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Jackson Clarion Ledger - Jackson,MS USA
On the road again, this time headed back to the Philadelphia Flower Show, the oldest in the country. Giving a little talk, hobnobbing with other garden communicators, looking for good ideas and fun plants.
BBC News - UK
The small room is packed with bumblebees - hundreds upon hundreds of them going about their business in small wooden hives.
PR Newswire (press release) - New York,NY,USA
Jeff Gillman teaches horticulture at the University of Minnesota and has investigated the science behind many popular organic techniques. In The Truth About Organic Gardening…
ScienceAlert - Australia
Just over three years after the 2004 Boxing Day tsunami hit, killing more than 30 000 people, disaster relief efforts in Sri Lanka have moved well beyond the relief phase into the recovery and consolidation modes.
Reuters - USA
Beyond the Wall of the Colorful Clouds and around the Lake of Reflected Fragrance, the largest traditional Chinese garden in the United States to date has sprung from the soil of Southern California.
Los Angeles Times - CA,USA
Deep in the green avocado groves, the winter quiet is shattered by the whine of chain saws. Workers wielding machetes slash leafy branches from the trees and spray-paint the tall stumps white to protect the bark from sunburn in the forced hibernation to come.
Science Daily (press release) - USA
An ant that is native to Eurasia is threatening to become the latest in a procession of species to invade Europe, as a result of inadvertent human introduction.New research demonstrates that the invasive garden ant, Lasius neglectus, which is a threat to native species, may already be more widely established than expected.
Liverpool Daily Post - Liverpool,UK
A FIRM is aiming for its product to be a must-have item for Merseyside’s gardeners, after winning a regional award.
Baxter’s Perfect Edge, which has a Liverpool base in Blundell Street, uses a special track to guide a purpose-designed edging iron to cut and remove the turf, creating a neat edge.
The Associated Press - CHIANG MAI, Thailand
Crickets, caterpillars and grubs are high in protein and minerals and could be an important food source during droughts and other emergencies, according to scientists.
Chicago Tribune - United States
Stand under a tree on a summer day and look up at the emerald-green leaves with the sun shining through them. Sunlight makes jewels of leaves. But it also makes magic.
