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An artist's impression of how the managed wetland site in Pudsey will look

Yorkshire Water to create new wetland on site previously allocated for housing

Explosive cucumbers native to the Mediterranean and South America have been successfully grown in a Yorkshire urban garden.

Watch: Gardener’s exotic ‘exploding cucumbers’ grown in Yorkshire

Tips for Tending your lawn following UK thunderstorms and flooding

Best electric garden shredders for chipping, shredding and maintaining your garden

Best electric garden shredders

You may have heard of the Venus fly-trap, but there’s a whole host of insect-eating plants you can use to trap bugs

7 Carnivorous plants you can use to catch flies in your home

Shaun Schroeder, 59, plants around 140 hanging baskets and fence planters each year.

Gardener shares cheap tips to keep your garden thriving in a heatwave

Experts warning over potentially ‘harmful’ froth on garden plants

Fragaria x ananassa Pink Panda =’Frel’(F) By Sheila Stancill Picture by Lukman Sinclair

Who are the Sheffield Florilegium Society?

Planting for pollinators is vital

Yorkshire experts give tips on how to make our gardens more eco friendly

Japanese Knotweed. (Pic credit: Andrew Smith)

Invasive plants in the UK and how to manage them

Elonor Tivey at her seven acre field in Leicestershire where she farms peonies.

Teacher who quit to grow peonies says sales have doubled every year

100 cows deployed to reserve 50,000 acres of land

The low water levels at Grimwith Reservoir near Grassington last year. (Pic credit: Tony Johnson)

Yorkshire Water hosepipe ban: Is there a hosepipe ban right now in Yorkshire?

Private Scottish island is up for sale for £150,000

This is the pub reportedly owned by Banksy

Take a look at a pub reportedly owned by Banksy

Best battery powered chainsaws UK 2023

Best battery powered chainsaws - cordless models tested and reviewed

Keep these rules and regulations in mind before heading out into your garden.

7 gardening laws Brits might unintentionally break this spring

Jeremy's Yorkshire Allotment

Yorkshire allotment Youtuber shares garden hacks for the cold weather

M&S has apologised for displaying daffodils next to spring onions

M&S apologises after displaying poisonous daffodils with spring onions

Aldi launches new spring garden range for limited time only with trendy wellies for just £9.99 - how to buy

Aldi launches new spring garden range for limited time only

Here’s 10 spring blooms that could be toxic to your pets

10 toxic spring flowers pet owners should avoid

Here’s 10 spring blooms that pet owners should avoid to keep their pets safe

Best garden sprinklers: sprinkler systems to water your lawns

Best garden sprinklers: sprinkler systems to water your lawns

Six common household products to save indoor plants this winter

The Natural History Museum has released a list of new animal and plant species found in 2022

Scientists release list of new animals and plants found in 2022

A mum has found a genius hack to permanently rid her bathroom of mould -

Mum finds hack to rid her bathroom of mould - using plants

The leisure centres will be closed for longer

Better Leisure reduces opening hours as energy bills triple

Emma Blundell pictured with her horse VIP, at her stables at Felixkirk, Thirsk.. 3rd February2021....Picture by Simon Hulme

'I want to get my horse from Yorkshire to Spain but the paperwork is insane'

Redecorating a rented home can be tricky since you’re often not able to make any permanent changes (Photo: Shutterstock)

7 easy ways to make improvements to your rented home

Michael Perry, Mr Plant Geek. Photo: Caroline Horne Suffolk Photography/PA.

Why relaxed approach to gardening is becoming all the rage, according to Mr Plan...

If you’re an avid gardener or have taken it up as a new hobby, you may be wondering what the best plants and vegetables to plant or grow during the upcoming summer months are (Photo: Shutterstock)

Plants and vegetables you can grow in summer - including beetroot and courgette

Scientists from a university in Yorkshire have discovered how the chemical that sends cats into a frenzy. Photo credit: Other

Scientists reveal origins of plant that sends cats into a frenzy

Working from home may have its benefits like getting up a bit later, wearing comfy clothes and having an oven handy for making lunch (Photo: Shutterstock)

Here are 8 tips for improving your home working space

'Garden tea'. Picture: Lucy Jones/PA.

Author Lucy Jones recommends five antiviral herbs you can grow at home

'Garden tea'. Picture: Lucy Jones/PA.

Author Lucy Jones recommends five antiviral herbs you can grow at home

Scientists, based at the University of Sheffield, has been carrying out the research using grasslands from the Peak District.

Plants can share nutrients, Yorkshire scientists discover in new grassland study

Alan Titchmarsh is bringing out a poetry collection. Picture: Danny Lawson/PA.

Alan Titchmarsh turns to poetry to take on our technology obsession

Weeds will be allowed to grow out in Bradford to create a more 'diverse flora' in the area. Credit: John Maddrell

Plants dismissed as weeds will now be allowed to grow as 'diverse flora' across ...

Where do you stand on veganism?

Vegan arguments against eating meat are fundamentally flawed: Yorkshire Post Let...

More than 50 million tonnes of fresh produce grown across Europe is discarded annually, mainly because it does not meet supermarkets' and consumers' standards of how it ought to look, a new study has found. Picture by Magdalena Mayom/PA Wire.

Farmers want retailers to be flexible to avoid wonky food going to waste

Picture: Google.

Plants destroyed at Malton war memorial

Easter wreath, £25, from John Lewis

Bring in the spring

SPRING SENSATION: A mature pieris.

Gardening: Stalwarts and all

CAPTION: HEALTH CHECK: Look after your indoor plants and they will reward you with foliage and flowers.

Trouble shooting

DAWN BREAKS: Viburnum x bodnantense Dawn is a star worth cultivating.

The Dawn star that brightens up dark months

Oliver Heath in his healthy and happy sitting room with timber wall

How to make a healthy and happy home

HOT STUFF: Heleniums can flower well into autumn.

Blooms for a Bard

170415 Hannah Wilson a plant researcher at the Himalayan Gardens at Grewlthorpe near Ripon looking at a piece of sculpture 'Sunrise' by David Williams-Ellis one of the new features for the 2015 season in the gardens.(GL1005/60d)

Gardening: Visiting times

Lily of The Valley

Q&A: Plants for a new garden

GOING TO POT: Indoor plants deserve decent care and attention.

Going to pot '¨so houseplants'¨don't have to...

POOR SHOW: Powdery mildew thrives in the British climate.

Purple patch blight

Houseplants like this croton deserve loving care and attention.

How to stop houseplants from turning into fall guys

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Flora for fauna

Boost for birds and beetles in habitat project

Helenium

Blaze of glory

Croda chief executive Steve Foots

Croda’s wrinkles breakthrough smoothing way to higher sales

Proceed with caution

Pot Plant

The dear departed

Tactics for the battleground

Plants are becoming ‘messed up’ by the warmer winters

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