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Our Spring Biodiversity Project

Our Spring Biodiversity Project

It finally feels like Spring is here, after the last few months of named storms colliding with each other, we have had some fine weather to get out on about.  Karl While and his daughter, Ruby, did just that; they were out over the weekend on our woodland in...

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Growing Coffee and Biodiversity

Growing Coffee and Biodiversity

The frost damage and drought to the Brazilian coffee crop earlier this year has sent commodity prices for raw green beans soaring by over 50% and is leading to a worldwide shortage of green coffee beans.  Climate change is certainly to blame but intensive agricultural...

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Looking for a Spring project?

Looking for a Spring project?

It finally feels like spring has arrived, the daffodils are starting to bloom in abundance, the sound of neighbouring lawns being cut, the 6 nations Super Saturday approaching; all bring a feeling of excitement as we unshackle the embrace of a tougher than usual...

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The Christmas Holly Tree

The Christmas Holly Tree

The red berries and thorny green leaves of the holly tree are iconic colours of Christmas and the winter solstice dating back since early civilisation. Lots of folklore and myth surround the holly tree; a tree that comes into its own when most of the rest of us are...

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What trees are you planting?

What trees are you planting?

‘Beware of the Tree Taliban’ I was warned recently by a well-regarded (and funny) ‘tree enthusiast’  Baffled by his meaning he explained that there is a small section of the environmental lobby that only want native woodland planted please and all other trees are a...

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Biodiversity at Home

Biodiversity at Home

This cheeky girl crept up on me to see what I was doing on my phone and I was lucky (and quick enough) to get a snap of her.  The urban fox comes in for a hard time with some but I love that they form part of the tapestry of biodiversity in our urban landscape.  When...

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