Posted on Thursday 31 July 2008
Telegraph.co.uk - United Kingdom
When David Wheeler was diagnosed with cancer, his garden became as much a part of his recovery as his hospital treatment. Here he tells how he promised he’d be well by honeysuckle time
Posted on Wednesday 30 July 2008
Christian Science Monitor - Boston,MA,USA
She is my mother, so I only know some things about her, and not necessarily the ones she would think most important. Her gardening, for example, escaped my notice for several decades.
Posted on Tuesday 29 July 2008
Telegraph.co.uk - United Kingdom
Some gardens need more than pruning and planting. Bunny Guinness sets out a guide to radical action and offers one lucky reader a redesign
Posted on Monday 28 July 2008
BBC News - UK
An unusual stone that has been in a retired police officer’s rockery for 15 years has turned out to be an 80 million-year-old fossil.
Posted on Sunday 27 July 2008
Chicago Tribune - United States
Showcasing gargantuan gourds and breathtaking blooms, Olympics-like competitions get gardeners flexing their green thumbs
Posted on Friday 25 July 2008
San Francisco Chronicle - CA, USA
On Earth Day this year, Julia Roberts demonstrated composting on Oprah’s TV show. Also recently, centenarian-tracking “Today Show” weather forecaster Willard Scott called on Americans to revive the victory gardens of the World War II era.
Posted on Thursday 24 July 2008
MarketWatch - USA
“For This Earth: Visions in Literature” is the theme of the Maine Literary Festival, to be held November 7 — 9, 2008, at the Camden Opera House.
Posted on Wednesday 23 July 2008
Los Angeles Times - CA,USA
The artist, creator of the controversial gardens, may no longer have design oversight but his vision has established deep roots.
Posted on Tuesday 22 July 2008
International Herald Tribune - France
‘The criticism I’ve had is just massive,” said the Duchess of Northumberland, as she led a visitor through the Bamboo Labyrinth of Alnwick Garden. “It’s really staggering the way that Britain views this project. They said I am to gardens what Imelda Marcos is to shoes.”
Posted on Monday 21 July 2008
NW Evening Mail - Barrow-in-Furness,England,UK
There are 30 gardens on the site behind the Nelson public house on Chapel Street, which are used to grow flowers, vegetables and fruit.
Research shows the land has been used as allotments since 1913 but now the owners are planning to sell up, meaning the gardeners might have to move out.