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Natural dye studio in Hackney teams up with underwear firm to create ‘soil to soil’ pants – with crowdfunder to start soon

Wick-based Cordwainers Grow is working with Little Black Pants Club to roll out sustainable knickers across the UK

Author: Lizzie McAllister

Natural dye studio in Hackney teams up with underwear firm to create ‘soil to soil’ pants – with crowdfunder to start soon

The Citizen Gardener: Summer slug fest

Extreme weather has been a boon for the leaf-eating gastropods, so Kate Poland reveals what she’s learned about them, as well as how gardeners are adjusting to the growing effects of climate change

Author: Kate Poland

The Citizen Gardener: Strawberries aren’t the only summer fruit

Kate Poland on her favourite berries to grow and eat, and which are the most fun to pick

Author: Kate Poland

The Citizen Gardener: Strawberries aren’t the only summer fruit

The Citizen Gardener: ‘It’s time to start planning’

Kate Poland on seed-saving and experimentation

Author: Kate Poland

The Citizen Gardener: ‘It’s time to start planning’

The Citizen Gardener: ‘Even if pesticides don’t kill a bee, they impede its ability to navigate’

Kate Poland on how to grow garlic, why organic bulbs are best, a ‘weed walk’ in Homerton, and free resources to help growers through winter

Author: Kate Poland

The Citizen Gardener: ‘Even if pesticides don’t kill a bee, they impede its ability to navigate’

The Citizen Gardener: ‘Even looking at a picture of a river or a wood can improve your mood’

Kate Poland on the mental health benefits of plants, efforts to ‘normalise’ gardening for Black and minority ethnic people, and some surprisingly speedy snails

Author: Kate Poland

The Citizen Gardener: ‘Even looking at a picture of a river or a wood can improve your mood’

Council blames extreme weather for deaths of newly-planted trees on Hackney Marshes

The saplings were planted in February as part of a Town Hall pledge to introduce thousands more trees to the borough by 2022

Author: Ed Sheridan, Local Democracy Reporter

Council blames extreme weather for deaths of newly-planted trees on Hackney Marshes

The Citizen Gardener: ‘There are some inspiring online activities for those who love the outdoors’

Award-winning community gardener Kate Poland has put together a comprehensive list of websites and organisations providing a virtual escape during lockdown

Author: Kate Poland

The Citizen Gardener: ‘There are some inspiring online activities for those who love the outdoors’

VIDEO: How to sprout beans at home

Debbie Mitchener of Cordwainers Grow shows you how to grow your own beansprouts in lockdown

Author: Hackney Citizen

The Citizen Gardener: ‘Seeds are now as elusive as Glasto tickets’

Kate Poland on the huge demand for her free seeds and how we can take control of a monopolised supply chain

Author: Kate Poland

The Citizen Gardener: ‘Seeds are now as elusive as Glasto tickets’

Coronavirus: Citizen Gardener sets up seed giveaway for people who want to grow at home

Kate Poland has filled a donation box at Hackney City Farm with seeds suited to pots and small spaces

Author: Hackney Citizen

The Citizen Gardener: ‘In nature, plants look after themselves, but people can forget, go away, or just give up’

Kate Poland’s guide to growing in small spaces, based on her first year as the gardener for an entire Hackney postcode

Author: Kate Poland

The Citizen Gardener: ‘In nature, plants look after themselves, but people can forget, go away, or just give up’