"Mass-produced plants from garden centres are fuelling climate change"

Mass-produced plants from garden centres are harming the environment, Monty Don has said as he urges gardeners to grow their own flowers instead.

The cheerful stacks of bedding plants seen in shops across the land are fuelling over consumption, the BBC presenter has warned, as he says gardeners should have more of a "sackcloth and ashes" approach to tending their flowerbeds in order to prevent global warming.

Read more at The Telegraph (Helena Horton)