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Buckets of fun: Dorset school children learn to grow and market food

 

Midlands veg grower helps Chinese in bid to dominate world veg championships

 

Upside Down Growing Phenomenon

 

Bees: the falling rise of a beloved insect

 

The Art of Hen Keeping

 

Why growing your own can be shockingly pricey! UK

 

Growing Obsession: Rare Seeds: USA

 

Eco-chic goes live - with plant accessories: USA

 

British society is frightened of gardening: UK

 

Pensioner wins gooseberry world record: UK

 

Allotments hold key to sustainability in a post-oil world?: UK

 

Pick-your-own vegetables to replace flowers in high street: UK

 

Couple snub supermarkets and save £110 a week: UK

 

Vegetables help Montacute’s men to reach ripe old age: UK

 

New York's Hanging Gardens: USA

 

Allotments, urban farms rising above Britain’s gleaming towers: UK

 

Rise in urban scrumping: UK

 

Pesticides blamed for killing bees: UK

 

Core blimey - gardener discovers new type of apple: UK

 

The DIY fish supper - amazing future kitchen designs: UK

 

Apples: buy local, buy English, buy often: UK

 

Former heroin addict inspires growing optimism from the wild side: UK

 

A growing trend: the rise of shared green space: UK

 

Garden grabbing could cost lives: UK

 

Why untidy gardens make the best habitat for wildlife : UK

 

A slice of Britain: Carrots and leeks do battle for the vegetable crown: UK

 

Could a tiny insect halt the invasion of Japanese knotweed?: UK

 

Street Farmer - the amazing Will Allen: Wisconsin, USA

 

Newspaper tycoon wants people to grow veg for his restaurant: UK

 

Urban Farming A Bit Closer To The Sun: USA

 

The hanging gardens of tower blocks: a low-carbon European vision: Europe

 

Allotment Waiting Lists Reach Up To 40 Years: UK

 

Edible Common Snails: UK

 

Guerrilla Gardening Protests at Heathrow Runway: UK

 

Green Roofs: USA

 

New life for the ancient black honeybee: UK

 

Hive Rustlers Stealing Bees: UK

 

Why we forgot how to grow food: UK

 

Mayor plans public vegetable gardens at Tower Bridge: UK

 

Inner City vineyard flourishes on former wasteland: UK

 

Sow Good For You: UK

 

How to transplant your office space to your own back garden: UK

 

Urban gardening in Detroit: US

 

Head Guerilla Gardener Spills the Beans On BBC Radio

 

Let's Hear It For Vegetables: Global Grow Your Own Phenomenon

 

Tree Grows Inside Man's Lung: Urals region, Russia

 

The Unconventional Plant Shop, Stratford: London, UK (photos)

 

Meals on Wheels: Montreal, Canada

 

Michelle Obama Digs White House Veg Garden: Washington, US

 

England's Oldest Allotment Celebrates Bicentenary: Wilts, UK

 

Monty Don's 'Plot To Save Britain':UK

 

Britain's Changing Cultivation Culture: UK

 

Dozens Of National Trust Properties Join Recession-Led Allotment Scheme: UK

 

Chickens Make Better Pets Than Dogs: Oregon, US

 

Save $431 Per Year Growing Your Own: Boston, US

 

Less Than A Decade To Save Our British Bees: UK

 

Rising Supermarket Prices Trigger Return To The Good Life: UK

 

Who Should Be The White House's Farmer?: US

 

Todmorden: the Deprived West Yorkshire Town Showing Recovery Can Be Homegrown: UK

 

National Trust to Give Land For Allotments: UK

 

Landscape Gardeners In Crisis As Brits Ditch The Decking To Grow Veg: UK

 

Call For Applicants For New Master Gardener Volunteer Program: Alabama, US

 

Gardening Boosts Men's Sex Lives Claims Study: UK

 

New Food Labelling System Hits US Supermarkets: US

 

Could Growing Beans Prevent Heart Attacks?: Southampton, UK

 

'Flabbergasting' Explosion Of Urban Henkeeping: UK

 

Bees Have A Higher Purpose Than Honey-Making Say Scientists: Germany

 

Gardens Crucial To Securing Our Nation's Food Conclude Experts: UK

 

New Scottish Photography Book Spearheads 'Gardens As Art' Concept: Edinburgh, UK

 

Inspire The Nation - Turn Buckingham Palace Into An Allotment: London, UK

 

Top Tips To Create Your Rooftop Garden: London, UK

 

Fungi Foray: London, UK (photos)

 

High-rise Growing Project On South Kilburn Estate: London, UK (audio)

 

Growing Project At OK Youth Club: London, UK (video, photos)

 

Self Sufficient-ish Twins Go Urban Foraging: UK

 

Hunting Grey Squirrels: UK

 

Walthamstow Food Swap: London, UK (photos)

 

Apple Scrumping Project: London, UK (photos)

 

Growing Project At St Mary’s Primary School, Kilburn: London, UK (audio)

 

Business Downturn Prompts Mass Return To The Good Life: UK

 

Why London Needs To Grow More Food: London, UK

 

The World’s Best Squash Grower: Sussex, UK (photos)

 

66% Surge Of Herbs, Fruit And Veg Sales In Past 6 Years: Ireland

 

Heavy-Metal Eating "Superworms" Unearthed in England and Wales: UK

 

City Harvest Festival: London, UK (video, photos)

 

Urban Growing On The Increase: Vancouver, Canada

 

Urbis Garden Exhibition: Manchester, UK

 

Growing Trend For Garden-Sharing: UK

 

Allotment Garden Festival, Goodmayes: London, UK (photos)

 

Food Gardens: Los Angeles, US

 

Giant Veg – The Master Growers: UK (photos)

 

Portrait Of 'Edible Landscape' Artist Fritz Haeg: UK & US

 

A Town That’s Growing Places … : Middlesborough, UK

 

Allotment Fever Grips Britain: UK

 

How To Skip The Allotment Queue: UK

 

Chef Mark Hix Goes Urban Foraging: London, UK

 

Seed Swapping Craze Defies EU Laws: UK

 

Wine Making In The Metropolis: London, UK

 

Fortnum & Mason's Bee-keeper Explains Why Bees Prefer The City: US

 

Could a tiny insect halt the invasion of Japanese knotweed?

 

French farmers bring rural reality to Champs Elysées

 
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