Potted histories
When lives are in flux, house plants are a source of constancy and calm.
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The playful trend of “chaos gardening”
It’s time to tear up the horticultural rulebook and indulge in curiosity.
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The gardener’s bittersweet acceptance
We may not be able to stick around long enough to enjoy the fruit of our labours.
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Even garage-bought flowers can provide delight
The joy of the simple pelargonium.
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My head has been turned by the sunflower
Though there is something a little unnerving about all those unblinking, yellow cyclopses, peer closely and I can see a…
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The lure of the English garden
Olivia Laing and Richard Mabey reveal the joys, crises and politics of making a garden of one’s own.
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The joys of a low-maintenance garden
One of the beautiful things about gardens is that they are continuously being made anew.
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Chris Thorogood’s quest to save the world’s largest flower
The botanist on flower-hunting in remote rainforests and why toads make charming pets.
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After disregarding the simple snowdrop, I now see its beauty
The passion for these modest winter flowers has taken off in the past 20 years. And I have become a…
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Be more tree
We admire trees for their solitary strength, but it is their remarkable facility for collaboration and sharing that provides lessons…
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The quiet persistence of the orchid
The plant has a habit of flowering when we least expect it, and has turned many humans into magpie-like collectors.
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