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BGCI China is collaborating with Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden to restore a ‘holy hill’ near Mangyangguang village. This article provides a summary of the project and progress so far.Continue reading...

Apples are to be crunchier and juicier as crops look set to be harvested three weeks early due to good growing conditions in 2014Continue reading...

Nothing beats a good peach or nectarine, and the great news is, they are getting easier to grow in BritainContinue reading...

A listed shed, tended by professors, manured by pandas. . . Ambra Edwards discovers the charms of The Dean Gallery AllotmentsContinue reading...

It was to be a relaxed family day out in Oxford Botanic Garden, a sunny afternoon of crafts and stories, and music from the local band Kismet. But as the musicians were setting up for a concert under the garden's biggest tree – a black pine, Pinus nigra, which dominates the centre of the...

So talking about native and non native species makes us all members of the nazi party does it? Bloke's talking out of his bottom

From produce competitions to plant sales, the best open days being held on allotments this monthContinue reading...

On the 23rd, 24th and 25th of October, botanic garden representatives and academics meet at the Loyola Sustainability Research Centre in Montreal for a conference to examine and evaluate the role of botanic gardens in biodiversity conservation.Continue reading...

Life is definitely sometimes really annoying. My example is not on a massive scale, but here we go. What I'm thinking of is this: when I was about eight, my mum let me have a patch of flower bed of my own for the first time. It was a very chalky garden, full of actual lumps of both chalk and...

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The jury's out on whether food grown without pesticides is better for you - but either way we need to eat more fresh vegContinue reading...

第九届BGCI植物园教育国际大会将于2015年4月26日至5月1日在美国密苏里植物园举办。欢迎来自世界各地植物园、植物保护机构的教育工作者参加。Continue reading...

Home-grown veg takes up large areas these days so keep pests away - and make it attractiveContinue reading...

There's a moment in When Harry Met Sally that seems to sum up something fundamental. Harry tells Sally, "There are two kinds of women: high-maintenance and low-maintenance." Sally, sensing attack, asks brightly, "Which one am I?" Harry replies, in a dark voice: "You're the worst kind: you're...

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Courgettes in the garden have been coming on rather fast and I've been looking for new ways to use them. One of the most successful was a pasta dish, quick and easy to make: fry an onion and a couple of garlic cloves (both finely chopped) in butter till they are soft. Add six small courgettes,...

Does this fellow actually believe we understand any of that ? Am I missing something ?

New research argues that, wild or cultivated, the cardoon and the artichoke started as one speciesContinue reading...

Sara Jane Trebar and her children are keen to make the most of the sunshine that's been beating down on their broad beans. That's because they know that their days at Farm Terrace allotments in Watford could soon be numbered.Continue reading...