It’s difficult to imagine a more isolated garden than Tresco Abbey Gardens. Yet with its towering palms, 12-month growing season and riot of unusual and colourful blooms, this windswept treasure 28 mi

Adrian Thomas pieces together the garden ecosystem

Across the planet, scientists are observing ecosystems lose the colours that once defined them. Coral reefs turn ghost-white during marine heatwaves, their once-fluorescent pinks, greens and blues dra

For a couple of years, Inky the octopus was a popular attraction at the National Aquarium of New Zealand in Napier. Then, one morning in 2016, his tank was empty. Inky had made a daring break for free

We were younger then,” says Jennie Marles, turning the pages of a photo album, revealing grainy shots of a complex of semi-industrial buildings – vast, asbestos-roofed sheds housing thousands of inten

When inheriting a garden with history, the most commonly asked question is what should we keep and what should we let go? Do you try to hold everything in a static state or embrace change and evolutio