Well worth a visit when it opens

A real treat to get another look at the new Queen Elizabeth II garden in Regents Park, London before the hoardings come down and public access begins on Monday. This is a bold, forward-looking project, a sustainable garden future-proofed for a changing climate.

Regents Park

Yes, looking forward to having a listen to what you all had to say. Interesting point about an interactive discussion. More difficult to organise I guess, but would make for a lively listen I suspect.

What is flooding? And how do we tackle it? Causes and intervention...

Great to be back on The Naked Scientists podcast this week, chatting to host Chris Smith about the why, what and where of flooding.

www.thenakedscientists.com/podcasts/nak...

Yes, I can see that. And having faith that the saplings won't be browsed off by deer!

Interesting. Especially in the context of thousands of empty plastic tree guards across the country.

A very pleasant one 😊

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Oh, are IKEA doing them now?

Just missed the slot for #wildflowerhour with my #brassica Wintercress! Can't resist throwing in newly opened hawthorn, a scary-looking russian comfrey and the irresistible wood sorrell.

Now there's a project 😄

Need a belay for that one

Must have been after 6 o'clock 😉

Went down to the woods today

Remarkable sound from such a small thing!

Almost electronic

Common Reed Warbler giving it big energy by the Kennet & Avon Canal *soundup!!*

Scattered feathers surrounding a bare patch in the leaf litter on a woodland floor

Sparrowhawk wos 'ere I suspect

A group of bright yellow wild primroses on a woodland floor

Sunshine on a dull day

Betjeman's 'Cathedral of Middlesex'. The Great Barn of Harmandsworth, pretty special venue for latest recording of Gardeners' Question Time.

A hedgehog crawling through a hole in a brick wall at night, under a sign that reads 'Hedgehog highway.' Ivy and dead leaves surround the hedgehog

Small gaps that make a huge difference: this is a hedgehog highway 🦔

Hedgehogs can walk up to two miles a night looking for food or a mate, but their natural highways are blocked by fences and walls. Creating safe corridors from your garden to the one next door lends hedghogs a huge helping hand.

Proper fireball!

Beautiful

Ah, thought you were responding to my post about wood sorrell! No, I always have a munch of hawthorn but never tried beech

As it was such a small, lonely plant I didn't feel justified in depriving it of a leaf

The five divided white petals of a single flower of Greater stitchwort

Garlic mustard, a cluster of multiple small white flowers above large lime green leaves with serrated edges

Wild garlic, multiple star-shaped white flowers on top of a single stem above long sword-shaped leaves

Wood spurge, clusters of lime-green open bell-shaped flowers on a tall stem

It's my favourite time of year in our local ancient woodlands, as the jewels of #woodlandplants light up the leaf litter. Bluebells are really hitting their stride, but thought I would go with a supporting cast of Greater stitchwort, garlic mustard, wild garlic and wood spurge for #wildflowerhour

Freshly minted beech leaves

I found one lonely little plant yesterday, but unfortunately the two flowers had decided to stay closed.

April showers