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End of the summer: art galleries are packing up their temporary exhibitions ready to send the works home, so I dashed to Tate Britain to catch the last week of British Folk Art. Wandering around, admiring gigantic men made of straw and carpets woven by sailors to include images of fine ships...

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I didn't have to look very hard for Patrick de Nangle's garden at 8 Calais Street in London's Camberwell, which is open tomorrow for the National Gardens Scheme. A huge Chusan palm was spraying its fronds over the well-camouflaged wheelie bin. The shine on the leaves of the banana plant in the...

A workshop on Botanic Garden Management for Korean botanic gardens and arboreta was held from July 7-9 at Chollipo ArboretumContinue reading...

'Twenty grand might just about do the labour, plants and hard landscaping in a small back garden'Continue reading...

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BGCI-US is recruiting an Executive Director. The main role will be to increase support for BGCI’s U.S. and international plant conservation programs and to implement the BGCI-US strategic planContinue reading...

Announcing a new website for the U.S. Plant Conservation Alliance, located at www.plantconservationalliance.org.Continue reading...

Artist Patrick Laroche's cheerful collection of gleaming vegetable sculptures are to be exhibited at a London hotelContinue reading...

The tart little damson, a classic British fruit, is back in favour, says Lia LeendertzContinue reading...

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There's a little orange icon at the bottom of my computer screen and when the mouse happens to skate over it on its way to somewhere else, a blue message pops up. "Everything is good," it says. It's curiously comforting. Even I don't suppose the anti-virus-software icon's power stretches...

Oh god, 1 September is coming. In France, they give it an elegant name, la rentrée, signifying the moment when we all come home from summer holiday and can start talking about what we’d like to eat for Christmas dinner.Continue reading...

The congress will feature panel sessions, workshops and poster showcases on a range of topics - to participate please contact the relevant person directly. We're also interested in your own ideas for sessions! Proposals must be recieved by the 15th of September, 2014.Continue reading...

“Watering Our Roots to Grow Our Communities” is the theme of the 2015 American Public Gardens Association conference, which will take place from the 22nd to 26th June 2015 in the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and Saint Paul, Minnesota.Continue reading...

Exactly two years ago, I got burgled. I went out at 11am to walk the baby around the block until he fell asleep, and walking back down my road, my first thought was, "Where's the car?" And then, "Oh dear, I really am sure I did leave it right here…"Continue reading...

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A new overview and instructions for BGCI's globally unique databases of gardens and the collections they maintain.Continue reading...

Trademarking fruit and vegetables is not just a marketing ploy; it protects standards and growers' rights. But traditional British varieties could be losing out...Continue reading...

Thats alright if the Butterflies are there in the first place.