Wanted: bright ideas

Bringing you some of the gardening news highlights

“Less Holocaust, more Anne Frank,” was the advice Michael Grunwald received from the CEO of a publishing house who opted not to bid for his latest book, We Are Eating the Earth. Grunwald took notice.

The unpredictability of wet and dry weather is impacting our gardens and how well they thrive. But there are simple strategies to make both your plot and your planting more resilient

In the 2000s, Andy Cato toured the world as one half of dance music duo, Groove Armada. But by 2014, the musician and DJ began farming in France, where, battling the weather, weeds and conventional wi

Amid a trend for public institutions to serve vegan-only menus, Michael Barker asks whether the push is actually damaging Britain’s national food security and also its sustainability credentials

The fields at sleight farm, near Bath, are not much to look at. One is bare earth and deeply rutted, reminiscent of land that has been subjected to the rootling behaviour of wild boar. “This,” says en