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Hosepipe ban survival guide: which garden plants to save and which to sacrifice

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23 July 202523 July 2025

Photo by David Ballew on Unsplash With hosepipe bans in force across several English regions and more restrictions likely to follow, gardeners face some tough choices. When every drop counts, which plants...Read More >

Understanding types of compost and soil carbon quality – and why this matters for climate change mitigation

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8 June 2023

Carbon in organic matter (decaying plant and animal remains) in the soil is a globally-significant carbon store. The world’s soils hold three times more carbon than the world’s plants, amounting…Read More >

How can gardeners stop the spread of invasive species?

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15 May 202315 May 2023

It’s Invasive Species Week (15–22 May 2023) and so a perfect opportunity to look at this issue as one of the top five threats to nature, and how gardeners can…Read More >

Walking, talking and showing off – a history of Roman gardens

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21 May 202024 April 2023

During lockdown, our gardens have never seemed more precious. Professor Annalisa Marzano (Classics) is investigating ancient Roman gardens and here she explains what she’s found.

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