Plant Facts

Beechwood sickener, Russula nobilis

Can you identify all these British fungi?

Tagpfauenauge nascht Nektar auf den Blueten der Herbstastern im Garten (Photo by Harald Lange/ullstein bild via Getty Images)

New study on the best garden plants for pollinators

Hawthorn vinegar. © Tiffany Francis

How to make hawthorn vinegar

The Berry Cocktail. © Emma Mitchell

How to make an autumnal wild berry cocktail

Damselfly caught in the sticky fluid secreted by a sundew plant. © Chester Zoo

Rare meat-eating plant making a comeback

Cherry lollies. © Jason Ingram

How to make tasty wild cherry lollies

Blackberry vodka. © Elena Kirey/Getty

How to make blackberry vodka

Gardens can create ideal habitats for wildlife in rural and urban areas. © Barry Herman/Getty

Wildlife Garden

Truth or fiction: gardens can save our wildlife

Small tortoiseshell butterfly on ivy flowers. © Estuary Pig/Getty

Wildlife Gardening

Top plants for pollinators in your wildlife garden

Naomi Wilkinson4_CMYK

Wildlife Champion

Naomi Wilkinson discusses why she loves goat willow

How to make elderflower gin. © Rostislav Sedlacek/Getty

How to make elderflower gin

Beepot

CLOSED - Win a Beepot planter

The St Helena olive became extinct in 2003. © Rebecca Cairns-Wicks

Hundreds of plants wiped out in the last 250 years

Mojito cocktail. © a_namenko/Getty

How to make wild mint mojitos

Apple blossom in bloom in the traditional orchard at Cotehele. (c) Steve Haywood

Dozens of orchards to be planted by National Trust