Garden

• Oprichter van Eden Project wil gemeenten inspireren om gemeenschapstuinen aan te leggen, zodat jongeren groenten kunnen kweken • Lokale overheden zouden "asfalt moeten weghalen" om gemeenschapstuinen te bouwen zodat jongeren groenten kunnen kweken, aldus een medeoprichter van het Eden Project. • Tim Smit, die in 2000 de gigantische biomen in Cornwall opende, heeft samen met landschapsontwerpers Harry Holding en Alex Michaelis een "edimentale" tuin ontworpen voor de Chelsea flower show. Het concept hierachter is dat planten zoals kolen en aardbeien mooi maar eetbaar zijn en naast traditionele beddingplanten geplaatst moeten worden. Lees verder...

Horticultuurdeskundigen uiten hun bezorgdheid nadat de bekroonde Matt Keightley een app lanceerde die ontwerpen kan automatiseren.

Police responded after video claimed to have targeted nearby Israeli embassy with ‘dangerous substances’Kensington Gardens in London has reopened after the discovery of several suspicious items including two jars containing a powdered substance which were deemed to be “non-hazardous”, police said.Police in protective clothing responded to an incident near the Israeli embassy on Friday after counter-terrorism officers investigated a video shared online in which a group claimed to have targeted the embassy with drones carrying “dangerous substances”. Continue reading...

Lovehoney sponsors Aphrodite-themed ‘pleasure garden’ full of flowers associated with love and sexIt is one of the most prestigious events of the UK social calendar, but the great and good attending Chelsea flower show may be in for a shock this year as the Royal Horticultural Society unveils a sex-themed garden sponsored by a company that sells vibrators.Lovehoney, a sex toy company, is sponsoring an Aphrodite-themed “pleasure garden” full of flowers and plants associated with love and sex.Chelsea flower show will be held at the Royal Hospital Gardens from 19-23 May. Continue reading...