Our Planet Our Future is a series of regular talks and events about sustainability, organised by Sustainable St Albans and free… Read More »A guided walk through the oldest agricultural research institution in the world: Our Planet Our Future visits Rothamsted Research
I’d like to propose a different approach to companion planting, focusing on biodiversity and natural design. There are four rules…
Looking after trees is as much about care for ourselves – this blog celebrates trees and explores simple ways that you can help your local landscape.
Insects are attracted by profusely flowering plants such as the hot-lips salvia, while bug and bee hotels offer them the chance to stay and to hibernate. Similarly, the small pond attracts newts and frogs and a nearby pile of old wood and tiles gives them somewhere to over-winter.
Now that IS excessive water use! This incredible 10,000 litre bathtub will be in the town centre on Thursday 27th… Read More »Causing A Splash to Save the River Ver
It couldn’t come a moment too soon. The Trust’s ‘Hertfordshire State of Nature’ report was launched in March 2020, highlighting the immediate need for action to address the ecological and climate crises, and to reach our target to secure 30% of land for wildlife by 2030.
Wrapping myself up in many layers, I go out into the fresh and invigorating air, crunching over frosty grass, hardened mud and cracking through frozen puddles. The way the early sunshine lights up the dried seed heads of spent plants is simply stunning, and I now consider it one of the most beautiful sights of the year…
A new online photo exhibition – Herts in Focus – is bringing some of our county’s most stunning wildlife into… Read More »Hertfordshire’s hidden wildlife treasures
Like spring, autumn is a time of change. Though, unlike spring, it is not a time of awakening; instead, it is a time of falling slowly into a deep slumber…This week’s blog written and fully illustrated by Chloé Valerie Harmsworth
St Albans woman in national #Happylist to celebrate local heroes during lockdown. Kate Swindells, who is a Sopwell resident with a young family, initiated the Grow Community – Sopwell project in order to encourage and enable local residents to grow their own food at home and in community spaces..
Read this fascinating guest blog all about the insects in the wildlife around you – by nature writer and artist Chloé Valerie Harmsworth
Dividing wildflower seeds became the new maths, penning a nature journal formed part of the English lesson and building a new garden pond was … good muddy fun!