Richard Mabey, 73, is in vigorous form and loving life in Norfolk Credit: Photo: Martin Pope I have come to see Mabey, who lives outside Diss and not far from Burston, on the eve of the publication of ...

Caroline Sanderson worked as a Waterstones bookseller, and as a book publicist before becoming a freelance writer in 1997. The Bookseller’s “Plants are not thought to be sexy. But there’s no reason ...

After reading “Weeds,” Richard Mabey’s loving tribute to the common weed, you may still pull out the herbicide, but you will feel a little more respect for the plants you’re zapping. Mabey, one of ...

Peer round the back of the derelict Bridge Inn in Sheffield, and you'll see a fig tree growing out of the bank of the River Don. Its presence is a botanical mystery, since fig seeds require ...

Beans locate their poles by echolocation, the mimosa shrub has a memory-span greater than that of a bee … New discoveries in botany support an older idea of plants as individuals – active agents in ...

In more than 40 books written over several decades, Richard Mabey has chronicled his exploration of woods, fields and gardens throughout his native Britain. Now in his 80s, Mr. Mabey is more inclined ...