Gardens Illustrated Magazine

LEARNING Love bugs

he news last year that the RHS was no longer classifying slugs and snails as pests probably raised a few quizzical eyebrows among gardeners, but with biodiversity in crisis these are not the only unwelcome garden visitors we need to reassess. Inspired by Tom Massey's garden for this year's RHS Chelsea Flower Show (see page 90), we've asked Tom and the Royal Entomological Society to help us rehabilitate the image of some of the most maligned garden insects in a series of exclusive new

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