Sharing the health benefits of plants 

It's mid-November and even though the morning temperature has dropped to 3 degrees, the sun is shinning on the Parc de la Maourine in Toulouse. Aside from several joggers and dog walkers who criss-cross the 12km of footpaths, the park is fairly calm. Once land for market gardening, during the development of the surrounding Borderouge area of the city, the Parc de la Maourine was designated to become the district's "green" centre. Roughly 14 hectares in size, the park hosts a

The ubiquitous dandelion is often considered a weed yet has an extraordinary number of uses. The latin name for the common dandelion is...

Winter is an invitation to observe the finer details of the natural world. In temperate regions the vibrant colours of the spring, summer and autumn have faded away leaving a barer landscape. I love going out on the crisp,cold mornings when the sky is blue and the frost highlights parts of the plants I don’t often notice. Here are three examples from a recent frosty morning walk. Firstly, I notice the veins of this Comfrey leaf which are clearly outlined by the white ice cry