The Wildlife Trusts and the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) are calling on people to put in a pond.
Splash out on a pond Staff Reporter | 12th March 2019 News Wild About Gardens The Wildlife Trusts Royal Horticultural Society Change Makers zqyb7nv9.jpeg The Wildlife Trusts and the Royal …
Designers and growers use Chelsea Flower Show as a platform to encourage a more environmentally sustainable future.
… Chelsea show manager said: "As gardens and horticulture are key to helping combat climate … the door. "So it's an unrivalled platform in horticulture to demonstrate to visitors how …
A huge 96 percent of Royal Horticultural Society members believe in the health benefits of gardening.
Gardeners add 22 million plants each year Emily Beament | 5th April 2019 News Gardening Health Royal Horticultural Society childgardening_edited-1.jpg A huge 96 percent of Royal Horticultural Society …
Monarch caterpillars are vulnerable to neonicotinoid toxicity at concentrations as low as 1 part per billion, writes Jonathan Latham, and that makes them vulnerable to residues from commercial crops - and even more so from horticultural use in plant nurseries!
… in the EU. And an even greater hazard in horticulture Now a new paper in Plos ONE shows … are achieved in the plant nursery and horticulture industry, where plants are …
Antibiotics have saved countless millions of lives since the 1930s, but their power is failing due to their massive use in factory farming, horticulture, aquaculture and industry, says a new report from the All Party Parliamentary Group on Antibiotics. We must stop all inessential uses of antibiotics, or face a future where we risk death from minor injuries and routine surgery.
… due to their massive use in factory farming, horticulture, aquaculture and industry, says a … better hygiene and fish vaccination. Use in horticulture Although not used as widely as in …
Greening Great Britain campaign calls for hedges and thriving green spaces.
Hedge your bets and plant a natural screen Staff Reporter | 15th November 2019 News Rhs Gardens Hedge Change Makers hedgehog-child-3070175_960_720.jpg Greening Great Britain campaign calls for hedges …
Not satisfied with seizing Palestinian land and water, Israeli settlers in the West Bank have found a new way to enrich themselves at their neighbors' expense - by stealing their fertile soil and transporting it to their own farms and gardens.
Israelis steal fertile soil from Palestinian farms The Ecologist | 22nd April 2015 News Middle East Land Grabs Water Law kufr_ad-deek.protest.teargas2-cut.jpg Not satisfied with seizing Palestinian …
Historic estate battles box tree caterpillar Emily Beament | 10th September 2019 News Symbiosis National Trust Jackdaws Box Tree Caterpillar Ham House 21958768-1.jpg But jackdaws have come to the …
A year ago today, Europe-wide protests defeated an EU regulation that would have outlawed many seed saving activities, writes Ben Raskin. Now growers are taking matters into their own hands, saving and developing open-pollinated seeds - and campaigning for a seed regulation that supports them, not the monopolist seed corporations.
… around the UK. Ben Raskin is the head of horticulture at the Soil Association . Ben has over 20 years experience in horticulture and his current role involves … of Commercial Manager at the Welsh College of Horticulture, 3 years spent at Daylesford …
Advanced molecular genetic techniques are allowing scientists to breed disease resistance from wild grape varieties into susceptible domestic cultivars used for making wine, writes Andrew Walker. And it's all being done by conventional plant breeding accelerated by the use of DNA markers - with not a GMO in sight!
… winegrapes may be the most backward form of horticulture that exists. The vast majority of …
Scientists, environmental and consumer groups have decried USDA's approval of two 'Arctic' apple varieties, while major food companies and apple growers have no plans to source or grow them - despite their potential to 'generate consumer excitement in the apple category.'
USDA approves world's first GMO apples The Ecologist | 16th February 2015 News Farming USA GMOs Regulation Food apples-cut.jpg Scientists, environmental and consumer groups have decried USDA's …
The 'Kevin Folta affair' has cast the hard light of day into the dubious PR tactics of the GMO industry, writes Claire Robinson - recruiting and paying scientists as secret shills to promulgate a pro-GM message without revealing their funding sources.
