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Open Garden scheme offering a bumper weekend around Cambridgeshire

May 28-29 is set to be one of the busiest weekends of the year for open gardens under the National Garden Scheme.

No Mow May: County council joins in biodiversity initiative by pledging not to cut roadside verges this month

Gardeners are encouraged to put the mower away and let their garden grow.

Tread Lightly: How to create a successful garden pond

Allie Birley discusses how to create a happy, hoppy place.

Cambridgeshire’s ‘King of Snowdrops’ explains mysterious world of Galanthomania after single bulb sells on eBay for £1,850

Joe Sharman, of Monksilver Nursery in Cottenham, divulges how he develops highly sought-after bulbs.

Snowdrop bulb from Cottenham’s ‘King of snowdrops’ fetches £1,850 in eBay auction

Joe Sharman, of Monksilver Nursery, has been breeding snowdrops for 35 years.

Plants are flowering a month earlier due to climate change and that could spell ecological disaster, warn researchers

Spring could in future begin in February, University of Cambridge academics say.

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.

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

The majesty of trees at Cambridge University Botanic Garden

Martin Walters inspects some of the amazing species.

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.

Gardening

Open Garden scheme offering a bumper weekend around Cambridgeshire

No Mow May: County council joins in biodiversity initiative by pledging not to cut roadside verges this month

No Mow May: County council joins in biodiversity initiative by pledging not to cut roadside verges this month

Tread Lightly: How to create a successful garden pond

Tread Lightly: How to create a successful garden pond

Cambridgeshire’s ‘King of Snowdrops’ explains mysterious world of Galanthomania after single bulb sells on eBay for £1,850

Cambridgeshire’s ‘King of Snowdrops’ explains mysterious world of Galanthomania after single bulb sells on eBay for £1,850

Snowdrop bulb from Cottenham’s ‘King of snowdrops’ fetches £1,850 in eBay auction

Snowdrop bulb from Cottenham’s ‘King of snowdrops’ fetches £1,850 in eBay auction

Plants are flowering a month earlier due to climate change and that could spell ecological disaster, warn researchers

Plants are flowering a month earlier due to climate change and that could spell ecological disaster, warn researchers

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

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

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

The majesty of trees at Cambridge University Botanic Garden

The majesty of trees at Cambridge University Botanic Garden

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

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