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Welcome to Todmorden: the only town in Britain to attract vegetable tourists. This pretty spot on the Yorkshire/Lancashire border reinvented itself in 2008 with the founding of the volunteer-run community gardening scheme Incredible Edible; six years on, and they're really reaping the rewards....

It's National Gardens Weekend, says the NGS, whose famous yellow book lists nearly 4,000 gardens open to visitors; together, in the past 10 years, they've raised £22m for charity. Reading the entries in the guidebook, the come-on seems to be as much about lemon drizzle as lupins. Cakes are a...

View an inspiring trail of sculpture and surrounding garden plants at this year's showContinue reading...

Gardening personalities team up with Ecover to design inspirational plantersContinue reading...

In a benchmark for public gardens worldwide, Brooklyn Botanic Garden (BBG) opened its Native Flora Garden expansion to visitors on June 12, 2013.Continue reading...

See all the award-winners, including Best Show Garden, Best Metamorphosis and Best Birmingham Border.Continue reading...

RHS Britain in Bloom volunteers invest more than 1.2million hours into improving their local areas, saving the country 23million last year.Continue reading...

There are seven big buds on my peony "Sarah Bernhardt". I've just counted them. I've been waiting several whole summers for this. And you do wait a long time for peonies. You can occasionally find yourself feeling like the End Times will approach and the Sun and the Moon and the stars will all...

Dr. Lucinda McDade is the new Executive Director of Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden, which generously hosts a BGCI U.S. office.Continue reading...

Gold medals were scattered around the Chelsea Flower Show this year like petals falling from the apple blossom. In 2009, for instance, only three of the 13 show gardens got the top award. This year, 10 out of 15 did. And you can't suppose that this largesse was the result of a particularly...

To tour the maze of 187 prefabs on the Excalibur Estate in Catford, south-east London, is to get a glimpse of the unique post-war attitude of make-do-and-mend. These humble, single-storey bungalows, with their hanging baskets and carefully tended gardens, were put up by German and Italian...

Hampton Court is a great day out for all the family so come along and take part in the funContinue reading...

Discover a world of roses at the Roses & Floristry Vintage Festival in the Escape ZoneContinue reading...

What's on in the Celebrity Speakers and Catwalk in Bloom TheatreContinue reading...

There's plenty for plant and garden enthusiasts to enjoyContinue reading...

Ideas to take away and try at home, from the Gardeners World Live showContinue reading...

Gloria Dolores! Blimey, in May the gardening world does go bonkers. Things are whooshing past like those fast, non-stopping trains that run down the middle rails in quiet country stations.Continue reading...

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Fill in an online survey on using pesticides in your garden to be in with a chance of winning garden vouchersContinue reading...

The Sylvia Scholarship fund received a generous $1,500 donation from The Morton Arboretum in May 2013Continue reading...