Conservationists are battling to secure the future of the ‘jewel in the crown’ of British habitats as climate change looms.

Not far away, a temperate rainforest nature reserve in the Dart Valley managed by Devon Wildlife Trust shows how rich the habitat can be. Even in early spring before the trees come into leaf ...

Following the RHS Chelsea Flower Show, The Wildlife Trusts’ British Rainforest Garden, which has been funded by grant-making ...

And in Devon, more than 7,000 trees have been planted at Bowden Pillars on the edges of the Dart river valley this winter, to create new rainforest close to existing examples of the ancient wooded ...

and William pointed out the ferns growing on trees in the “temperate rainforest” when he chatted to one couple.