The ‘ecocide’ that is Canada’s shame
British Columbia’s most ancient trees continue to be ruthlessly felled, despite ecologists’ warnings of the effect on global climate
The world’s largest flower is also its ugliest
Known as ‘corpse flower’, the sinister Rafflesia resembles slabs of bloody, white-flecked meat, emits the scent of rotting flesh and eventually subsides into a mass of black slime
Gardening for pleasure and instruction
On 23 May 1804, two months before his daughter’s wedding, John Coakley Lettsom threw open his estate in Camberwell. Some…
