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IUCN's Explanatory Guide to the Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of the Benefits Arising from their Utilization was launched at the 11th meeting of the CBD Conference of the Parties in India.Continue reading...

Research by RHS scientist, Tijana Blanusa into plants for green roofs is showing promising results. Her research shows that certain plants may help reduce urban temperatures.Continue reading...

The Millenium Seed Bank Project (MSBP) of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew has announced improvements to its seed list functionality in order to improve access for usersContinue reading...

BE warned: the likes of blackberries, tayberries and loganberries turn into a tangled mess unless they're kept strictly under control.Continue reading...

Enter our Autumn planting photography competition to be in with a chance of winning National Garden gift vouchers.Continue reading...

Congratulations go to Josie Elias for winning RHS Photographer of the Year 2012 for her image entered into the 'Gardens through the Season' category.Continue reading...

Anything New York can do, Manchester can do better. Or so say the residents of Castlefield who are campaigning to create their own High Line Park on the top of one of the city's derelict Victorian railway viaducts.Continue reading...

Tiny witches are one of my favourite things in the whole world. You get that ring on the doorbell, you can see through the glass that your visitors are head-height with the letterbox, and you open up to find them giggling. Because their false noses have gone all wonky.Continue reading...

THE Arctic blast of cold weather this weekend has cleared the clouds from much of Britain to reveal sunny but cold autumn days that are perfect for enjoying the vibrant autumn colours.Continue reading...

"You'll need two trucks," said Greg, the removals expert. "One for the garden, one for the house." I'm moving to Gloucestershire, to enjoy what I hope will be a life of idyllic rurality. Technically, I'm downsizing, but while the thought of ridding myself of various bits of unwanted furniture...

RHS members are invited to a talk given by Julia Slingo OBE ON gardening in a changing climateContinue reading...

Scientific, horticultural and educational links are set to be strengthened between the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh (RBGE) and Jardin Botanico de Bogotá, Colombia, after the two scientific research organisations signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU).Continue reading...

FOR me, seasonal changes are the greatest pleasure of British gardens. The challenge is to create a garden that, while it may look different in each season, still has something of interest all the year round.Continue reading...

Now's your chance to see your floristry displayed at the RHS Chelsea Florist of the Year competition - the heats are now under way.Continue reading...

Winter bedding is not the most glamorous of ideas. Especially when it comes to those acres of monocolour pansies. It's sort of an amazing achievement to ruin the pansy – they are this great, characterful little flower, in bright colours, with spirited little markings on their faces, which they...

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One of the most expensive items in the Landford Trees catalogue is a cedar of Lebanon (£80 plus VAT). But not many of us are ever going to be looking for the money for one of these magnificent specimens. They need so much room. Even Lawrence Johnston, who made the famous garden at Hidcote, got...

AUTUMN is celebrated at the Royal Horticultural Society's four gardens this weekend.Continue reading...

WE TOOK our time, strolling past the herbaceous border, tall hollyhocks still rivalling the dahlias for autumn colour, passing the children's playground and then a red phone box.Continue reading...

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