Queen of the hedgerows has to be Queen Anne’s Lace, Cow Parsley or - as my mum used to call it in Northamptonshire - Keck. Whatever you call it, it’s fabulous #HedgerowChallenge #wildflowerhour wildflowerhour BSBI: Botanical Society of Britain & Ireland

Absolutely blown away by the response to this! Thank you everyone for your likes, shares & comments. When I created #NoMowMay I hoped it might catch on, but I never dreamt it would become such a phenomenon. Keep going with #NoMowMay & #NoMowSummer . You’re making a difference!

What can you find flowering in a hedgerow? That’s the challenge this week from wildflowerhour! Have a good rummage in a hedge (get ready for the funny looks 👀) & share your pics for #WildflowerHour this Sunday 8-9pm using the hashtag #HedgerowChallenge ! Happy hedge-diving!

Happy #NoMowMay everyone! Time to put the mower away & let the flowers explode on your lawn. In fact, a new survey has found that 9 out of 10 mowers prefer to sleep all summer #nomowsummer . Here’s why both long & short grass are great for plants & insects twitter.com/drtrevordines/…

Absolutely fascinating article, well worth a read. Love it when something you’ve never heard about inherently feels the right thing to do.

Gales & driving rain tested the resolve of Conservation & Land Management MSc students at Aberffraw this afternoon. They’re made of tough stuff! We reached the foredunes and found Early-sand Grass (Mibora minima), the world’s smallest grass Paul Cross Bangor University BSBI: Botanical Society of Britain & Ireland

All yellow on the dunes today at Morfa Conwy with the first Bird’s-foot-trefoil along with Oxford Ragwort and Beaked Hawk's-beard, as well as abundant Dandelions for #DandelionChallenge #wildflowerhour wildflowerhour BSBI: Botanical Society of Britain & Ireland

Great bit of evidence that long grass attracts butterflies - not just for the flowers, nectar and pollen, but for caterpillar food plants and shelter too #NoMowMay #NoMowSummer

On the eve of #NoMowMay (and beyond!) here’s a little thread on why both mowing AND not mowing different parts of your lawn can be brilliant for wildlife. Sounds perverse? It’s all about long-grass and short-grass, and why you want both…

Great to host such a fantastic bunch of students from around the world. Always a highlight of our meadow year!

First few Yellow Rattle plants have come into flower, just in time for the Bangor University MSc Ecology students visit tomorrow. We’ll look at vegetation monitoring and invertebrate sampling methods. Hope it stays sunny to bring the bees out! School of Natural Sciences - Bangor University Paul Cross

A bowl of gold from one of my absolute favourites. Pabi Cymraeg (Welsh Poppy) naturalised along our lane #Wildflowerhour BSBI: Botanical Society of Britain & Ireland wildflowerhour

Trevor the botanist BSBI: Botanical Society of Britain & Ireland wildflowerhour Woodland Trust🌳 Glorious. I believe the Germans have a word for this very thing #maeinschein

Nothing quite like the intense acid green of new beech leaves bathed in spring sunshine BSBI: Botanical Society of Britain & Ireland wildflowerhour Woodland Trust🌳

Have you seen a Cowslip in bloom this year? This week’s challenge is to find one and share your pics for #wildflowerhour this Sunday using the hashtag #CowslipChallenge . Happy flower hunting! 💛

Fantastic news: MPs said a firm yes to ending #peat sales in #horticulture , rejecting opposition from Christopher Chope MP. Fully supported to a second reading. We urge #government to fast-track this now and get peat out of our gardens once and for all Rebecca Pow #peat free

1. Struggling with identification of bees/pollinators and various other tricky insects groups? It has been my life's mission to make things easier, so check out this chain. Firstly, Steven Falk Flickr: flickr.com/photos/6307520…. It's a virtual museum and field adventure.

Dandelion days are here again, a bit of sunshine in this warm wet weather #wildflowerhour BSBI: Botanical Society of Britain & Ireland wildflowerhour Peter Gibbs Matt Taylor Liam Dutton Derek Brockway - weatherman

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