Sunday Clippings

This week seems to echo the excitement and anticipation of spring in its full moments  - seven million bulbs at Keukenhof, the first opening of Greenwood Gardens in Short Hills, New Jersey,  the Park Avenue horticultural mastermind, peonies, a new Cornish garden, botanical prints in menswear, Chelsea Flower Show's future in young people,  and a European ban on bee-harming pesticides.

• Turkish Tulip Delight
• Bee-harming pesticides banned in Europe
• Chelsea Flower Show 2013: Alan Titchmarsh fears for the future because of lack of interest from young people
• Botanical Prints at MRPORTER
• Trematon Castle: a gorgeous garden in the making
• In praise of peonies...
• A Gardener's Stage: Park Avenue
• Greenwood Gardens is ready to open..