BBC Gardeners' World

The Full monty

“If we really want to nurture this lovely world, we all have to work together to protect it”

Talk to any environmental botanistto identify the plants most at risk from extinction and they will tell you that the biggest problem is not identifying the plants they know about – but the unknown, unnumbered species being burnt, bulldozed, built over and obliterated by man in the name of agriculture and commerce. It is the unknown unknowns that are the greatest worry.

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