Teaching & Learning

Death of Peter Thoday – horticulturist who helped set up the Lost Gardens of Heligan and the Eden Project in Cornwall

For students interested in plants and planting, historic gardens and traditional techniques, then viewing the television series The Victorian Kitchen and Flower Garden will be very worthwhile, even dating from a number of years ago. It was mainly thanks to…

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Singing the blues

These photos were taken today at Cam Peak in the southern Cotswolds: a warm, sunny day presenting the wild bluebells (Hyacinthoides non-scripta) at their best. The location of the carpark at the foot of this hill is 51.6926, -2.3384. Google…

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REWILDING WORKSHOP SUCCESS

Last week’s three-day workshop explored the possibilities of rewilding one of Cheltenham’s green corridors – the former elevated Honeybourne railway line, now a cycle and public footpath linking areas to the north of Cheltenham with the current mainline station Cheltenham…

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