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IF YOU haven't already planted your spring bulbs and you're worried it's too late, particularly in rain-sodden regions, you can still plant them in containers.Continue reading...

International action is proposed for a range of Madagascan plants that urgently require conservation attention. Various Madagascan timber and succulent species have been proposed for addition to the Appendices of CITESContinue reading...

The latest update of The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species was released today (17th October 2012). The total number of species included in the updated list is 65,518, of which 20,219 are threatened with extinction.Continue reading...

can somebody tell me where I find a foldable umbrella which doesn't turn inside out and break when the wind is blowing?

ALAN Titchmarsh is Britain's horticultural guru but his own garden has remained under wraps - until now. Here is our exclusive, as he reveals his own little piece of paradise.Continue reading...

At the 11th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), the recommendations on the Global Strategy for Plant Conservation (GSPC) 2011 – 2020 were adopted by Parties without amendment.Continue reading...

EVERY garden deserves apple trees. The nation's favourite fruit is available all year round in supermarkets yet so often only a limited and predictable choice is offered.Continue reading...

They're annoying, people who claim they just "threw" something together. My neighbour can do it. She strolled down the street this morning towing two kids to nursery, wearing a voluminous green knitted woollen thing that I'd have been scared to buy, paired with an assymetric pair of grey suede...

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From the outside, a walled kitchen garden can seem forbidding, excluding – its boundaries are too tall to climb over, there are no windows to give you a glimpse of what goes on inside. It's as protective of its space as a castle's curtain wall.Continue reading...

Advance prices for tickets of RHS shows 2013 are now outContinue reading...

A short scholarship programme led by the Field Studies Council (FSC) in the UK. 20th August – 30th August 2013 at Preston Montford Field Centre, Shrewsbury & Juniper Hall Field Centre, Dorking, Nr LondonContinue reading...

BY THE end of the season, most ponds are looking a bit overgrown and in need of a sort-out. And if you keep fish, a few basic precautions will keep them safe and happy through the winter.Continue reading...

Despite having never been to the Channel Islands, and my knowledge being limited to the 1980s BBC detective series Bergerac, attending the annual Britain in Bloom awards in Jersey was something I couldn’t help but get excited about.Continue reading...

Keeping house plants is a skill that you either possess or don't. I've come to that conclusion after long contemplation. Mostly, contemplating why my house looks from the outside as though some keen members of the Territorial Army have been practising camouflage from aerial attack, yet inside as...

Broughshane, in County Antrim, scoops top award at RHS Britain in Bloom Awards 2012.Continue reading...

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Autumn can be a deliciously mournful season: mud, piles of dead leaves, rotting Michaelmas daisies. To increase your paranoia, I'm starting an A-Z of Problems and Pests. Black spot on the roses? Wisteria needing a haircut? Fence wars? Read all about it.Continue reading...

The Royal Bank of Canada Rain Garden at the London Wetlands Centre, is a living example of how to successfully manage water in a garden.Continue reading...

A CONSERVATORY is more than a place to park frost-tender patio plants until May. The right plants can transform it into a walk-in indoor winter garden, without spending a fortune on heating.Continue reading...