Kew News:
Giant two pence piece turns heads at Kew Gardens (Daily Telegraph)
At first glance it would appear that staff at Kew Gardens have installed an eye-catching new exhibit in the form of a giant two pence piece.
Last Minute Listing: Tropical Extravaganza @ Kew Gardens (Londonist)
'Dripping With Colour' courtesy of daveograve@ in the Londonist Flickr pool With all the sunshine this week we're getting excited about heading outdoors this weekend. Let's face it though, it's still pretty chilly, so meet spring in the middle with a trip to the tropical atmosphere of Kew Garden's Princess of Wales Conservatory. Ending this Sunday, the Tropical Extravaganza festival sees the ...
Spyclists: how Hitler Youth's cycling tours caused panic in prewar Britain (Guardian Unlimited)
Police officers were alerted to monitor German students on bicycle holidays in the late 1930s as they stopped at schools, Rotary clubs, factories and church services.
INTERVIEW-Wild relatives of crops seen aiding climate fight (AlertNet)
Source: Reuters * Collect relatives of crops able to resist heat, drought * $50 million project could bolster food security-Fowler By Alister Doyle, Environment Correspondent OSLO, March 9 (Reuters) - Farm ...
Celebrity gardener Diarmuid Gavin demands end of peat compost (Environmental Data Interactive Exchange)
A phase out of all peat in compost has been put forward by the Government in an effort to cut down emissions of CO2.
Humans are driving extinction faster than species can evolve (Guardian Unlimited)
Conservationists say rate of new species slower than diversity loss caused by the destruction of habitats and climate change For the first time since the dinosaurs disappeared, humans are driving animals and plants to extinction faster than new species can evolve, one of the world's experts on biodiversity has warned. Conservation experts have already signalled that the world is in the grip of ...
Gardeners urged to stop using peat-based compost (Independent)
The star of the BBC's Gardeners' World has been drafted in by the Government as they try to persuade the public to stop using peat compost.
Amateur gardeners urged to use peat-free compost to cut carbon footprint (Daily Telegraph)
Amateur gardeners are being urged to switch to peat-free compost and grow bags as part of efforts to cut the UK's carbon footprint.
48 hours in: Singapore (Belfast Telegraph)
The city-state may be changing at the speed of light with its huge high-rises and reclaimed developments, but it still remains a metropolis of one million menus, discovers Simon Calder. Related Stories Advertisement: Fly to Belfast with BMI 48 hours in: Monaco Airline increases its ‘summer sun’ flights to Faro from City of Derry British Airways strike talks to end on Tuesday Holiday fraud probe ...
48 hours in: Singapore (Belfast Telegraph)
The city-state may be changing at the speed of light with its huge high-rises and reclaimed developments, but it still remains a metropolis of one million menus, discovers Simon Calder. Related Stories Holiday fraud probe... now it’s over 100 cases