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    • Friday, 5 August, 2022
      Robin Lane Fox
      Hot but not bothered: which plants best resist high temperatures?

      ¡®Yuccas and thistles are untroubled by the heat, but I do not want a prairie of spikes and prickles¡¯

    • Friday, 5 August, 2022
      Jonathan Guthrie
      Our ?135bn debt to the humble bee

      If given a monetary value, its contribution to our wellbeing would be hefty

    • Friday, 5 August, 2022
      Late starters: the best plants to grow as summer wanes

      Salvias, salad greens and herbs will thrive in the run-up to autumn and beyond

    • Friday, 29 July, 2022
      Robin Lane Fox
      On the trail of Thomas More¡¯s Utopia in a churchyard in west London

      Amid a scorching heatwave, our gardening columnist escapes to a haven of green just off King¡¯s Road, Chelsea . . .

    • Friday, 29 July, 2022
      Innovate to pollinate: hi-tech ways to welcome insects into your garden

      A new wave of apps and AI wizardry is helping gardeners encourage bees, butterflies and more

    • Friday, 29 July, 2022
      Folklore, foraging and floral recipes at Slovenia¡¯s wild flower festival

      Why the annual event in Bohinj has become a magnet for Britain¡¯s wild plant gardeners

    • Friday, 22 July, 2022
      Robin Lane Fox
      Plants that keep their cool in the heat

      Hot weather is testing for many varieties ¡ª but those with tap roots or silver leaves resist it, so you can give the watering can a rest

    • Friday, 15 July, 2022
      Winning the war on weeds

      Strategic thinking and military precision are needed on the battlefield

    • Friday, 15 July, 2022
      Alice Fishburn
      Love, grief and horticultural consolations

      Gardening can sustain the ill, the dying and those who are left behind

    • Friday, 8 July, 2022
      Robin Lane Fox
      From the ball to the bomb: a tale of two very different garden parties

      Our columnist forgoes a white-tie garden event for one honouring wartime spies and nuclear physicists

    • Friday, 8 July, 2022
      Magnificent meadows: the revival of a vanishing habitat

      The restoration of floodplain meadows in southern England is helping to increase biodiversity and carbon storage

    • Friday, 8 July, 2022
      FT SeriesThe home in 50 objects from around the world
      The home in 50 objects from around the world #36: the Lamport Gnome

      The story of how garden gnomes came to be a fixture in English gardens begins with an eccentric baronet

    • Friday, 1 July, 2022
      Robin Lane Fox
      In search of the most heavenly roses for a church garden

      A trip to David Austin¡¯s show gardens in Shropshire provides inspiration

    • Thursday, 30 June, 2022
      HTSI
      What¡¯s the buzz about whisky in Wiltshire?

      The grounds created by landscape gardener Todd Longstaffe-Gowan at Nicola Reed¡¯s country estate have ignited an unusual business?

    • Friday, 24 June, 2022
      Robin Lane Fox
      Heaven on Perth: a priceless collection of rare alpines in Scotland

      Plants from the Himalayas, the Antipodes and beyond are thriving at Branklyn Garden

    • Friday, 24 June, 2022
      FT MagazineMiranda Green
      Gardening¡¯s great, unless you¡¯re my plants

      What is the name for having the opposite of green fingers?

    • Friday, 24 June, 2022
      The artist as gardener: ¡®I look at my garden as if I¡¯m going to paint it¡¯

      The fashion designer and illustrator Virginia Johnson shows the FT her urban sanctuary in Toronto

    • Friday, 24 June, 2022
      HTSI
      Great outdoor art to see this summer

      Fifteen sculpture parks, installations and alfresco spaces to enjoy around the world

    • Friday, 17 June, 2022
      Robin Lane Fox
      Which plants will flower all through summer?

      Species such as weigela, salvia and choisya will prolong the pleasure of seasonal blooms

    • Friday, 17 June, 2022
      Luke Edward Hall
      How to host a garden party

      ¡®The preparation doesn¡¯t happen by magic. Rope in a teenager to help, then focus on partying¡¯

    • Friday, 10 June, 2022
      Robin Lane Fox
      Choice of Chelsea: the best bedding bets for summer

      The exhibitors at this year¡¯s Chelsea Flower Show were on hand with plenty of advice and inspiration

    • Friday, 10 June, 2022
      London¡¯s Open Gardens reveal havens of calm and community hubs

      Discover the capital¡¯s most interesting hidden green spaces ¡ª and their restorative role

    • Tuesday, 7 June, 2022
      HTSI
      What does it really cost to make your clothes?

      Meet Carry Somers and filmmaker James Levelle, the activists behind fashion¡¯s transparency revolution

    • Saturday, 4 June, 2022
      Southern °ÄÃÅµÄÆÏ¾© Special
      Ten Mediterranean plants to grow in cooler climates

      Species such as liburnica, clematis and honeywort can serve as reminders of carefree holidays

    • Friday, 3 June, 2022
      Robert Mapplethorpe¡¯s flowers of romanticism and rage

      The photographer¡¯s floral images embodied his passions and contradictions, as highlighted in a new exhibition

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