Save your shrubs with a slug pub, says Hephzibah Anderson

Hephzibah Anderson reveals how RHS Bridgewater illustrates some of the tensions inherent in our newfound appreciation of what remains a highly curated kind of nature

The New Forest today is treated as a playground to be bent to the whims of the visitors, rather than a reserve that must be cared for

On International Dawn Chorus Day, there really is no sound lovelier than the competing noise of birdsong

Patrick Galbraith laments the increasing loneliness of rural life

Gardens start with a pencil and paper says Hephzibah Anderson

A good field guide, but it won’t make you fall in love with the gull next door

Take your time, but do plant a tree, says Hephzibah Anderson

Macdonald’s prose is full of resonance and beauty, apposite delicacy and memorable evocations, says Matthew Adams

Let the plants do the work says Hephzibah Anderson