Gardening with children has been recommended as an easy and productive way to get young people exercising and spending more time outdoors.

Hollywood actress and singer Bette Midler is set to open a community garden in New York next month.

The Berkshire town of Wokingham has recognised the skills and work of keen gardeners in the area.

The Lincolnshire town of Grimsby has been recognised as an award-winning place for environmental beauty and planting prowess.

BBC viewers have hit back at plans to scrap the Gardener's World Christmas Special programme in order to make way for a new series scheduled to start in 2010, the Sun reports.

The Tyne and Wear city of Sunderland is celebrating its latest horticultural accolade this week, after winning recognition for its flora at the Northumbria in Bloom event.

As the weather begins to turn many UK gardens could end up devoid of the vivid colours that characterise the sunshine months.

TV favourite Charlie Dimmock has teamed up with children at the Busy Bees Nursery in Shenley, Hertfordshire to create a charity garden.

A prestigious award has been bestowed upon a garden that lies on the site of a former car park.

A new survey has revealed that 70 per cent of Britons believe that gardens are 'important for quality of life'.

Felicity Kendal and Richard Briars made a Surbiton house their home in the 1970's sitcom The Good Life and now the Jordan family, who have moved into the actual house filmed on set, are aspiring to echo Tom and Barbara's green-living ways.

A number of Britain in Bloom judgements are taking place across the nation which examine planting, environmental consideration and community involvement.