Good week for

Garden gnomes

The much-denigrated gnome is the biggest garden trend for 2022, ahead of urban gardening and pergolas, according to a combined analysis of Googlesearch keywords and socialmedia posts

Bees and butterflies

Frozen-peas giant Birds Eye has pledged to plant 75 acres of wildflowers across the UK in the next three years, starting with a butterfly-shaped area within one of its pea fields in North Yorkshire

British plants

Plant Heritage is launching its annual Missing Genera campaign at Chelsea in a bid to build National Collections for 12 plant groups, including argyranthemum, campanula and periwinkle (above right)

New literature

Patricia Lockwood’s debut novel, No One Is Talking About This, which explores love, grief and the absurdity of internet living, has won the Swansea University Dylan Thomas Prize