The bumblebee’s knees

Bringing you some of the gardening news highlights

Before you start your autumn clean-up, spare a thought for our overwintering pollinators, says Jean Vernon

Allotments get smaller as councils struggle with plot provision, reports Ian Hodgson

The results of Butterfly Conservation’s Big Butterfly Count 2025 are in, revealing the long-term forecast for the survival of many of our much-loved summer insects is still gloomy. The sunniest spring

30-minute birder Amanda Tuke sees the benefits of being distracted by birds at home, and on the coast

Of all the garden minibeasts, few are as misunderstood as this humble creature