Posts Tagged ‘british nature’
Slow Down For Trees
Slow Down for Trees. Most of us love a walk in woodlands. The swell of woodland birdsong in Spring, the smell of woodland decay in the Autumn, the noise of wind rushing through branches in Winter, a woodland provides a rich broth for the senses but it’s time to slow down and observe individual trees…
Read MoreThe Importance of Bees
The importance of British Bees. The importance of bees and the need to call a halt to their current demise is a complex problem. It will have escaped few peoples notice that there has been an overall decline in the number of British bees over the last fifty years or so and that this pattern…
Read MoreGrow an Oak Tree
Make this the year to grow an oak tree. 2020 has been a unlike any other and sometimes it can be hard to find the positive things. Make 2020 the year you grow an oak tree. So many of us have looked to nature and the natural world to gives us a sense of reassurance…
Read MoreHeritage in the Hedgerows
The Heritage in the Hedgerow close to my heart. What is the heritage in the hedgerows of Britain? When I was a child growing up in rural Hampshire, it was common practice to be sent to school in Spring with a slice of bread covered with a scrape of beef dripping and told by my…
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