Rattan Furniture and the Environment

Why should you buy rattan furniture? That’s a good question. Here are a few reasons to think about cane furniture – the economy, the environment and envy. Cane Furniture and the Economy: Imagine you have two chairs in front of you. One is made of molded plastic and the other is weaved together with natural [...]

Outdoor Rattan Furniture: Creating Perfect Ambience for Relaxing

Everyone dreams of making one home a perfect place to live in and in order to achieve one’s dream; apiece step is carefully adopted and selected. People leave no stone unturned to give a perfect look to both the interior and exterior of the house. We all love to plan our home as per our [...]

Letters: The buzz about the bumblebee

Your report ( Plight of the bumblebee , 22 June) lists a whole catalogue of problems being suffered by bees.

In pictures: Garden wildlife photography 2010 – readers’ shortlist

We asked you to add shots taken from your garden to our Flickr gallery. The calibre of photography was outstanding this year.

Poll | Do you think squirrels belong in domestic gardens?

BBC Radio 4 panel programme Gardener’s Question Time is at the centre of controversy after experts gave advice on how to exterminate squirrels.

Prefer discounted garden furniture for a natural environment

There are various types of cheap garden furniture and they all have different price ranges. Since the furniture is typically kept in an outdoor environment, it is advisable to go for discounted garden furniture that is durable. There are many places to find used and newgarden furniture at a reduced cost. In fact, when a [...]

Going for a green, chemical-free lawn | Dan Pearson

It takes water, chemicals and a gas-guzzling mower to keep a lawn in order. Time to find pastures new… Each weekend, up and down the country, enormous efforts go into keeping our green and pleasant land that way – or at least that is how it appears. Vast tracts of ground are place down to lawn, leapfrogging apiece garden fence and rolling into the next

Flowerbeds poisoned as Britain in Bloom contest turns nasty

Detectives state that the care and planning of attack on flower beds smacks of a ‘calculated and malicious act’ Police are investigating doable grudges at a front-running village in the annual Britain in Bloom contest, whose displays have been devastated by a poisoner using illegal weedkiller. Organisers of the lavish flower beds at Cayton on the Yorkshire coast between Scarborough and Filey have been told by detectives that the care and planning of the attack smacks less of vandalism than a “calculated and malicious act”. Thirty separate sites in the picturesque village have been targeted, with prize plants treated with sodium chlorate, which was withdrawn from shops last year as too toxic for garden use.

Send us your garden wildlife photos

Post your images of backyard flora and fauna to our Flickr group • Add your pictures to our Flickr group Last year we marked the RSPB’s inaugural Make Your Nature Count wildlife survey by asking for your photographs of garden fauna. Guardian readers responded with a deluge of 745 shots of ladybirds, honeybees, butterflies and birds, several of which made the Eyewitness centre spread of the newspaper . Readers voted a stunning shot of a damselfly by Katie Fuller as their favourite from a shortlist of our top 10

The secret life of a suburban garden

How many different species would you anticipate to find in a rather scruffy, small suburban garden? Juliette Jowit invited four ecologists round for a ‘bioblitz’ – with unexpected results Audio slideshow: A bioblitz audit of Juliette Jowit’s garden Results: A bioblitz of a London garden There are four bodies lying and crouching in our little back garden. The ecologists from the Natural History Museum (NHM) got here only minutes ago, but, while the kettle boils, they are already grubbing about behind our bins, under our windowsills, in the lawn, flowerbed and log pile.

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