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Dear Gods of the Weather, we are the gardeners of the United Kingdom and we are frankly underwhelmed by your efforts so far re: spring. Underwhelmed, and very, very tired. We are tired, for example, of listening to other people moaning about the weather. There seems no end to the many ways in...

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There have been colder winters. There have been snowier ones. But has there ever been a longer, drearier one? In my mind, winter started on 7 July last summer, in the hideous night of storm and landslide from which we here, in the West Country, have still scarcely recovered.Continue...

A revolutionary campaign, driven by President Michel Martelly, plans to plant 50 million trees a year in order to address one of the root causes of poverty in Haiti – deforestation. Great news for plant conservation, but is it achievable?Continue reading...

The Botanical Gardens Education Network (BGEN) are running a training day on Tuesday 14th May 2013 at the Durham University Botanic Garden entitled: “Communicating Horticulture; how to teach essential skills and build capacity”Continue reading...

PlantNetwork’s spring conference: “Urban Public Gardens: challenges and opportunities” is being held in Cambridge today and tomorrow (April 11th-12th), where BGCI's Director of Education Julia Willison will be speaking about our 'Communities in Nature' initiative.Continue reading...

A new partnership has been agreed between the IUCN SSC Freshwater Plant Specialist Group (FPSG) and the Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust (WWT) that will improve wetland conservation and help save threatened plants.Continue reading...

Register now for the INQUIRE Conference 2013: Raising standards through inquiry: Professional development in the natural environment 9-10 July 2013 at Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Explore inquiry-based science education with educators and academics from botanic gardens, museums and NGOs across...

Cool's become watered down. Once upon a time it meant Miles Davis, Keith Richards, Serge Gainsbourg… In 2013, cool is everywhere, and thus, rather less meaningful. If I Google "cool" now, the number-one result is "Cool Math Games". Ahem.Continue reading...

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Volunteer at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show and experience first hand the cenetary celebrations.Continue reading...

A workshop on the Global Strategy for Plant Conservation was held in Singapore Botanic Gardens, jointly organised by BGCI and the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological DiversityContinue reading...

Singapore, one of the world's most densely populated countries, is campaigning to get its 154-year-old Botanic Gardens declared a UNESCO world heritage site.Continue reading...

Gardens made in the Arts and Crafts style have never lost their appeal, though many are now more than a hundred years old. Part of the charm lies in their strong, cogent structure. The architect who designed the house was often responsible for laying out the garden as well (a rare thing now),...

Three new zones and an exciting new layout promise plenty of new things to see and do at RHS Hampton Court Palace Flower Show 2013Continue reading...

The second Real World Learning Network conference – Science and Sustainability through Outdoor Learning will be held in Slovenia from the 27th - 30th November 2013 and will explore how to deliver successful outdoor education.Continue reading...

BGCI have recently launched a new three year project funded by the Ashden Trust. The project will promote and facilitate the use of indigenous tree species in forest restoration projects across Africa and highlight the potential for botanic gardens to be more involved in restoration...