Guide nature

Nature has many wonderful treasures in store for us. Most plants do not only have the sense to bloom and green, they have also been used for centuries as food and medicine. Even our grandparents knew …

The unconditional will to live and to continue to be – this obvious basic need forms the basis of all human life. As with all mammals, the survival instinct is innate in humans. We always strive to p …

Commissioned by His Majesty’s Government to study the medicinal plants of my native country, I returned there and spent two years in collecting data regarding the use that the Filipinos make of their …

Horticultural Appropriation is a conversation between an organic food grower and an artist about the possibility and necessity of bringing a decolonial lens to the practice of horticulture. Taking pl …

The new book from critically acclaimed nature writer, Declan Murphy. ‘As I study the birds, animals and plants around me, I cannot help but see the patterns all living things seem driven to create.’ …

 From Gardens Where We Feel Secure is gardener and writer Susanna Grant’s exploration of her thinking on history, value and meaning of nature in the city. Examining the premise that naming species al …

Mother Nature’s more aesthetically challenged children have been neglected for too long. The plight of the panda is known the world over because of its teddy-like good looks, but most species are not …

From alpacas to zebus, crocodiles to wombats, journey through the individual histories of bizarre garden pets and their often bizarre owners. Who would dream of keeping a bear in the summerhouse, or …

People love mushrooms. They want to pick them and eat them. but when they get home and try to check them, the fears crowd in. The reference books are vague. Too many dangerous look-alikes. Is the col …

Share in the company of owls in this nocturnal love song… From the author of Some of Us Just Fall, longlisted for the Wainwright Prize for Nature Writing. ‘I couldn’t put down this warm and comfortin …