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The best of this year’s gardening books

Ursula Buchan’s best books include works by authors Jinny Blom, Francis Pryor, Jenny Joseph, Henrik Sjöman & Arit Anderson and Maury C. Flannery.

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‘Tis the season of the leaf-peepers

Capturing the glory that is autumn is admirable, yet when armed with phones, torrents of leaf-peeping “influencers” can ruin the seasonal spectacle.

Meadow buttercup flowers

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Wilding or Rewilding?

For Gardenista, Kendra Wilson discusses the topic du jour in gardening and landscaping circles.

Urban view of Sheffield with trees

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The value of our natural capital

Comprehensive new report on the economic, environmental and social value of plants based on extensive consumer behaviour research.

Hare in a field

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UK wildlife continues to decline

Not unlike other countries, we have experienced significant loss of biodiversity but the UK is now classified as one of the world’s most nature-depleted countries.

Oak leaf

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UK faces tree shortage

In her column Digging Deeper, Sally Nex warns gardeners of years of tree shortages due to soaring demand.

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Cement free industry?

The cement industry produces 8% of the world’s CO2 pollution, an alarming 4 billion tonnes every single year.

Acton tube station garden made by TfL staff for their annual In Bloom gardening competition

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Gardens on the London Underground

Transport for London (TfL) staff create pocket gardens in unused parts of London tube stations for their annual In Bloom competition.

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Front garden exodus

“It’s such a shame”, writes John Sturgis in the Spectator. Ripping out front gardens to accommodate cars is not only aesthetically despicable, but an environmental and wildlife disaster.

Jungle

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Flowering plants stronger than dinosaurs

Researchers have found that flowering plants escaped unscathed from the mass extinction that killed the dinosaurs 66 million years ago.

Slug

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The new face of sustainable gardening

Naturalistic and chemical free gardening is the prevailing fashion but it requires adopting philosophical and aesthetic change.