Expect some controversy on a blog named Gardenrant. Our posts on hot topics are sometimes unexpected, even politically incorrect!
The Callery (Bradford) pear may be one of horticulture’s best example of a good idea gone very wrong. Could it happen again? Of course. Are there no other examples [...]
“Science, including the study of ecology is based not only on individual research…Informed debate and even controversy are fundamental to the advancement of scientific thinking.” -Thomas Christopher, Growing Greener Podcast [...]
Screen shot from Rebecca McMackin's Instagram feed. Rebecca McMackin, (horticulturist/writer/eco-influencer) is getting a lot of attention - a much-watched Ted Talk, interviews on podcasts, etc. And her recent [...]
Hello, my name is Ben and I'm a geriatric millennial. I'm old enough to remember being taken, two pupils at a time, to the school office so that we could [...]
This post is long. It is a culmination of growing concerns that voices gentler and more knowledgeable than mine have articulated for some time; but that nevertheless continue to be [...]
One Foot In The Grave was a British sit-com that ran from 1990 to 2001. It followed the life of a retiree called Victor Meldrew (played by Richard Wilson), a [...]
I dwell on the promise of a new gardening season by compiling a list of plants and seeds I want to grow. I thought I had all the tools [...]
Any other gardeners out there like me, wanting to support pollinators and other beneficial wildlife but having a hard time keeping up with the advice about to DO it? Finding [...]
My Dear Gardener, There were nearly 1.2 million posts on TikTok this year tagged #LeaveTheLeaves. The pushback hashtag #ItDependsOnYourYard can only claim 4k. Not surprisingly, #FFSStopGardeningByMeme didn’t even get a [...]
As the first brightly coloured leaf falls to the ground a new season begins. Not the season of autumn, no, but the season of complaining about leaf blowers. It's an [...]
Have you ever had the feeling you're not being given the whole truth? I suspect it's part and parcel of modern life; there always seems to be someone trying to [...]
