A historic County Durham castle has been shortlisted for national competition 'Garden of the Year'. Raby Castle, in Staindrop ...

Native plants have very different needs from fruits and veggies. Here's how to create your own edible habitat garden.

Raby Castle, in Staindrop, is one of the nine gardens selected for Historic Houses' award, sponsored by Christie's, recognising the importance of the 'UK's most spectacular gardens' for their ...

Elliot Levin has his work schedule down to a science. Mondays are all about assessment. As San Francisco State University’s greenhouse manager, he walks through the various bays of the nearly ...

The tonka bean tree, scientifically known as Dipteryx oleifera, has developed the ability to not only survive strikes but also to transfer the electricity from lightning to its “enemies” and the ...

Lightning strikes may kill hundreds of millions of trees every year, but one tropical tree has evolved to benefit from the ...

It’s the tree a neighbourhood brought back from the brink. A community push to save a fig tree in Sydney’s eastern suburbs prompted the council to reverse its decision to send in the chainsaws.

On average, each lightning hit destroyed over 2.4 tons (2 metric tons) of adjacent tree biomass and approximately 80 percent of the lianas (parasitic vines) that plagued the tonka bean canopy. As per ...

A century after Jardin Majorelle was planted in Marrakech, a new intoxicating garden has emerged in the high Atlas Mountains ...

G old mining is putting an immense strain on the Amazon rainforest, but the trees might have a secret weapon up their bark.