Miniature garden designs in cups and even solar lamps are a new trend in container gardening.  The plants are easy to find in any garden centre, are cheap and easy to take care of requiring very little water and very occasional feeding.  Hester Macdonald from the Swiss Gardening school has been finding out more about these tiny designs ideas.

Hydroponics have long been used to grow plants without soil, and there is even documented evidence from the 1600s which show experiments on spearmint.  However, there is a perception that they are messy and difficult meaning they have largely been resisted by the public.  Hester Macdonald spoke to a couple who hope to change all that.

Hydroponics have long been used to grow plants without soil, and there is even documented evidence from the 1600s which show experiments on spearmint.  However, there is a perception that they are messy and difficult meaning they have largely been resisted by the public.  Hester Macdonald spoke to a couple who hope to change all that.

Hydroponics have long been used to grow plants without soil, and there is even documented evidence from the 1600s which show experiments on spearmint.  However, there is a perception that they are messy and difficult meaning they have largely been resisted by the public.  Hester Macdonald spoke to a couple who hope to change all that.

Hydroponics have long been used to grow plants without soil, and there is even documented evidence from the 1600s which show experiments on spearmint.  However, there is a perception that they are messy and difficult meaning they have largely been resisted by the public.  Hester Macdonald spoke to a couple who hope to change all that.

Over the past 20 years things have changed dramatically in the production of English sparkling and still wines. Lisa Greenwood and her husband moved to Shoreham in Kent , where they have approximately 10 acres of vines which were mainly planted in 2004. She told Ken Crowther about the amount of work involved in running the business.

Over the past 20 years things have changed dramatically in the production of English sparkling and still wines. Lisa Greenwood and her husband moved to Shoreham in Kent , where they have approximately 10 acres of vines which were mainly planted in 2004. She told Ken Crowther about the amount of work involved in running the business.

Over the past 20 years things have changed dramatically in the production of English sparkling and still wines. Lisa Greenwood and her husband moved to Shoreham in Kent , where they have approximately 10 acres of vines which were mainly planted in 2004. She told Ken Crowther about the amount of work involved in running the business.

Over the past 20 years things have changed dramatically in the production of English sparkling and still wines. Lisa Greenwood and her husband moved to Shoreham in Kent , where they have approximately 10 acres of vines which were mainly planted in 2004. She told Ken Crowther about the amount of work involved in running the business.

Bumble bee numbers have been on decline for several years. Dr Ben Darvil is Chief Executive of the Bumble Bee Conservation Trust. There are 24 species of bumble bee alive in the UK, but two species have already become extinct since the Second World War as he explained to Ken Crowther.