Environment

Butterfly on grass

Wildlife

Next level No Mow May

Butterfly Conservation is campaigning for people to take No Mow May to the next level and pledge to leave grass to grow long from April to September.

A hedgehog in the grass looking for food

Wildlife

Hedgehog Awareness Week 2025

For this year’s Hedgehog Awareness Week, the British Hedgehog Preservation Society is asking people to ‘give hedgehogs the edge’.

Matthew Trevelyan dressed in colossal curlew costume for his 53 mile walk to raise awareness of the bird's decline.

Local Heroes

For the plight of Curlews

Wearing an enormous Curlew costume, Matthew Trevelyan walked 53 miles to raise awareness and funds for the endangered bird.

Image towards a village overlooking fields planted with grain in the Oxfordshire countryside

Worth a read

A plea for the protection of our surroundings

In a thought provoking article for Scribehound Gardening, Alan Titchmarsh asks why if we are justifiably entitled to public services such as energy is the beauty of our surroundings not part of that birthright?

Designs for Kew Gardens' new Carbon Garden

Environment

The Carbon Garden at Kew

In July, Kew Gardens will unveil the Carbon Garden showcasing the vital role plants and fungi play in climate change and highlights the urgency of the climate crisis.

New housing developments

Regulation

BNG could unlock support for developments

Survey by biodiversity tech start-up, Joe’s Blooms suggests that Biodiversity Net Gain rules could be key to unlocking NIMBY support for housebuilding.

Selection of bare root plants supplied by Peter Nyssen

Business

Back to bare roots: Perennial plants

To address the issue of plastic, the industry has introduced recycled, recyclable plant pots, wool or coir but some, such as Peter Nyssen, have switched to selling field grown, bare root perennials – we asked them for details.

View into the pocket rainforest garden created by Chris Bower, planted with ferns, palm trees and native plants

Environment

WWF Prescription for Nature campaign

Approaching Earth Day in April, the World Wide Fund for Nature campaign focusses on the connection between nature and mental wellbeing, highlighting local heroes driving positive change.

Sheep on green grass field with the valleys beyond

Events

Fashion & Farming: Sewing the Seeds

Interesting event, uniting fashion and farming to explore what we farm and wear, reconnecting the farm-to-food-and-fabric cycle.

Muscular Dystrophy UK – Forest Bathing Garden. Designed by Ula Maria

Design

Industry launches sustainable design tool, elemental

Launching today, the free-to-use web-based app, elemental enables garden and landscape designers to assess and minimise environmental impacts, transforming sustainable design in the industry.