Instead of focusing their limited time, energy and finances in effective interventions in their gardens, many individual gardeners are falling prey to greenwashing.
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They’re beautiful in bloom, but Callery pear trees crowd out native plants and turn productive open land into woody thickets.
Many gardeners worry these large larvae might damage plants. But before you squish them, read this.
It can be hard to grasp the changes climate change is bringing. To see it in your own life, look at the shifting seasons.
Honey bees, wild and native bees face threats from parasites, pesticides and habitat loss. Shorter winters, more extreme weather and more habitat destruction won’t help.
Our study found it wasn’t cafes with access to sugar-rich food that led to more miner aggression. In fact, gardens were where we recorded the highest amount of aggressive behaviour.
Rationing water at home will benefit moisture-starved ecosystems.
Gardens require huge labour, and outcomes like health, well-being or food security are affected by systemic barriers people face in cities and schools.
Plant parents will be pleased to know just how beneficial houseplants can be for your health.
Publicly accessible gardens are an essential part of our food system. It’s important for policymakers to understand that growing food in city gardens is central to health, food security and culture.
Researchers have long argued that greywater could bolster South Africa’s food security if it’s used to water domestic food gardens.
Really, how productive is the average home vegetable garden – and will it leave you hungry? It largely depends on space, soil and gardening skills.
Plus, why you should always remove grass cuttings from your lawn.
The UK wants gardeners to stop thinking of slugs and snails as pests and to embrace garden biodiversity. Is it worth considering in Australia?
Pollen brings seasonal misery to millions of Americans, but it serves a critical purpose: fertilizing many kinds of plants, including food crops.
As lockdowns went into effect in the spring of 2020, many people took up gardening as a coping mechanism. But will a hobby born out of a crisis recede as life returns to normal?
Variegated plants can be more expensive than their all-green counterparts. But there are ways to protect your investment.
Up to 85% of the nectar available to pollinating insects in a city comes from gardens. What we plant – whether in an allotment or a window box – can make a huge difference.
These fascinating spiders only live for about a year and have particularly interesting family arrangements.
Taking lessons from the past could help enrich our diets for little cost
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Associate professor, University of Sydney
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Postdoctoral Researcher in Mycology, West Virginia University
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Vice Chancellor's Research Fellow, Edith Cowan University
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Senior Research Associate, School of Ecosystem and Forest Sciences, The University of Melbourne
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Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, Toronto Metropolitan University
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Founder of Msit No’kmaq
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PhD Candidate, Social Justice Education, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto
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Assistant Professor, Faculty of Agriculture, Dalhousie University
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Associate Professor, Centre for Creative and Cultural Research, Faculty of Arts and Design, University of Canberra
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Lecturer in Ecology, University of New England
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Associate Professor of Mycology and Plant Pathology, West Virginia University
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Associate Professor in Ecology, Northumbria University, Newcastle
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Wellbeing Postdoctoral Fellow with the Royal Horticultural Society, University of Sheffield
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Visiting Research Fellow in Environmental Psychology, University of Surrey
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Faculty Lecturer, Science Education, McGill University
