A smell by any other name

Karen Youngs has a painful encounter with a nettle patch on an afternoon walk

Kari-Astri Davies considers the role of women in hosta breeding, and regrets unlucky impulse purchases

Lavender is one of those plants that evokes memories, just to squeeze its automatic leaves is to be transported in time. Mediterranean holidays, granny’s perfume, childhood gardens or an aromatherapy

With high summer beckoning, John Lewis-Stempel reflects on the incomparable richness of pond life and the rewards of pausing to peer into the murky depths on a warm June afternoon

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B ecause it’s the school summer holidays, it’s ...