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Head gardeners try out more diverse and drought-resistant plants from around the world, with fascinating results

Initial £15.5m will go to schemes such as launch of large regional park to improving green spaces along canals

My project A Virtuous Woman is both an artwork and a piece of ongoing research into the role of participatory artwork in heritage sites. As such, the artwork was always intended to be dynamic, responding to the ways in which people wanted to take part.

The conservation charity said increasing costs were outstripping growth in visitors and donations.

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Revamp of a half an acre of Sheffield Park and Garden, East Sussex, will trial planting that can cope with more extreme conditions.

The National Trust has created a more natural, wildlife-rich landscape at Holnicote in Somerset, which helps store water in times of dry weather.

River restoration work maintained lush vegetation and wetlands at a National Trust site in the South West

Conservationists say the ‘red-listed’ birds are being hit by climate change and disease.