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Eco-design at Chelsea Flower Show 2013
by Hazel Sillver
This is the centenary year for the RHS Chelsea Flower Show and eco-sound landscaping is taking centre stage.more...
Targeting transport: guerrilla gardening goes one stop further
April 8th, 2013
by Ellie Garwood
Ellie Garwood reports on the rise of guerrilla gardening in and around UK transport systems, including the new Edible Bus Stop initiative..... more...
Frontline Online: We all like Spring - but not in the depths of Winter
January 22st, 2013
Lorna Howarth
The Ecologist's Lorna Howarth reports on news and action from the environmental frontline more...
Why we all need to worry about the decline in native butterflies
Faye Dobson
2nd August, 2012
Butterfly populations are an important gauge of the health of local habitats and wider climate change. Faye Dobson explains what population changes mean, and how you can get involved in helping monitor them. more...
How to Grow Perennial Vegetables
Andy McKee
24th May, 2012
Low maintenance veg that appears year after year with little work involved? Thanks to Martin Crawford’s latest launch, Andy McKee is sold more...
Why the best world-changing ideas begin in your neighbourhood
John-Paul Flintoff
22nd May, 2012
Your ideas for changing the world may be desperately important. But if you can't find a way to engage the interests of the people around you they may never take off, argues John-Paul Flintoff more...
Greener gardening at Chelsea 2012
Rebecca Campbell
From boosting biodiversity to gardens that are helping to tackle climate change, Chelsea Flower Show 2012 will be green in more ways than one. Rebecca Campbell went behind the scenes more...
Ireland's 'Grow it Yourself' self-help food growing community coming to the UK
Rebecca Campbell
16th May, 2012
Grow It Yourself is a popular community organisation with a vision of bringing people together in a sustainable and healthier way through organic food growing. Now it has plans to launch further afield in the UK more...
The beginner's guide to growing your own fruit
Mark Briggs
14th May, 2012
Whether you live in the city or in the heart of rural England, planting your own fruit trees provides you with a free source of fruit and a boost for biodiversity more...
The A to Z of smallholdings
Lisa Stephens
8th May, 2012
Take one Alpaca, a scattering of silkworms, a couple of cows and a group of goats, and you could just be the next Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall. Lisa Stephens presents the A to Z of smallholdings more...
Meat matters: London restaurants gear up for ‘nose-to-tail' fortnight
Mark Briggs
1st May, 2012
Chefs aim to prevent good food going to waste by serving up offal and other rare meat cuts during the 'nose to tail' fortnight organised by Sustain more...
How to handle the hosepipe ban: everything you ever wanted to know
Michael Littlewood
20th April, 2012
Despite the spring downpours, a hosepipe ban is already in force thanks to drought. It’s time to rethink how we use water in the garden, says author Michael Littlewood more...
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Top 10... organic seed suppliers
Mark Briggs
13th April, 2012
As the weather heats up, gardeners’ thoughts are turning towards seeds. We round up the top spots to pick up organic, ethically produced seeds more...
10 ways to save money on food without compromising your principles
Joanna Blythman
3rd April, 2012
In an extract from her new book What to Eat, investigative journalist Joanna Blythman offers top tips on how to make your food pound go further without scrimping on what you believe in more...
The spotters guide to spring wild flowers
Rebecca Campbell
6th April, 2012
With spring in full swing, the UK’s ancient woodland is bursting into life. From bluebells to ramsens, Rebecca Campbell rounds up the best British bloomsmore...
Rio Rocket Stars in A Frisbee to Fly
Ruth Styles
29th March, 2012
Wonderful illustrations, an entertaining story and a free packet of rocket seeds make Rio Rocket’s adventures an enjoyable way to introduce kids to green issues more...
Why bees & biodiversity benefit from indigenous wildflowers
Hazel Sillver
20th March, 2012
Filling your garden with wildflowers helps honeybees and butterflies, and creates a relaxed mood. And, from the Easton Walled Garden to Sissinghurst, there's plenty of inspiration more...
How to… buy cut flowers
Rebecca Campbell
16th March, 2012
Sunday is Mother's Day, which for many of us, means flowers. But how green are your blooms and can you really get a bunch that doesn’t come with a price for the planet? more...
How to… grow and use herbs
Michael Littlewood
9th March, 2012
Expand your culinary horizons, says Michael Littlewood, as a confident hand with home-grown herbs will add a new dimension to your cookery more...
How to… build a raised flowerbed
Priyanka Mogul and Bethany Hubbard
2nd March, 2012
Whether it’s poor soil or limited space, a raised bed could be the solution to your gardening woes. And with National gardening week approaching there's no better time than now more...
The Naturescaping Workbook: A Step-by-Step Guide for Bringing Nature to Your Backyard
Laurie Tuffrey
1st March, 2012
Beth O’Donnell Young’s opus urges us to dispense with our prim patios and manicured lawns, and let nature in. Laurie Tuffrey hears the call more...
Lofty ambitions: why green roofs are the future of urban gardening
Ben Martin
28th February, 2012
Run out of space in your garden? Look to higher ground and you’ll find an eco-friendly solution more...
The Self-Sufficiency Manual: A Complete Practical Guide to Living Off the Land
Mark Newton
23rd February, 2012
Alison Candlin’s opus does the basics brilliantly but doesn’t go into enough depth for Mark Newton more...
Fukushima: the social impact of a nuclear disaster
Hiroki & Ngaire Takano
15th February, 2012
The earthquake and nuclear meltdown in Japan last year compounded pre-existing issues like falling birth rates, fragmented families and shrinking communities. What does the future hold? more...
Greeks reclaim the land to ease the pain of economic austerity
Beatrice Yannacopoulou
10th January, 2012
A group of community-minded gardeners have turned a former Athens airport into a blooming vegetable plot, showing how Greece's eroded soil holds the keys to a revival in farming and a way to buck the jobless trend more...Members
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