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(PRINCETON, NJ) -- Morven Museum & Garden will be closed from Monday, January 24, 2022 through mid-February, 2022 while the floors of the main galleries are being refurbished. During this time, the public can still visit them via online exhibitions and virtual programming. This restoration was made possible through support from the Save America's Treasures grant program as administered by the National Park Service, Department of Interior, as well as the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.

A group of UK-based designers are given a simple brief to design DIY-inspired furniture for this Ishinomaki Laboratory x SCP collection.

Get prepared for spring with Bunny Guinness' top jobs to do this March  Credit: Andrew Crowley I am often asked about good home soil-testing kits. When I was studying horticulture at Reading many years ago, I seem to remember we tried out several kits and compared them with accurate lab tests. The conclusion was that the kits were really not accurate enough to be useful. Talking to Tim O’Hare (top soil scientist – toha.co.uk), he says this is still true today. In laboratory tests, demineralised water is used rather than tap (which can affect accuracy) and the lab temperature is a consist...

Mottisfont Abbey, Hampshire, is famous for roses Credit: Marianne Majerus Roses, the nation’s favourite flower, have been grown in beds for hundreds of years – and rose replant disease has been a thorn in the flesh of gardeners for just as long as we have been growing them. However, until now, the cause has never been identified. Rose replant disease (RRD) is so-called because, if new roses are planted in ground where roses have been growing previously, they not only fail to thrive, they look miserable and sulk – big time. This is a worldwide problem. Many causes have been suggested, in...