It would appear hedgehogs are ungrateful beasts. Regent’s Park is a vast wilderness that must just be the perfect hedgehog home range.

It would appear hedgehogs are ungrateful beasts. Regent’s Park is a vast wilderness that must just be the perfect hedgehog home range.
Health and wellbeing, as an issue in cities, is becoming an increasingly important agenda.
Habitats for wildlife in London are varied. Would most Londoners think of green roofs in the capital as wild space? I suspect not. And I am pretty sure most Londoners would not be aware of their existence.
Long may the Carline thistle flourish and it’s golden brown flowers be a banner proclaiming that poor soils are in fact good soils for biodiversity.
'If you cross the bridge you are in Hungary' was all the book had said. There was no reference to the memorial or that for many in 1956 it was...
Although I have cheated a little and have two trees I am enjoying the differences.
the cliffs were blossoming with clifftop plants. And many of these plants are suited to green roofs.
During the filming of the Rooftop Rainforest TV programme for Sky 1 we ended up in the Tropical Rainforest House at Kew Gardens. I was filmed talking with Lara Jewitt an orchid and bromeliad expert.
'The Barclays building in Canary Wharf has a green roof designed by former punk and urban ecologist Dusty Gedge of Livingroofs.org, who thinks it's...
Over the years I have built up a reputation for being a little anti- sedum when it comes to green roofs. Most people don’t really get my attitude. I like sedums.
This has become a bit of favourite story of mine regarding the US. And I hope anyone reading this realises that it is written with a twist of...
The Grand Mosque has these excellent examples of rain gardens built over 1000 years ago.
a sand dune garden as part of the Hampton Court Garden Show in 2010
Green roofs and strawbale buildings are a complete eco-friendly way to build. I know that Amazonails have done quite a few buildings like this and John Little and I are hoping to be running a workshop with them on this combined theme in November sometime.