As an assistant gardener, I learned that some of the most banal, daily-grind jobs can be rather satisfying
Still, few tasks are as tedious as weeding.
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Strange things happen in lockdown – and I have fallen in love again
Not with a human being, but with glorious lavender plants.
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In a small flat with no garden, I became entranced by tropical and dangerous houseplants
I was careful, when handling Dieffenbachia, not to get any of its juice on my hands. Had I done so,…
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Why gardening matters
Self-isolating after a bout of Covid-19, the actor Tom Hollander reflects on the pandemic and our relationship with nature.
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How nature became the pandemic’s latest victim
As global lockdowns lift, prospects for the natural world look more fraught than ever.
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I’m looking for new life everywhere I go. Even the mosquitoes are cheering me up
They are the first living creatures to have arrived in the pond we dug a week ago.
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I am not the first gardener to have an intense passion for ferns – the Victorians were obsessed, and many fell prey to pteridomania
Nothing compares, in elegance and vital energy, to the ferns.
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Where, and how, to begin if you are one of lockdown’s many first-time gardeners
As I have been telling novice gardeners for years, gardening successfully is largely about assessing priorities.
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