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Mounting evidence reveals that its significant toxicity, leads to health complications and is detrimental to essential pollinators, including honey bees. As a gardener, you need to be aware of this harmful chemical.

With proper management, asparagus will stay productive for at least ten years, or maybe much longer depending on the satisfaction level of the plants. 

A new Spitalfields development threatens ecological and flooding disaster. It is back as part of a new consultation on the Leyton Mills neighbourhood.

The East London Garden Society worked in partnership with the Queen Mary University to produce a report on people's attitudes to food waste.

Food waste recycling, or composting food waste, has advanced since ‘The Pig Swill’ man.

A celebrated American writer of her time who convinced a society intent on mastering and controlling nature that we, as humans, must view ourselves as being part of nature rather than separate from it.

During times of crisis, staple foods and plants you know will grow well are ideal. It’s not the time to be trying out experimental varieties. 

We spend most of our free time in our homes, and having high-quality air and clean living space is a must.

Many of the best plants for overwintering in a garage or cellar have bulbous roots designed to store nutrients and moisture through a dormant period.

In just ten months a team of dedicated 'eco-activists' have transformed Hackney North Marsh.

On 29 October 2023 we walked what is to be The London Highline.

London has half the green space it needs for a population its size and lack of green space is a particular problem in many parts of inner suburbs.

Your humble hedgerow can save the planet with a bit of help from you.

Tree preservation orders (TPOs) should be made national. 

The Shoreditch Forest Garden has transformed into The Great Eastern Parks Route and is now partially complete.

A group of enthusiasts walk through the wetlands of east London Woodberry Down and The Walthamstow Wetlands.

Eight Reasons to Plant a Clover Lawn.

A legal challenge against Tower Hamlets Council has saved this tree, which is at least 200 years old.

There’s a lot of people receiving these seeds; not just in England, all over the world.

Canning green tomatoes for frying allows this summertime treat to be enjoyed year round.

Improvements to Cavell Street Gardens but at what cost?

Transforming an East London industrial site into community-owned natural swimming ponds and a biodiverse park.

London Borough of Tower Hamlets appears to have acted illegally by destroying bat boxes at The Limehouse Triangle.

A major weed clearance on Cambridge Crescent to give the plants more room and light.

In the UK alone, a quarter of mammals are at imminent risk of disappearing.

In the UK lupins are a garden flower. In the past, they were grown for cattle.

Passionate about having a better environment for us to live in and working with those that believe in the same?

Forests are ecosystems with a diversity of plants, animals, and fungi, designed by nature to provide a perfect balance.

In the 1940s, the Green Revolution changed agricultural practices.

Walking is good for our physical and mental wellbeing. It reduces risk of heart disease and strokes and reduces anxiety and isolation.

Hackney’s streets to be redesigned as the Council attempts to combat the climate emergency and address urban air quality.

Having a say over the environment could bring the level of air pollution down.

The gardener has a long and touchy‐feely relationship with the soil. As every good cultivator knows, you assess the earth by holding it.

We are going to need this herbal knowledge in the future.

Gardens persist for 150 years after those who planted them were removed.

Four-year battle for residents living near The Limehouse Triangle.

London’s highest vegetable patch, a herb garden and yoga lawn are among features expected.

Green urban land owned by a local authority is now at risk of being used for social housing.

A huge transformation has taken place at Mabley Green, with the flat landscape having been radically altered to create a rich parkland.

The initial step was to find out Tower Hamlets’ pesticide usage in the borough.

Not only does this kind of lawn potentially supply food, it also eliminates the need for fertilizers and herbicides.

A protected tree is only as good as the local authority wishes it to be.

Research shows that flowers offer all sorts of benefits.

Research shows that flowers offer all sorts of benefits.

A strange plant is growing in the craggy peaks of the Andes from Chile into Argentina.

The UK’s first female landscape gardener designed Meath Gardens.

Tree cutter with zero compassion for anything living, brings young birds to their deaths.

Tomato blight, and the related potato blight, can destroy crops in days,

Trees are being chopped down at an alarming rate in Britain‘s green and pleasant capital city.

Developer wants to cut down seven mature and healthy trees. Local residents are objecting.

London Borough of Tower Hamlets declared climate emergency whilst felling trees.

Trees have a fundamental place in many big cities around the world.

What is an exotic or unusual vegetable and how to grow in a UK garden.

Hackney growers are calling for more support from the Town Hall for local food planting projects.

Weavers Fields’ residents consider there is a greater need to safeguard its protection.

How to make a fertilizer from your garden weeds.

Five reasons why we should plant more trees.

Honey bee colonies experiencing widespread die-offs. Why?

Late summer is like a second spring for sowing delicious vegetables, herbs and salads.

Why tomato plants wilt and solutions.