Ragwort – perhaps it’s name is partly responsible – is a much maligned plant. I was once contacted by a manager of a building asking whether he should remove the plant from a green roof. He was concerned that it might poison someone. Someone!!! Considering only a few people every visit the roof – this [...]
The golden heads of the Boar’s throat crowned the poor soils of the brick works north of Conyer. The thistle is a much maligned plant yet their flowers are a bonus for pollinators and their grey seeds a feast for finches. And to many brownfields are seen by many as wastelands, even though they are [...]
It was just a garden bank besides the road. There was no hedge, just a tumbling sandy soil bank. And the Solitary bees had amassed to nest and breed.
The railway bank at Greenwich station has thrown up a few surprises in the last few weeks.
Hopefully the Orchids on the Royal St. George’s at Sandwich have now cast their seed and are safe from the wood, the iron and the putter. And the feet of the spectators at the British Open Golf this weekend. For Sandwich Bay is a wildflower paradise.
After the extended drought between February and March, the rains came in late May. And with the rains came regeneration. The Forest of viper’s bugloss (Echium vulgare) in early July attracted a flight of bumblebees, carder and honey bees.
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