Nature

Q&A | ‘Sometimes you have to dare to dream’

Ahead of the Horniman’s 125th birthday this weekend, head of horticulture Errol Fernandes tells us about the transformation of the museum’s outdoor spaces – and how the role of gardeners is shifting

New scheme to enhance biodiversity in museum gardens

Museums for Nature will pilot with eight museums before rolling out to wider sector

Q&A | ‘We’ve created a false divide between human culture and the natural world’

As Manchester Museum prepares to redevelop its Vivarium, Georgina Young tells us about the power of curation in conservation

Q&A | ‘Appealing to the love of future generations is the most powerful incentive for action’

Kirsten Walker talks to us about the Nature + Love project, which will be unveiled next year at the Horniman Museum & Gardens

Galleries join forces to ‘remember nature’

Initiative involved 17 arts organisations across England

Force of nature | Giuseppe Penone: Thoughts in the Roots, Serpentine Gallery, London

An enchanting realm where the body and nature intertwine

How does your urban garden grow?

Museums are offering cities a green lifeline, says Simon Stephens

Force of nature | How art is blossoming in botanic gardens

Britain’s gardens are stimulating audiences’ interest in plants by inviting artists to work with their horticultural teams

Q&A | “We hope to inspire the next generation of naturalists”

Steve Green shares how the Gilbert White House & Gardens, known as the birthplace of ecology, is securing its future

Natural History Museum’s transformed gardens to open on 18 July

Name of newly installed bronze 'Dippy' cast will be revealed during the opening

Horniman Museum secures funding for nature project

Heritage Fund's £5.7m grant will support museum's Climate and Ecology Manifesto

Call of the wild

Museums are rethinking their relationship with the natural world, but are they truly ready to let nature take its course?