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The Royal Horticultural Society has bought a new stainless steel trowel, but its gardeners at Harlow Carr in Harrogate will not be using it. Sculptor Steve Blaylock has made the trowel 44 inches long and he has placed a butterfly with blue stained glass wings on its ash handle.

By Katie Norman The sweeping regeneration of Cardiff Bay has helped it scoop a top award. Thanks to its colourful flower displays and wildlife habitats, the area received the Royal Horticultural Society's Conservation and Environment Award at last night's annual Britain in Bloom Awards.

By Alexander, P D The vast majority of compost research has focused on commercial- scale composting and attempts have been made previously to adapt that knowledge to amateur composting. However, amateur composting is potentially more variable and thus more difficult to generalize.

By MARTIN RIGBY THE British obsession with gardening is reflected in the number of our ancestors who were involved with it on a professional basis.