Meet the green goddesses

At a time when it can feel as if we’re all more disconnected than ever, we meet three women helping others in their own unique and special way…

"Dad used to call me a feckless environmentalist,” Hugh Crossley says warmly of his father, the 3rd Baron Somerleyton. “But he was a conservationist in his own way – he’s the reason we have good hedge

Tucked away in the heart of busy west London is a tiny but enchanting garden full of hidden corners, playful elements and unusual woodland plants

The leading conservationists tell Niall Hampton about their Sacred Nature Initiative

WHAT was your childhood ambition? When Ryan Shorter, now thirty, wrote a letter about his ambition to own his own zoo, he was just twelve years old. No-one imagined this childhood dream would one day

Shall I tell you how my pests and diseases fetish started?” asks Pippa Greenwood, with typical ebullience. “I was probably five years old and walked past a greengrocer that had an amazing array of ora