CABINET OF CURIOSITIES

Sometimes second-hand book shops can produce some real gems. A few years ago I found this copy of one of the most notable early 19th. centur...

In tropical rainforests strangler fig seeds germinate in the tree canopy and send roots downwards until they reach the soil. Then, as their ...

Thursday's Guardian Country Diary is about this November-flowering dog rose that we found blooming amongst the rose hips, on a bush gro...