Beth Chatto

When botanists resembled a worldwide intelligence network

17 October 2026 9:00 am

At the height of the British Empire, our plant specialists were gathering information from every climate zone and returning it neatly classified to the centre at Kew

A tribute to the grandes dames of gardening — Beth Chatto and Penelope Hobhouse

9 November 2019 9:00 am

There is no longer much point buying strictly practical gardening books, such as were a staple of the publishing industry…