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A close up of pink tight cupped buddleia flowers

Buddleia; butterfly buffet or bush of burden?

The loping bulbous lilac-coloured plumes (‘racemes’ or panicles) of buddleia (or buddleja [1] ) that emerge in July are now a characteristic feature of London’s summertime flora.

Sulphur tuft fungi

The final flourish

Earthstars, deceivers, dead-man’s fingers… London has some of the best of Britain’s fungi… and more

A view across the water at Denham Lock Wood. There are trees and aquatic vegetation around the water

Can London become wilder?

My attendance at the inaugural meeting of the Mayor of London’s Rewilding Taskforce last week, prompted me to draw on some earlier thoughts around rewilding and how this might be applicable to a…

Hornbeam leaves

Spring outside, from the inside

Over the past ten days, as London has increasingly moved towards lockdown, the eruption of spring’s energy has become evermore apparent – and giving perhaps a joyous sense of hope.

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