This weeks podcast is absolutely PANTS! This week on the Skinny Jean Gardener Podcast, Lee Connelly, The UK’s Leading Children’s Gardener looks at why @CountryTrust is asking you to #plantyourpants Burying pants is a technique that’s been used by scientists the world over to engage people in the science of soil health. The healthier the soil, the more disintegrated the cotton pants will be once they are dug up. It’s a way that children can discover life, both visible and invisible, in any patch of earth - from planters to parks, gardens, schools and farms. They have co-designed the programme with scientists, teachers, parents and children involved at every stage.

#Earwigs act as the perfect natural enemy to reduce aphid numbers. They are not dangerous, poisonous or harmful to humans in any way. Read more about these creatures and others with our #SmallStories series with @GdnsIllustrated 🌿⬇️ royensoc.co.uk/small-stories… 📸 © Olivier Clerc

With less than a week to go before our entomological garden is completed at #RHSChelsea Flower Show, we're excited to reveal the story behind the #RESGarden, and introduce some of the people who have made our species-rich vision a reality 🦋 Thread ⬇️ youtube.com/watch?v=zVQWz-4G…

Our plants are going to a total of EIGHT #RHSChelsea show gardens this year and 30 trade stands! Check out the thread below to see the 2023 gardens we've been involved with 👇#RHSChelsea2023

Pete Burford, who only took up macro photography two years ago, has won the Insect Week Photography Competition 2022 for this stunning close-up shot newscientist.com/article/mg2…

If you missed today's IG live on PR & Comms for #RHSChelsea with Jennie from @Bloom_PR, you can rewatch it here. Jennie also gave a lovely tour of the relocated @m4mbristol 'This too shall pass' Garden @HartcliffeCF in Bristol. 🌸 @The_RHS instagram.com/p/CsJE1YwK8cx/…