The Tormentil mining bee is receiving help from an unlikely source

Cutting edge science in project to save endangered bees

A remarkable project to protect a unique ‘hopping’ bee facing extinction, having declined in number by more than 50% over recent years, is underway in Yorkshire.    The extraordinary collaboration between The Species Recovery Trust and Agritech innovators AgriSound is using a newly developed bespoke AI-driven algorithm to detect and protect a nationally rare and declining species of mining bee…
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Key jobs for September

A new month brings new jobs on your allotment or in your vegetable garden, here’s a quick look at some key jobs to do this September. Protect potatoes Growth of summer-planted second cropping potatoes will be slowing down towards the end of the month. This is a good time to move pots of spuds under cover to protect them from…

Scientists ask public to help discover effect of extreme weather on butterflies

Wildlife charity, Butterfly Conservation, is today calling on people across the country to take part in this year’s Big Butterfly Count (14 July – 6 August) to help scientists understand the impact of climate change on our most-loved butterflies.  Last year’s record temperatures, heatwave and drought caused some of the plants that caterpillars feed on to wither and die. To…

Designer shares heart-breaking inspiration behind RHS show People’s Choice winning garden

The winner of the popular vote for best garden at RHS Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival has revealed the heart-breaking inspiration behind his winning design. Multi-award winning designer Paul Hervey-Brookes, 43, returned to the Festival for the first time in seven years and won the People’s Choice award. As he won, Paul shared the story behind the garden and his…

Kitchen Garden is on TikTok!

Kitchen Garden are sharing loads of useful gardening tips and tricks on TikTok – if you aren’t already following, you’re missing out! Fruit and veg aren’t the only thing Kitchen Garden are growing – our TikTok account is growing roots, shooting up, and blossoming right now. We’re sharing loads of videos lately, chock-full of the best Kitchen Garden tips and…

Festival of Flavours will return for 2023, RHS has announced

Festival of Flavours will return to all five Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) Gardens later this year, the RHS has announced. Last year’s inaugural event celebrated plot-to-plate eating, world food and autumnal flavours and attracted tens of thousands of visitors. The 2023 RHS Festival of Flavours takes place at RHS Gardens on the following dates: RHS Garden Bridgewater (Salford), 8 –…

BOOST YOUR BACK GARDEN BIODIVERSITY

Bugs, birds and beneficial plants are the central themes in a new Garden Organic Backyard Biodiversity show garden, due to be unveiled at BBC Gardeners’ World Live from 15th to 18th June at the NEC, Birmingham.The organic gardening charity’s head gardener Emma O’Neill has designed a new biodiverse show garden for 2023, which brings together biodiversity-boosting elements and ideas to…

It’s British Tomato Fortnight!

British Tomato Fortnight marks the height of tomato season with a two-week celebration of everything toms! Running from May 29 to June 11 this year, British Tomato Fortnight is an annual celebration of our delicious British tomatoes. In Britain, we eat around 500,000 tonnes of tomatoes every year. Around one fifth of those are British tomatoes. British tomatoes are great…