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Telegraph.co.uk - United Kingdom
Ancient trees are amongst the oldest forms of life on the planet and can live for thousands of years.
Now the Woodland Trust, with money from the Heritage Lottery Fund, has launched the Ancient Tree Hunt to find, record and preserve the oldest specimens.
Los Angeles Times - CA,USA
Yes, these backyard visitors can be a little scary-looking. But they’re gentle creatures and will keep your yard free of snails and fallen fruit.
Marin Independent-Journal - San Rafael,CA,USA
Dragonflies are primitive creatures, but incredibly acrobatic fliers. The mosaic darner dragonfly (above) has delicate-looking wings. (Provided by May Chen)It is hard to spend even a few minutes near the shore of a pond or stream without being aware of the presence of dragonflies. These large, often brightly colored insects are among the most primitive flying creatures aloft today, but also they are among the most elegant, maneuverable and downright acrobatic fliers that have ever lived.
Daily Mail - UK
The Government was told today it had underestimated the scale of the flood rescue effort after new figures showed as many as 3,500 people have been rescued by the fire service in the past few days.
3,500 rescued from floods as weekend storms threaten new deluge
KXMC - Minot,ND,USA
The chief executive officer of the International Peace Garden says heavy rain and hail has destroyed thousands of plants at the border park.
Doug Hevenor (HEV’-en-or) says the garden could use some help in replacing topsoil and plants that were damaged.
Times Online - Auckland - New Zealand
Serious gardeners will welcome the chance to see and hear some of the world’s leading garden designers and landscape architects who are coming to Auckland for the New Zealand Landscape & Garden Design Conference in September.
Marketwire (press release) - Toronto,Ontario,Canada
Gardeners, teachers, and everyone looking to improve the health of plants in their community will have reason to celebrate when the National Academies and the North American Pollinator Protection Campaign (NAPPC) release their Pollinator Garden Wheel.
Science and Sizzle: A Free Pollinator Planting Tool for Gardeners Debuts
Huffington Post - New York,NY,USA
I’m tempted to move to Britain, and not just because I saw an early screening of Michael Moore’s amazing new movie, Sicko (go see it; tell all your friends). What got me is that an official with the UK’s Environment Agency has acknowledged that humans can significantly help stop global warming by adopting a vegetarian diet.
Britain’s Environment Agency: Go Vegetarian to Stop Climate Change
FarmWeek - Bloomington,IL,USA
Organic research cut a swath of purple and gold last week across Western Illinois University’s (WIU) Allison Research and Demonstration Farm near Sciota.
Joel Gruver, the farm’s new director and WIU assistant agriculture professor, planted WIU’s first acre of organic popcorn on the pesticide-free farm.
Hostelbookers.com - USA
A Chinese man’s garden seems to be subverting the laws of nature, according to ananova.com.
The news website reports that Grandpa Ding found a reputedly legendary flower growing from a steel pipe in his vegetable garden.
