Green City Post

  • Green City Post, Netherlands
Planting the future: Calls for biodiversity and green innovation to save our cities

The City of Chengdu, China, was named the Grand Winner of the AIPH World Green City Awards 2024. The Awards…

Dr Audrey Timm and Alan White at COP16 in Cali, Colombia
  • Colombia, Events, Green City Post
AIPH at COP16: Engaging in Discussions on Urban Biodiversity and Nature-Positive Economies

AIPH’s mission at COP16 underscores its mission in promoting nature-positive urban development. The International Association of Horticultural Producers (AIPH) joined…

  • Green City Post, Plant Profile
Plant Profile: Epimedium (Barrenwort)

Long-lived perennials with slowly creeping rhizomes, epimediums combine visual charm with remarkable resilience and ruggedness. In the Berberidaceae family, the…

  • Green City Post, World
Youth Manifesto for Greener Cities of the Future: The Voice of the Youth in Urban Greening

The voice of the youth is emerging as a powerful catalyst for shaping greener, healthier, and more resilient urban areas.…

  • Green City Post, World
Urban biodiversity is enhanced by horticulture

The world continues to urbanise at an unprecedented rate. Cities are both drivers of biodiversity loss and habitat fragmentation and…

  • Green City Post, United Kingdom
Climate adaptation and biodiversity gain closely following climate mitigation

Olympia London was the venue for Innovation Zero on 30th April and 1st May 2024, with 10,000 delegates expected and…

  • China, Green City Post
Plant Profile: Ginkgo biloba (Maidenhair tree)

With unique fishtail-shaped leaves that open vibrant green in spring, becoming golden yellow in autumn, the ginkgo in full foliage…

  • Green City Post, Ireland
Tipping points for transformative change towards a Nature Positive Economy

GoNaturePositive! is a new research programme with the overarching objective of addressing the serious challenge of biodiversity loss due to…

  • Green City Post, Plant Profile, South Korea
Plant Profile: Zabelia tyaihyoni (syn. Abelia mosanensis)

Known as Korean Abelia or Fragrant Abelia, this deciduous shrub is actually not an Abelia at all but a close…

  • Green City Post, Netherlands, Plant Profile
Plant Profile: Astrantia (Masterwort)

Astrantia is one of several umbellifers (see also Eryngium) with ornamental bracts, a feature that offers significant added value in…

  • Green City Post, Plant Profile, United States
Plant Profile: Liatris (Blazing Star)

A North American genus of ±35 herbaceous perennials, a handful of Liatris species are available to European designers, all from…

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Plant Profile: Phlomis russeliana

An herbaceous perennial to c.90cm, Phlomis russeliana is one of around 75 species in a varied genus that ranges from…