Plants and people, from urban jungles to lush rainforests
I haven’t posted anything on this blog for a while – a question of time, mainly, though I know some of you enjoy my threads on Twitter. A question of
There are two gardens in my life. One is a tiny, enclosed patch in inner London, home to a mishmash of vegetables, rescues from the pavement and unknown plants from
Yesterday, the following petition was shared on Twitter, causing a stir among some of my followers: At first sight, it looks like a reasonable proposal. The concept of “Green Belt”
This is a picture of grassland. Just a piece of grassland, with trees in the background, some yellow, white and purple flowers in the foreground. What’s so special about it,
On July 2nd, BBC News published an article with this headline: Why are England’s roadsides blooming?. The article goes on to explain that “the UK has lost 97% of its
If you enjoyed the daffodils in Part 1 of the series, brace yourselves for more plants in Part 2. In this post we travel from the hotel through the village of
As hinted in my previous post (A day in Malaga), I had the wonderful opportunity to co-lead two weeks of nature tour in Andalucia, Southern Spain, last month for Naturetrek.
I was recently given the wonderful opportunity to co-lead botanical tours in Andalucia, Southern Spain, with the wildlife holidays company NatureTrek. More about that later… As I was getting to
The colour of springtime is in the flowers; the colour of winter is in the imagination
I was lucky last year to be able to attend the 6th Global Botanic Gardens Congress organised by BGCI (the worldwide association of botanic gardens), possibly the best assembly of people interested
As part of the We love plants! conference, our group of speakers was treated to a tour of the city of Malmö. For my 1st visit to Northern Europe, it
I am a botanist. I studied taxonomy, I learned all about plant ecology, I spent days looking at pollen grains under a microscope, I became a master of identification keys.
I was invited earlier this year to talk at a brilliant conference in Malmö, Sweden (more about this later). My travel plans made for an early arrival into Copenhagen, Denmark
“Autumn is a second spring when every leaf is a flower.” Albert Camus
This blog post is going to feature a trip I made in 2010 to Borneo’s Kinabatangan river. What could prompt me to go so far down memory lane? The answer is
Naturanaute 