For about a week each autumn the leaves on the Witch Hazel (Hamamelis x intermedia) in my Derbyshire garden glow bright red and then fall…. ⁦GardensHour⁩ #GardensHour

The last sloe on a blackthorn (Prunus spinosa) near the Derwent in Derbyshire ⁦wildflowerhour⁩ #Wildflowerhour ⁦BSBI: Botanical Society of Britain & Ireland⁩ Support Derbyshire Wildlife Trust Derwent Survival Appeal derbyshirewildlifetrust.org.uk/derwent-appeal

Alarm call as world's trees slide towards extinction bbc.com/news/articles/…

Michaelmas daisies still providing autumn colour in my Derbyshire garden ⁦⁦GardensHour⁩ #GardensHour

⁦The Wildlife Trusts⁩ buy Rothbury estate in largest land sale in England in 30 years ⁦Northumberland Wildlife Trust⁩ theguardian.com/environment/20…

Ivy (Hedera helix) still in flower near the Derwent in Derbyshire ⁦wildflowerhour⁩ #Wildflowerhour ⁦BSBI: Botanical Society of Britain & Ireland⁩ Support Derbyshire Wildlife Trust Derwent Survival Appeal derbyshirewildlifetrust.org.uk/derwent-appeal

One of the last flowers of Geranium ‘Ann Folkard’ in my Derbyshire garden ⁦wildflowerhour⁩ #WildflowerHour

Honoured to be hosting Professor Chrispas Nyombi’s inaugural lecture ⁦University of Derby⁩ this evening

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Gorse (Ulex europaeus) in flower near Ashbourne in Derbyshire ⁦wildflowerhour⁩ #Wildflowerhour ⁦BSBI: Botanical Society of Britain & Ireland⁩

Next door nature initiative enables hundreds of communities to come together to create more space for nature, right across the UK independent.co.uk/climate-change…

Derby’s Communities Inspired to Make Space for Nature in UK-wide project derbyshirewildlifetrust.org.uk/news/derbys-co…

Fuchsia riccartonii still flowering in my Derbyshire garden - originally from a cutting taken by my Mum from a bush in Fathom Nr. Newry Northern Ireland ⁦GardensHour⁩ #GardensHour

A fantastic opportunity to join the great Derbyshire Wildlife Trust team and support our ambitions of working with communities for a Wilder Derbyshire

Amazed to spot a Welsh Poppy (Papaver cambricum synonym Meconopsis cambrica) still in flower by the Derwent in Derbyshire this weekend ⁦wildflowerhour⁩ #Wildflowerhour ⁦BSBI: Botanical Society of Britain & Ireland⁩

Lots of Peruvian Lily (Alstroemeria) flowers last weekend in my Derbyshire garden - not sure they will survive tonight’s snow ⁦GardensHour⁩ #GardensHour

Looking forward to SDDC’s Free Tree giveaway days next week. Please can local organisations consider sharing this, thank you 🙏 @SDDC Derbyshire Wildlife Trust Professor Paul Lynch Looking for local folks to take part in a study next year. youandyourgreenspace.wordpress.com

Despite all last week’s weather the Winter Jasmine (Jasminum nudiflorum) is still flowering in my Derbyshire garden ⁦⁦GardensHour⁩ #GardensHour

Honoured to be hosting Prof Bill Edmond’s Inaugural Lecture ⁦University of Derby⁩ this evening

Honoured this evening to be hosting Prof Ovidiu Bagdasar inaugural lecture ⁦University of Derby⁩