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Between October 25–31, gardeners and community groups across Britain will unite in an effort to halt the decline of UK speciesContinue reading...

It can't have escaped the notice of the good people of Great Britain that our big institutions want us out and about in the summer holidays, not sitting on our bums playing about on an iPad. One supermarket is offering a wallchart with tick boxes for seaside crabbing, creating treasure hunts...

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I'm sitting in the sun outside the Caphe House Vietnamese café in Bermondsey Street, just south of London Bridge station and the temperature is nudging 33C. This might not happen very often in British summers, but when it does, you realise how vital a bit of outside space becomes for people...

HMP Whatton Prison wins the annual Windlesham Trophy 2013 for the sixth time since the competition started in 1984Continue reading...

Mary Berry, Joe Swift, plants, gardens and giant vegetables at the Malvern Autumn Show 2014Continue reading...

What you want, of course, is a bit of shade. It feels hot everywhere, even in the shade; but if you just had a patch of something sombre to sit in, for a moment at least, the pouring sweat would stop. At least that's the theory. I could also use a patch of shade for the small children. It's...

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Europe's biggest gardening campaign gets into full swing, as teams from RHS Britain in Bloom start judgingContinue reading...

Apply now for the Elspeth Thompson Bursary and acquire funds for exciting community projectsContinue reading...

So we're sitting outside for dinner on the hottest night of the year so far. There's red wine to sip, a scent of jasmine floating in from somewhere, and the taste of cous cous actually made by someone whose grandma still lives in Algeria. "This is bliss," someone else at the table remarks, and I...

Allotments are a popular part of the RHS Flower Show Tatton Park, here are eight reasons why you might consider getting one.Continue reading...

Allotments had a big impact at the RHS Flower Show Tatton Park 2013, here are eight great reasons why they're so popularContinue reading...

Gardens with eyebrow-raising design took the coveted awards of Best Gardens this yearContinue reading...

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Have your say about your favourite gardens at the flower show - they could win a special RHS award!Continue reading...

Barney Wilczak, a professional nature and conservation photographer from the UK, is documenting restoration work undertaken by member gardens of the Ecological Restoration Alliance of Botanic Gardens. Find out more about Barney's work and support his Kickstarter fundraising campaign!Continue...

Three young garden designers compete to create the Best RHS National Young Designer of the Year Garden 2013Continue reading...

It's when the thermometer hits 90 that I begin to lose the will for anything, even a trip to the corner shop. A lovely cooling ice-cream? A chilled lager? Why yes, but I'd have to walk all the way to the end of the street. Which in this heat, my friend, is too far.Continue reading...