The oldest plants in the world

Mass extinctions and evolutionary leaps, from bacteria to Homo sapiens

Originally a means of keeping a living record of garden plants, our 722 National Plant Collections–of everything from Abies to Zingiber –set the gold standard across the world. Charles Quest-Ritson meets some of the expert collection holders

This South West garden has gone from dark, shady and overgrown to lush and romantic

With the support of The King, a pioneering initiative is fighting to save majestic oaks, the age-old stalwarts of the British landscape, for generations to come, finds Julie Harding

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