Good bad plants

There’s something very relaxing about watching a bee busying about its work on a warm summer’s day… the gentle buzz as it meanders from bloom to bloom. However, there’s more at play here than just gar

Bringing you some of the gardening news highlights

Kay Maynard explains how her first-ever garden has become a wildlife-friendly haven with year-round interest

The latest from Carol's beautiful cottage garden… plus her diary for the week!

early bumblebee and the four carder bumblebee species have medium-length tongues and feed from thistles, comfrey, flowering currants and alliums. Meanwhile, the short-tongued bees, such as the solitar

In this new series, I’ll explore just how clever plants are, the complex ways in which they respond to the environment around them, the adaptations they make and the survival strategies they employ. I