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kickin’ the bucket?

Words by Jessica Peace Will a bit of a water do? Or is it in the green waste bin for your pot plant? Has your plant already kicked or can we save i...

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moments in pot culture: the snowdrop

Words by Jessica Peace E.A. Bowles (1865–1954) the horticulturist, artist, writer and Lord of the Manor at Myddelton House was nothin’ short of a G...

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fashioned from nature at the v&a

Words by Jessica Peace This has got to be one of our favourite exhibitions of the year - it’s got frocks, politics and is environmentally woke. It’...

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moments in pot culture: mistletoe

Words by Jessica Peace Way back the Celts and the Greeks thought this white berries looked like semen (!), so branded this dripping twig a sign of ...

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dangly bits

Words by Jessica Peace Bored of baubles? Here are some of Mumma Nature’s own dangly bits to green up your festive gaff… CHINESE LANTERNS Luminous ...

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moments in pot culture: deadly nightshade

Words by Jessica Peace Agatha Christie showed us just how deadly this dark berried plant is in three of her crime novels and short stories: The Cre...

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tender lovin’ care

Words by Jessica Peace SCHOOL ROOM: TENDER PERENNIALS You what? A ‘perennial’ is a plant that comes back every year - even if it looks a bit dead o...

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a floral response to homophobia

Words by Jessica Peace PAUL, YOU’VE BEEN PLANTING PANSIES AT THE SITES OF HOMOPHOBIA FOR ABOUT 13 YEARS NOW. TELL US ABOUT THE MOMENT YOU KNEW YOU ...

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plant porn: asparagus fern

Words by Jessica Peace WHAT’S IT GOOD FOR? Apart from being bloody gorgeous, this frondalicious beauty will clean out any nasties knockin’ about in...

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moments in pot culture: the horse chestnut

Words by Jessica Peace American impressionist painter Mary Cassatt was known as ‘painter and poet of the nursery’, when living in Paris and knockin...

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moments in pot culture: the pansy

Words by Jessica Peace After illustrating Don Quixote, Gulliver's Travels and Robinson Crusoe, 19th century cartoonist J. J. Grandville sexed up th...

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know your shit

Words by Jessica Peace Manure: what it’s good for, how to get your hands on it and what to do with it. HAVING A BREAKDOWN Basically, slapping ‘well...

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temptations in the temperate house

Words by Jessica Peace Last year we stumbled into Kew’s hot houses and conservatories when it got a bit nippy; since then their Temperate House has...