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Sir Thomas Legg smear campaign demeans politicians

20.10.09
The smear campaign by MPs facing large repayments of expenses against the independent auditor, Sir Thomas Legg, can only add to the impression that standards in public life have reached new lows... more

I love Rose, I really do

18.09.09
The River Café’s Ruth Rogers talks about her plan to open another restaurant in London and Rose Gray’s new fight against cancer... more

RHS boss quits after Chelsea show suffers sponsor slump

09.09.09
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Nasa's mini-allotment can help you grow rocket salad

29.07.09
A 'mini allotment' designed by Nasa scientists to grow fruit and veg in space will go on sale... more

Bra and pants idea for small city gardens

13.07.09
Royal Horticultural Society uses garden made entirely from discarded underwear hung on a washing line to convince Londoners to grow their own vegetables... more

Show reveals how to turn your balcony into a garden

02.07.09
Visitors to Hampton Court Palace's spectacular gardens at this year's flower show are being encouraged to create displays in slightly more modest spaces... more

Chelsea winner grows his own ingredients for scent of Good Queen Bess

19.05.09
When Laurie Chetwood discovered a 400-year-old recipe for a perfume worn by Queen Elizabeth I, he spent a year growing the ingredients... more

Chelsea Flower Show cracks down on garden gnomes

18.05.09
Organisers of the RHS Chelsea Flower Show are cracking down on the presence of garden gnomes in the exhibit gardens... more

Sloane Square bursts into bloom

18.05.09
Shops around Sloane Square were springing into colourful life for a week of floral art running alongside the Chelsea Flower Show... more

Right now, sponsorship can prove a blooming good deal

14.05.09
Once the final plants have been sold off and the grand marquee is safely packed away at the end of Chelsea Flower Show next week, Graham Burrell, chief executive of hard landscape manufacturer Marshalls, and Giles Coode-Adams, president of the Royal Horticultural Society, will have to sit down a for a serious chat. ... more

Welcome to the credit crunch flower show at Chelsea

13.05.09
Lavish designs, star names and big sponsors are thin on the ground; vegetable growing, green issues and value for money are in: welcome to the pruned-back Chelsea Flower Show... more

Marshalls blooming quick with its £34 million raiser

13.05.09
As sponsor of the Chelsea Flower Show, which opens next Tuesday, paving stones and paviors group Marshalls was keen to get today's £34 million rights issue out in the market this week ... more

'Plant doctor' calls on children to design Great British Garden

07.05.09
A leading plant scientist is asking children across London to design an Olympic garden... more

Bargain gardens as Chelsea show designer prunes costs

17.04.09
The organisers of the Chelsea Flower Show have asked one of Britain's leading designers to create "recession-friendly" displays... more

Sponsors to prune size of Chelsea Flower Show

12.02.09
This year's Chelsea Flower Show has been downsized after several high-profile companies withdrew their sponsorship, the Evening Standard has learnt... more

Passer-by ignored widow's cries as she lay dying in street

19.01.09
An 81-year-old woman who died after being mugged in a north London street was ignored by passers-by as she cried for help... more

'Bigfoot' print may link killer to vice girl deaths

26.11.08
Police have taken moulds of a killer's size 14 feet in the hope they can solve the murders of three prostitutes dating back more than 20 years... more

Stella’s gold for being a champion of real women

18.09.08
The size zero debate has gone all quiet. No models have collapsed or died on the catwalk this year. The heroin-chic look is long dead and a lot of the girls do look reassuringly healthier. But it's all relative, isn't it?... more

Original 'Chelsea flower show' returns to City roots

27.08.08
The Square Mile will be awash with blooms this autumn as it stages its own flower show for the first time in almost a century... more

A magical mystery garden in memory of Beatle George

19.05.08
Chelsea Flower Show became a place of nostalgic reflection as George Harrison's widow Olivia posed by her garden devoted to the memory of the late Beatle alongside Sir Paul McCartney's daughter Mary... more

Flowers to tickle your taste buds

14.05.08
London's restaurants have taken a leaf — or should we say a petal — out of the Royal Horticultural Society's book.... more

Elite come to Chelsea for gala in the garden

21.05.07
Royalty, industry leaders, politicians and media figures are expected to attend the Chelsea Flower Show gala dinner this evening... more

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