though it has been sculpted by the builders of the Parthenon; the Jerusalem artichoke has no drama at all. Of the one, we eat the flower buds; of the other,...

The TV gardener explains how to super-charge the flavour of your home-grown beets and suggests the best varieties to growContinue reading...

For a sweet tooth or an earthy delight, James Wong has the variety for youContinue reading...

Top tips from James Wong on growing beetroots for different eating experiencesContinue reading...

Not only fantastic if you're short on space, growing potatoes in containers make for a delicious cropContinue reading...

I've just finished reading Life in the Gardeners' Bothy (Malthouse Press 2000) by Arthur Hooper, who, born in 1908, never wanted to be anything else but a gardener. After washing pots, sieving soil and washing greenhouses for his father, a head gardener himself, Arthur was sent off to Fonthill...

Might give that a go this year

On-line registration is now open for the 7th European Botanic Gardens Congress which will be held in Paris, France from 6-10 July, 2015Continue reading...

The first snowdrops (a handsome variety called Galanthus 'Atkinsii') were flowering in our garden before New Year. There are two spreads of them. Both are planted against the same south-facing boundary hedge and both started with bulbs from a single clump that I brought with us from our old...

Dahlias are known for their vivid blooms, but would you eat them?Continue reading...

Aaaah thank you Woo. You are absolutely right.... Had my long distance spec on.. Jenny

The Independent on Sunday, a national newspaper in the UK, published a story on the relevance of plant sentinels in the fight against plant pests and diseases, and the importance of an International networkContinue reading...

I have just frittered away an entertaining half-hour watching a blackbird trying to snatch berries from a pyracantha growing on a north wall. It is fatal having windows in any room in which you are trying to work. Action outside inevitably increases inaction within.Continue reading...

The International Journal of Plant Sciences features a new study on the genetics of a botanic garden plant collection.Continue reading...

I moved to Bibury, in Gloucestershire, by mistake. I'd misheard my solicitor, who had warned me that some of the Cotswolds villages were popular destinations for coach tours. I thought he said I might like to look at Bibury. What he actually said was that I might not.Continue reading...

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BGCI and the Missouri Botanical Gardens (MBG) in partnership with the Missouri History Museum (MHM) will be co-hosting an evening event at the MHM, as part of the programme of events for the 9th International Congress on Education in Botanic Gardens.Continue reading...

'The holly and the ivy/ When they are both full grown/ Of all the trees that are in the wood/ Dum de dum dum dum de dum." You probably heard more than enough of this carol before Christmas, beamed into shopping malls, programmed into end-of-term nativity plays, so I won't press on any further....

BGCI is very proud to have the San Diego Zoo as one of our supporting members. We are particularly delighted that the Zoo has agreed to become a Principal Member paying a generous subscription fee to support international plant conservation.Continue reading...