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Personal memories of those who visited, lived or worked at Heligan in Cornwall during the 20th century could help reveal the unknown story of the garden during a 'lost' period in its history.Continue reading...

The Forestry Commission's National Arboretum at Westonbirt has opened a propagation facility. Two new polytunnels, a standing down area and shade house make up the facility, which is funded by the Friends of Westonbirt Arboretum, the charity that supports the Forestry Commission at Westonbirt....

The Turfgrass Growers Association (TGA) has announced that Fineturf grass contractor is to host next year s Turf Show. The biennial event will be held at the 55ha turf farm run by Simon Hutton near Grantham, Lincolnshire, on 9 July, and is expected to attract growers from as far afield as Italy,...

Here's a dilemma: would you rather plant a rose called "Little White Pet" or one called "Belle de Teheran"? I don't feel there's much competition here. I'm plumping for the one that evokes beautiful old-world Iran, with long suppers eaten on terraces overlooking the city, and the sound of Farsi...

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On my first visit to New York, I never got as far as the Botanical Garden, out in the Bronx. Don't make the same mistake. It's a perfectly easy journey, only 20 minutes from Grand Central Station, on the Metro-North railroad to the stop called Botanical Garden. Before you get off, you'll...

Gardener or not, I find it difficult to welcome so much rain. To start with, I find myself in conversations with other soaking-wet people uttering platitudes such as, "Well, the garden did need it." Later, moister, we meet again and indulge in fantasies of a world without hosepipe bans. But in...

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I rather like plants that look as though they might snatch you from your bed and eat you up. Which is why it was impossible to leave Craigieburn, near Moffat in the Borders, without one of Dawa Sherpa's special arisaemas. How he manages to keep this animal in a pot, I can't imagine. Its vast...

Let's take a walk around a traditional British garden. You see those lilies over there – Lilium regale, with their white trumpets flushed with purple on the outside and a fragrance that hangs in the warm summer air? They were introduced to the UK by Ernest "Chinese" Wilson in 1910. He found...

I'm not convinced that normal people know quite how much string goes into gardening. String – which, together with nails and weird little wire inventions – holds a plant in exactly the place you want it to be, rather than where it fancies growing. You adore the delicious bounty of that...

The Roman emperor, Nero, liked leek soup. It might be the only good thing that can be said about him. Vichyssoise. Born not in France, but in the steamy cookhouses of 1st-century Rome. For first-time veg gardeners, leeks are a good choice. They are easy to grow and you don't even need a proper...

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Organic tomatoes have higher levels of antioxidant polyphenols, according to a Spanish study, but the significance of the finding has been questioned.Continue reading...

Soft fruit supplier Berry Gardens has marked its 40th birthday donating £40,000 to four children's hospice organisations in each of its main fruit-growing areas.Continue reading...

Paynes Turf has taken the significant step of safeguarding against future dry spells by digging a reservoir capable of watering 160ha of its turf. The basin, on 4ha of land in Great Bentley, Essex, will ensure year-round turf production and help Paynes meet quality standards whatever the...

This year's International Plant Propagators Society conference will aim to help growers of nursery stock and other ornamental crops improve profitability and resilience in difficult market conditions.Continue reading...

Eden Project has launched its first iPhone app, called the Insider Guide, to help visitors around the lunar-type landscape with biomes. The Insider Guide costs 2.99 from the Apple App Store and includes an interactive map to help visitors explore parts of Eden. It signposts plants, children s...

The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (RBG Kew), the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh (RBGE), The New York Botanical Garden (NYBG) and the Missouri Botanical Garden (MBG), have announced plans to develop the World FloraContinue reading...

The Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh is a key partner in a major new three year conservation programme in Iraq. Working in partnership with Iraqi NGO Nature Iraq (NI) and BirdLife International, the project will focus on the mountainous region of Kurdistan.Continue reading...