We have returned to Houndiscombe Park, in Plymouth, nearly 3 years after our visit to this triangular-shaped urban park. Back then it was in a sad state: distressed by empty beer cans, dog faeces and syringes. There was very little flora, just patchy grass and mud. We decided this park needed help and with theContinue reading “Walking and Chalking: Return to Houndiscombe”
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Keep Britain Tidy; Keep Britain Green!
The lane, featured in this post, locally known as ‘scruffy lane’, is often strewn with discarded rubbish: cheap broken furniture, cigarette ends, plastic toys and bags. However, this human detritus is juxtaposed by the beauty of nature, so we felt we needed to highlight this in a chalking. The firework-explosion of colour from the BuddlejaContinue reading “Keep Britain Tidy; Keep Britain Green!”
Lost Words; Lost Rainforests
Did you know that Wales is one of the top performing countries in the world for waste recycling? Travelling through to Pembrokeshire, for a 4-day visit, this became evident: hardly a scrap of roadside litter to be seen. What joy! And so began this mini Rebel Botanists adventure. Pembrokeshire has an impressive 186-mile coastal path.Continue reading “Lost Words; Lost Rainforests”
In Omnia Paratus
Yes, Rebel Botanists are ready for anything! (In omnia paratus) 👍 Today, we held quizzes, made seed bombs, discussed wildflower meadows and did a walk and chalk around Plymouth’s first public park. Opened in 1892, Beaumont Park in Plymouth, is also known as Squirrel Park, due to the abundance of grey squirrels climbing around theContinue reading “In Omnia Paratus”
What’s in a Word?
What’s in a name? Well, when we’re talking about wildplants, there’s rather a lot!As Rebel Botanists, we’re very keen to discourage the broadly used label ‘weeds’. Oh, it almost makes me shudder to say/write it! Thank goodness, and at last, the RHS agrees too, according to a recent Guardian report(https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2023/apr/25/chelsea-flower-show-gardens-rebrand-weeds-hero-plants) which has headlined them asContinue reading “What’s in a Word?”
Creating Connections
I recently set up the Connections Project with the aim of supporting young people to understand the complex and interdependent connections between different living species in our urban environment. Nothing exists in isolation, including humans and, so, to really grasp the concept of biodiversity and the current crisis of our planet, I wanted to highlightContinue reading “Creating Connections”
And the plot thickens…
Peace not War, on Nature (in response to Plymouth City Council’s, ‘War on Weeds’ declaration, 26th October 2021) I, as many other people who have since contacted me, have found the Plymouth City Council’s, ‘War on Weeds’, declaration absolutely shocking: feelings of dismay, anger, sadness and distress have resulted, and understandably so. At such aContinue reading “And the plot thickens…”
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