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To raise awareness of the spectacular relict trees and forests in the Hyrcanian region of the Talysh Mountains, southeastern Azerbaijan, an international exhibition will be held in Baku from 2nd May 2014.Continue reading...

Dawn Isaac is one of those likeable people with a leopard-print coat, a bit of décolletage on show, nice leather boots and a quarantinable laugh. So when I first met her, enjoying cocktails before 9am at the Chelsea Flower Show, I sort of assumed that a woman with this level of ability to...

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Mint, sage, parsley, thyme and marjoram are the herbs traditionally used in English cookery. The herbs I use most are basil and coriander – neither of them British natives. The Romans, who used coriander to preserve meat, brought it to us with their conquering armies, and fortunately, though...

During a recent trip to Ethiopia BGCI visited Wondo Genet Arboretum restoration project and 2 newly established gardens; Gullele Botanic Garden and Shashemene Botanic Garden. With growing pressure on the diverse native flora, this is an important time for plant conservation in...

Alan Titchmarsh to design RHS Britain in Bloom 50th anniversary garden at Chelsea Flower ShowContinue reading...

What are those things called? The cardboard tubes from inside a roll of bog paper. Do you call them "toilet-tissue tubes"? Or "loo-roll thingies"? Anyway, those. I looked under the stairs the other day and I had about seven. What was I saving them for, I wondered. And then I remembered: sweet...

I started married life on a Thames sailing barge, moored on the banks of the river at Shepperton. She was a magnificent boat, 80ft long, 18ft wide, planked out in wood and complete with all her rigging. The mooring was a fine place generally, though not so handy when it was raining and there...

RHS responds to consultation on pollinatorsContinue reading...

RHS and TV's The One Show offer one lucky winner the chance to design a show garden for the UK's biggest gardening showContinue reading...

It is with great sadness that the Botanic Garden Meise announces the passing of Gert Ausloos (24/02/1967 – 02/03/2014), head of public awareness, member of the management committee and scientific council.Continue reading...

When I was little, before the Thames Flood Barrier was finished, we lived in Twickenham, in a house by the river that would flood every single winter.Continue reading...

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Gardeners' World and Chelsea Flower Show presenter will appear at the RHS Cardiff Flower ShowContinue reading...

If you’re looking for a special day out for clients or friends, you can enjoy a full day’s hospitality at the show.Continue reading...

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Fashion isn't in the forefront of my mind when I step out to garden: a faded blue canvas jacket, my second best pair of welly boots. That's it. But a new exhibition at The Garden Museum in London, curated by Nicola Shulman and sponsored by Vogue, spins elegant connections between the two....

It's easy to be sad in February. It's easy to find your brain filled with worries, with fragments of tasks you should be getting on with, a perpetual to-do list cycling in the frontal lobes.Continue reading...