Plant sentience
Pollination, long treated as a largely mechanical transaction, begins to look more like a dialogue
Outside the box
why traditional topiary is
making a comeback
A revolutionary king
The monarch’s vision of “harmony” will have lasting impact
Our oriental roots
Marian Boswall salutes the early plant
hunters who revolutionised gardening
Core philosophy
How the old tradition of wassailing might actually benefit orchards
Timeless wisdom
Literary gifts for every gardener or garden-lover on your Christmas list
The value of water
A lake dug into low-grade farmland transforms the local ecology
The art of nature
We need landscapes that articulate meaning
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Arguments for prohibitionism disappear in a cloud of vapour
The ends of Pan-Africanism
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Not exiles, but stayers
White South Africans are not abandoning their home
Will we miss Mahmood?
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The man who knew too little
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A frozen war?
The US should put stubbornness aside and end the conflict with Iran