Gardeners now spend £4bn each year on making the land around their homes more beautiful. But our green-fingered obsession has set off a crime wave, with thieves uprooting plants, trees, lawns, ornaments and even ponds full of fish. Andrea Wulf reports
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ANDREA WULF
I'm an award-winning writer of seven books, including "The Invention of Nature" and “Founding Gardeners”. My new book "Magnificent Rebels. The First Romantics and the Invention of the Self". I'm currently working on a book about explorer and revolutionary George Forster. I lecture widely across the world. Click here for a short bio and here for a list of awards. Contact: andrea (at) andreawulf.com
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