There is unfathomable hope in building a garden in the face of death
Drawn in by its yellow window frames and low shrubs, Derek Jarman's former home, Prospect Cottage, is something of a…
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Those who came before us knew how plants could reveal a more vibrant reality
The hallucinogenic Datura are a natural means to wisdom. Why must we ban plants like them?
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How do you preserve the history of something that lives and dies each season?
After visiting Kew, Dixter and Charleston, great gardens that reflect the past, I was intrigued to stand in one of…
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Unlike most of its kind, the short-eared owl comes to us in the daytime – but remains otherworldly
As I was held in its eerie gaze, I saw an alien intelligence, a mind that was totally other.
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I didn’t hold out much hope for my garden’s sole tree, but then the sweet plums came
Like the long-overdue heat, that first mouthful of fruit was a summer I’d not prepared for – I just wanted more.
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The age of the megafire
Why the forest fires raging across Europe, North America and Australia are a sign of the world to come.
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I was on holiday in a French farmhouse with vineyards all around when the fire came for me
As my family and I abandoned our car and ran to safety through a burning wood, I felt as if…
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IPCC climate report: the arrival of the natural disaster movie age?
As the new UN report coincides with a summer of fires and floods, the films we grew up with might yet…
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