Bringing you some of the gardening news highlights

What is a tree? To you and me it might be a focal point in the garden, a source of shade and privacy, a provider of fruit or even a gift to future generations. To wildlife it could be home, shelter, a

Encouraging biodiversity can also help railway reliability

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

Joe Stanley reflects on the farm’s autumnal jobs, including laying new field drainage

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