Join a growing number of us working and learning in nature. Can a dandelion clock tick? What is dragons snot? How can a stick of magnesium keep you warm? Why do I spend so much time indoors when actually I want to work with people outdoors in nature? The answer to these and other questions can be found in woods near you soon. Full story: Read more
New Exhibition: ‘Terrain: Land into Art’, Hestercombe Gallery March 19 – July 3, 2016
Hestercombe Gallery near Taunton, Somerset, is proud to present a new exhibition Terrain: Land into Art, bringing together the work of 17 artists with works responding to the natural world. The show features a series of works from modernism to the present day. Full story: Read more
Flower Show Forum will sow seeds of change for gardening clubs around the UK
On Thursday 17 March representatives from the Royal Horticultural Society’s Affiliated Societies team, Britain’s largest network of gardening clubs and horticultural societies, will join a Flower Show Forum at Castle Gardens in Sherborne, Dorset from 2pm – 4pm. Chaired by Mike Burks, managing director of The Gardens Group, the Flower Show Forum will offer gardening clubs, which are currently seeing a decline in entries to their garden competitions, a chance to share their concerns and devise a plan to rejuvenate these traditional shows. Full story: Read more