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Attenborough films squirting cucumbers at Cambridge University Botanic Garden for BBC One’s The Green Planet

The Seasonal World episode of the popular series is due to air.

All the Cambridge University Botanic Garden courses and workshops for 2022

Sponsored feature | A host of online and in-person courses with a range of themes, from art to science, are on offer.

Hedgehogs injured by garden strimmers and toxic chemicals treated at Shepreth

Hedgehog hospital issues warning to gardners

Petition demands Cambridge is made pesticide-free

Labour councillors on the city council have been urged to live up to their manifesto promise.

Enjoy stunning open gardens in Cambridgeshire under National Garden Scheme

They will open over the bank holiday weekend and into June.

The majesty of trees at Cambridge University Botanic Garden

Martin Walters inspects some of the amazing species.

Joy at flowering of Cambridge University Botanic Garden’s rare moonflower

“It's been worth the wait’ say followers as the CUBG’s moonflower - Selenicereus wittii - finally blooms.

Moonflower set to flower for first time in UK at Cambridge University Botanic Garden

Watch the livestream here of the flowering of a rare Amazonian flowering cactus.

Cambridge firm’s low-waste revolution in sustainable home and work spaces

Newly-launched timber building and garden room company, OmniCube Ltd, has designs to suit any space

The Flower Project opens on Mill Road

Founder Clare Cook forges on with click-and-collect and cycle delivery service

Tim’s garden disaster could win him £1,000 in tools

Ryobi has shortlisted it in the top 10 after more than 1,000 entries to its Garden Disasters competition

King’s College Cambridge to create wildflower meadow on its famous chapel lawn

The most famous view in the city will be transformed into a riot of colour

Cambridge University Botanic Garden successfully raises 160 young titan arum plants

The garden has successfully raised 160 ‘baby titans’ from the 2017 flowering of its titan arum Amorphophallus titanum plant

Controversial chemical glyphosate still being sprayed by councils in Cambridgeshire

A special investigation into the use of a chemical linked with cancer and damaging biodiversity by some scientific studies.

The small invertebrates with the big job of maintaining the ecological balance

Nature notes: Martin Walters looks at some of the smaller creatures that are often overlooked in our gardens.

Author Tiffani Angus on time travels in a secret garden

Growing up in the Nevada desert where no building was more than a few decades old, local writer Tiffani Angus developed a hankering for the historic.

Glasshouses at Cambridge University Botanic Garden reopen

And a new guidebook has been produced to help visitors

17 stunning images as International Garden Photographer of the Year Exhibition opens at Botanic Garden

Beautiful photographs from the competition have gone on display.

Stunning images of wild flowers blooming at King’s College, Cambridge

It is a view not seen at the University of Cambridge college for 300 years.

Scotsdales Garden Centre reopens - and it’s heralded by a rainbow in the greenhouse

Doors unlocked in step one of lifting lockdown restrictions

What's on TV: Easter shows from Cambridge

Watch out for two famous Cambridge institutions set to receive star billing over the Easter weekend on the BBC.

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Attenborough films squirting cucumbers at Cambridge University Botanic Garden for BBC One’s The Green Planet

All the Cambridge University Botanic Garden courses and workshops for 2022

All the Cambridge University Botanic Garden courses and workshops for 2022

Hedgehogs injured by garden strimmers and toxic chemicals treated at Shepreth

Hedgehogs injured by garden strimmers and toxic chemicals treated at Shepreth

Petition demands Cambridge is made pesticide-free

Petition demands Cambridge is made pesticide-free

Enjoy stunning open gardens in Cambridgeshire under National Garden Scheme

Enjoy stunning open gardens in Cambridgeshire under National Garden Scheme

The majesty of trees at Cambridge University Botanic Garden

The majesty of trees at Cambridge University Botanic Garden

Joy at flowering of Cambridge University Botanic Garden’s rare moonflower

Joy at flowering of Cambridge University Botanic Garden’s rare moonflower

Moonflower set to flower for first time in UK at Cambridge University Botanic Garden

Moonflower set to flower for first time in UK at Cambridge University Botanic Garden

Cambridge firm’s low-waste revolution in sustainable home and work spaces

Cambridge firm’s low-waste revolution in sustainable home and work spaces

The Flower Project opens on Mill Road

The Flower Project opens on Mill Road

Tim’s garden disaster could win him £1,000 in tools

Tim’s garden disaster could win him £1,000 in tools

King’s College Cambridge to create wildflower meadow on its famous chapel lawn

King’s College Cambridge to create wildflower meadow on its famous chapel lawn

Cambridge University Botanic Garden successfully raises 160 young titan arum plants

Cambridge University Botanic Garden successfully raises 160 young titan arum plants

Controversial chemical glyphosate still being sprayed by councils in Cambridgeshire

Controversial chemical glyphosate still being sprayed by councils in Cambridgeshire

The small invertebrates with the big job of maintaining the ecological balance

The small invertebrates with the big job of maintaining the ecological balance

Author Tiffani Angus on time travels in a secret garden

Author Tiffani Angus on time travels in a secret garden

Glasshouses at Cambridge University Botanic Garden reopen

Glasshouses at Cambridge University Botanic Garden reopen

17 stunning images as International Garden Photographer of the Year Exhibition opens at Botanic Garden

17 stunning images as International Garden Photographer of the Year Exhibition opens at Botanic Garden

Stunning images of wild flowers blooming at King’s College, Cambridge

Stunning images of wild flowers blooming at King’s College, Cambridge

Scotsdales Garden Centre reopens - and it’s heralded by a rainbow in the greenhouse

Scotsdales Garden Centre reopens - and it’s heralded by a rainbow in the greenhouse

What's on TV: Easter shows from Cambridge

What's on TV: Easter shows from Cambridge

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