Monsanto's scientist shill exposed Claire Robinson GMWatch | 8th September 2015 News GMOs Corporations Media USA monsanto-toxic-seed-twtr.jpg The 'Kevin Folta affair' has cast the hard light of day …
Office for National Statistics' Data Science Campus and Ordnance Survey identified amount of green space in urban residential gardens.
Urban gardens only two thirds greenery Emily Beament | 24th July 2019 News Urban Gardens Greenery Flooding 36633082421_85a756962c_z.jpg Office for National Statistics' Data Science Campus and …
‘Bee kind’ web tool helps people across the UK choose the best plants for pollinators in their gardens, window boxes or community spaces.
Online tool to help save bumblebees Staff Reporter | 10th June 2019 News Bumblebee Conservation Pollinators Change Makers bumblebee_october_2007-3a.jpg ‘Bee kind’ web tool helps people across the UK …
Housing developers argue for increased clarity on nutrient management in Special Areas of Conservation.
Housing developments and pollution control Steve Mustow | 7th January 2019 News Nutrient Management Plans Rivers Pollution Development Housing 9324594988_fac84eb4b2_b.jpg Housing developers argue for …
The NYT's expose of Kevin Folta's PR role as a pro-GMO shill in the employ of Monsanto barely scratched the surface of a huge web of corporate money, influence and intrigue that permeates the US's premier universities and scientific institutions, writes Jonathan Latham - from Harvard and Cornell to the AAAS. Why the reticence to name all the names?
… how Kevin Folta , Chair of the Dept. of Horticulture at the University of Florida …
It's time to halt the loss of the nation's front gardens to dreary paving, writes Jenny Jones. Green gardens protect against floods, provide homes for wildlife, keep cities cool in summer, and help us all feel happier. Now, with 7 million gardens already paved over, we must protect those that remain.
Keep our front gardens green! Jenny Jones | 30th June 2015 Comment UK Cities Transport Natural World paved-for-sale-cut.jpg It's time to halt the loss of the nation's front gardens to dreary paving, …
Our bees and wider farmland ecosystems have been seriously harmed by neonicotinoids, writes Dave Goulson. But that's just the start of the damage that modern farming is doing to wildlife in a countryside stripped of wild flowers and drenched by cocktails of pesticides. The problem is not just neonics, but the entire model of industrial agriculture.
If modern farming can't sustain bees, how much longer can it sustain us? Dave Goulson | 11th May 2015 News Farming Ecology UK Toxics bumblebee-clover-cut.jpg Our bees and wider farmland ecosystems …
A new review of the performance of politically fashionable 'voluntary' approaches to environmental protection demonstrates limited effectiveness, writes Donal McCarthy. Laws and regulations play a vital role in protecting nature and the wider environment - for which voluntarism is no substitute.
Voluntary schemes cannot replace environmental regulation Donal McCarthy RSPB | 16th November 2015 Comment Law Regulation Conservation Pollution pollution-cut.jpg A new review of the performance of …
Cuba is a global exemplar of organic, agroecological farming, taking place on broad swathes of land in and around its cities, write Julia Wright & Emily Morris. These farms cover 14% of the country's agricultural land, employ 350,000 people, and produce half the country's fruit and vegetables. But can they survive exposure to US agribusiness?
Cuba's warming relations with the US may undermine its agroecological city farms Julia Wright Emily Morris | 27th June 2015 News Cuba Food Farming Organic Cities USA Politics Trade …
Bullfighting may cause suffering to animals, but that does not mean the EU should ban it or withdraw farm subsidies, writes Robin Irvine. Traditional bull-breeding estates are valuable reservoirs of biodiversity in intensively farmed landscapes, and without the bulls there would be nothing to sustain them.
… You could of course argue that commercial horticulture employs more locals, or that …