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British garden scene

Can British gardens survive climate chaos?

04 Sep 2025

From summer heatwaves to winter downpours, Britain’s climate is becoming more extreme and unpredictable. What does it all mean for our very British...

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A lawnmower cutting grass

Study reveals Britain’s poetic obsession with the humble lawnmower

17 May 2025

Over the last half-century, British poets including Philip Larkin and Andrew Motion have driven a ‘lawnmower poetry microgenre’, using the machine to...

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Crab apple tree in bloom

UK plants flowering a month earlier due to climate change

02 Feb 2022

Climate change is causing plants in the UK to flower a month earlier on average, which could have profound consequences for wildlife, agriculture and...

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The grateful gardener who brought Apocalypse Now to a flowerbed

23 Nov 2020

He builds human-sized nests from twigs, spins circles in the garden and torches wicker men at Harvest Moon. The music-loving college gardener Peter...

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