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Chelsea Flower Show bemoans gardening 'lost generation'
AFP, Published on 23/05/2016
» LONDON - Britain has a "lost generation" with no gardening skills, the Royal Horticultural Society warned on Monday, as its sprawling Chelsea Flower Show got under way with an inauguration by Queen Elizabeth II.
All the small things
B Magazine, Normita Thongtham, Published on 20/03/2016
» Records show that the Japanese have practised the art of bonsai, or cultivating miniature trees in pots and trays, since the 9th century. However, for hundreds of years it remained the preserve of monks and the nobility. It was only at the beginning of the 19th century that it gained popularity at every level of the Japanese society.
Gardeners’ world
Muse, Duangphat Sitthipat, Published on 02/01/2016
» Slowly close your eyes and imagine yourself getting lost in a tranquil space bathed under shafts of warm, afternoon sunlight shining through the thick, healthy foliage of surrounding trees. A couple of iridescent butterflies flutter their wings across an array of flowers and shrubs. You are free to walk around, read your favourite book, or take a siesta. The world feels like it’s stopped spinning.
Food fight: the battle over the future of farming
Spectrum, Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Published on 13/12/2015
» When Winus Srisombatraethong purchased green papaya seeds from farmers in Pathum Thani province in 2009, he had no reason to suspect anything unusual.
Firms fear boycott over monkey spat
News, Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Published on 08/11/2015
» Coconut businesses have lashed out over fears their products could be boycotted due to concerns of monkey abuse in the industry.
Ginger for life
Life, Published on 27/08/2015
» It is magical when you experience one of those moments when you feel that something special is coming out of the blue. This happened to me, 1,000km away from steamy Thailand as I was preparing to leave Cornwall in southwest UK for Chiang Mai. I was going to join the staff at the Queen Sirikit Botanic Garden (QSBG) for a very exciting project: the development of the new Ginger Garden.
US, NZ take Indonesia to WTO over farm products
AFP, Published on 19/03/2015
» The United States and New Zealand have taken their farm-trade disputes with Indonesia to the World Trade Organization.
Plant the seeds of peace
B Magazine, Normita Thongtham, Published on 04/01/2015
» A friend commented that time goes by very fast when one is having fun. Despite months of political turbulence and street demonstrations, which are hardly anyone’s definition of fun, 2014 has gone very fast and we have now embarked on another year. We can only hope that this year will bring peace throughout the world and less suffering caused by natural disasters.
On the hunt for the plant thieves
B Magazine, Normita Thongtham, Published on 07/12/2014
» Why would someone steal the world's rarest water lily? That was the question asked by Sam Knight in an article published in the British newspaper The Guardian recently. He wrote the lengthy article after the smallest water lily in the world, the Nymphaea thermarum, whose white flowers measure less than 1cm across, was stolen from — of all places — the Princess of Wales Conservatory in the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew in London.