NATIONAL TRUST rangers on the Felbrigg Estate have this week been helping to ensuring the survival of Norfolk’s rare beech trees. Rangers are using rope lassos to collect ten kilogrammes of beech mast (seed) for Kew Gardens’ Millennium Seed Bank at the organisation’s Wakehurst estate in West Sussex. Once collected, the seeds will be stored […]
via National Trust rangers LASSO rare Norfolk beech seeds for the nation — National Trust Press Office
Last Saturday we went to our friend’s wedding, it was at a beautiful old hotel in the Forest of Bowland surrounded by glorious countryside, the weather couldn’t have been better it was calm, sunny and mild, the surrounding trees were looking at their best in stunning shades of gold, amber and red – it was […]
Originally posted on Rethinking Childhood: This weekend’s New York Times has a major feature and profile on Mike Lanza and his Playborhood campaign to make neighbourhoods more play-friendly. And it’s whipping up a storm. In this piece, I give my take on the campaign and my response to the key criticisms. First, some background. Lanza’s…
via What’s so bad about a father trying to make the world a more play-friendly place? — PlayGroundology
Here we are – with the tenth post in my very occasional series looking at my collection of photographs of garden seats we discover as we explore the gardens we enjoy visiting so much. We have many seats in our own garden to allow us to sit and enjoy it. Equally we look for seats […]
via Are you sitting comfortably? – part ten of a very occasional series — greenbenchramblings
The ‘Five Estates’ were a figment of Southwark Council’s imagination. That’s not to say that the five estates – wedged between Peckham High Street and Burgess Park – didn’t exist but rather that they were artificially combined for a £60m bid for Single Regeneration Budget (SRB) funding in 1994. That bid required a single narrative […]
via The Five Estates, Peckham, Part I: ‘Planning is for people’ — Municipal Dreams
Bernheim Arboretum and Research Forest in Clermont, Kentucky. December 2008. Most of us know that gardens and nature are good for us. And good for our children, too. Dirt is healthy for kids, but forcing them outdoors does not work the way it once did. Baby boomers, as youngsters, got kicked out of the house…
via Are You Afraid of Gardens and Nature? by Allen Bush — Garden Rant
By Wayne Kett In the past I have written blogs about iconic Norwich companies and famous people from our fine city, but this blog is about an ordinary Norwich man called W.H Everitt. The images below show an upholsterers tool box and assorted tools, they are from the Museum of Norwich‘s reserve collection. The label on the […]
via The Life of William Henry Everitt — Shine A Light Project
Government proposals to tackle air pollution in five UK cities could see electric vehicle drivers using bus lanes and getting priority at traffic lights Source: Electric vehicles could go first at traffic lights under UK clean air zone plans | Environment | The Guardian
Learn how to beat pesky pests, wave goodbye to the weeds and plant perfect plants with our step-by-step guides from the garden team at Winterbourne
Bees forage on fall-blooming winter savory (Satureja montana). Worldwide, there’s a growing awareness of the value of pollinators, which is heartening for those of us who love food and biological diversity. However, pollinator populations continue their noticeable decline, and recently several bee species have been listed or proposed as federal endangered species. Individual gardeners and…
via Common Gardening Practices That Hurt Bees by Evelyn Hadden — Garden Rant
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