When we moved into our semi-detached 1990s-built house in 2019, the 6 by 11 metre back garden was pretty typical of a modern low-maintenance garden – a square of lawn surrounded by thin borders,…

With a popular footpath and its neighbouring chalk stream in peril, the Watercress and Winterbournes partners have been tackling bank erosion on the Upper Test in Overton.

Think of flowering wild orchids and the bliss of the midsummer months may come to mind. Many of these superstars of the wildflower world, however, begin emerging in early spring.

Southampton's new Residents Association transforms a fly-tipping hotspot

Fifty years ago, wandering across the lightly tilled agricultural land of rural Hampshire, a lapwing circling across the vista would have been a typical site in early Spring. Nowadays it is…

Hampshire and Isle of Wight Wildlife Trusts Wilder Portsmouth project has teamed up with Waterfront Garden Centre to create a wildlife display garden

"The Big One" on Earth Day saw thousands of people coming together in common cause to push for urgent government action on the climate and nature crisis. But it's sad to see the…

Every habitat has its predators and their prey, including our garden lawns – especially when we let them grow a little wilder. The scale may be smaller, but the stakes are just as high!

When it comes to chalk streams, exploration and learning go hand-in-hand. In Andover, Appleshaw, and Vernham Dean, residents have taken a journey of creative discovery.

For a bird that prefers to remain elusive to the eye, ensconced among the dense cover of reedbeds, the bittern is far less inconspicuous to the ear.