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The International Plant Sentinel Network launched its new website at the 8th Neobiota International Conference on Biological Invasions in Turke at the start of the month. The website includes resources, news and information about the network.Continue reading...

Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation is commissioning evaluation of Communities in Nature, BGCI's five year programme which has aimed to 'grow the social role' of botanic gardens', Deadline to tender for the evaluation: Monday 1st December 2015Continue reading...

The Red List of Betulaceae is the latest in our series of red list publications and includes assessments for taxa from six genera; Alnus, Betula, Carpinus, Corylus, Ostrya and Ostryopsis.Continue reading...

Memo to self. Do not grow so many tall plants next year. Unfortunately, self has a way of disregarding memos if it happens to suit. But as I was dismantling the flower garden ready for winter, I was forced to confront the fact that an awful lot of it was propped up on canes eight or 10 feet...

The publication is an indispensable working resource for anyone with a serious interest in the distribution, habitat, morphology, and survival of the wide-ranging plant life around us. Preorderfyour copy from 16th December.Continue reading...

Chic goes Wild! competition winners tookl in the sites of Shanghai Botanic Gardens last week.Continue reading...

In France, they call them les coings. Say it with a nasal Southern accent and it comes out almost like the sound of a duck's quack. At this time of year, you see them pinned with handwritten signs in beautiful round French cursive on the racks of good greengrocers and in village-square...

Lord Mayor's Day in London is the traditional date for planting tulips, which are best put in the ground later than other spring bulbs, such as daffodils and crocus. This year, Lord Mayor's Day falls on 8 November, so you've a week to sort out your tulips, if you've not already done...

We are extending the deadline to upload you data for the ex situ survey of globally threatened trees until 1st December.Continue reading...

A list of timber species has been compiled in order to provide a composite working list of timber tree species in trade.Continue reading...

It's odd how sometimes you just notice things more than in other years. Driving to a friend's on Saturday, I was astonished by the colour of the ash trees. In just a few days, their boring all-summer green had turned to an extraordinary plummy, orangey shade, that even reminded me a tiny bit...

It is perfectly possible to grow vegetables in your garden or on an allotment without making raised beds. There. I've said it. I'm swimming against the tide here, but I've always thought it odd that gardeners (especially those new to gardening) so often seem to think first in terms of...

The Global Trees Campaign and the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew Millennium Seed Bank Partnership are working together to make secure collections of some of the world’s most threatened tree species. We recently hosted a joint training course in Kenya, in collaboration with KEFRI.Continue reading...

It was an argument, on the face of it, about an umbrella. Most of the arguments I've had in my life I probably forgot about two hours later. Challenged at a distance to supply the reason why I yelled myself hoarse/ ripped up the photos of the night we met, I'd be in trouble. The umbrella...

Mark Diacono celebrates Apple Day this weekend by exploring the best varieties for eating, juicing, cooking - and plantingContinue reading...

The importance of plants and the need to continue to support the Global Strategy for Plant Conservation (GSPC) was highlighted at the recent Conference of the Parties (COP) to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD).Continue reading...

It's an inconvenient truth that, price-wise, the best time of year to buy garden furniture is right now. Even if your new acquisition will spend its first six months under cover, losing the best of its showroom shine, the massive savings on summer price tags are very...

Cynics may see nothing but self-interest in a garden-centre banner urging us to plant in autumn rather than spring. Nurseries and garden centres want to spread the load, even-out the cash flow, have less stock on their hands through the potentially tricky months of winter.Continue...

Paignton Zoo Environmental Park will host the next Botanic Gardens Education Network Conference 'Learning for Sustainable Development', 5th-7th November 2014, Devon, United Kingdom.Continue reading...

The RHS shares top tips on revitalising your borders this autumn, from improving the soil to moving plantsContinue reading...