A major tree-planting project has transformed Fishwick Bottoms, Preston, with 11,800 native trees now creating a thriving riverside woodland. The initiative, delivered by Clitheroe based environmental charity Ribble Rivers Trust, will boost biodiversity, improve water quality, and help protect communities from flooding.

When you think of autumn gardens, do you imagine dull leaves and fading flowers? You couldn’t be more wrong. British Garden Centres has put together a guide to instant impact plants that can make a garden burst into vibrant life, delivering both colour and joy.

Retro flowers are making a stylish comeback in our gardens, as gardeners embrace classic blooms like hydrangeas, dahlias and sweet peas. This nostalgic trend blends vintage charm with sustainability, offering beautiful, pollinator friendly plants that connect us to traditional English garden heritage.

Butterfly experts have been sharing their excitement after a species from southern Europe was confirmed to have been seen in the UK for the first time. Two sightings of the Southern Small White have now been verified - one in Suffolk and one in County Durham. It comes after the UK recorded its warmest and sunniest-ever spring, which has prompted a flurry of unusual butterfly and moth activity.

The Yorkshire Agricultural Society proudly announced the winners of the 2025 Tye Trophy Competition, at an esteemed event that highlights farms in the North of England and recognises their contributions to conservation and environmental improvements. The winners were revealed at the Great Yorkshire Show on 9th July.

Butterfly Conservation has launched a nationwide rescue mission for the UK’s butterflies and needs the people of Lancashire to get involved! Last summer, Lancashire’s butterflies sent an urgent SOS through Butterfly Conservation’s Big Butterfly Count, with citizen scientists in Lancashire spotting only 19,379 butterflies and day-flying moths during the three-week period.

A new study, led by experts at the University of Nottingham, provides the strongest evidence to date that cancer is extremely rare in turtles—a finding that could offer valuable clues for preventing or fighting cancer in humans.

More than 10 million trees have now been established across the North of England as part of the Northern Forest scheme, which launched in 2018.

Four Maccoa ducklings, one of Africa’s rarest duck species, have hatched at Chester Zoo for the very first time. The ducklings mark the zoo’s first ever successful breeding of the endangered African birds and comes as part of the zoo’s growing efforts to help safeguard the continent’s most threatened species.

If you’re new to gardening and want an easy way to keep your flower beds looking great and blooming longer, the Chelsea chop might be just what you need. This simple pruning trick helps many popular garden plants grow bushier and flower later in the season, and gardeners of all abilities can do it.