Good Guardian article highlighting the widespread use of 'soil conditioners' aka pesticides that kill worms theguardian.com/environment/ar…

A story from Conchita Navarro Sáez illustrated and partly set in our park wins.... walklistencreate.org/2024/04/28/che…

Thanks very much walk · listen · create for choosing my story Cherry which is partly set in Ally Pally
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Alexandra Park Alexandra Palace

Many congratulations to Conchita Navarro Sáez

For #wildwebswednesday Persian lilac hosting lichen, fungus, pennywort (?) and a baby acer tree. Possibly a Big leave acer. And obviously the hollow is a habitat to insects too

#syringaxpersica

Thanks for shortlisting my (very) short story walk · listen · create

Three-cornered leek is widely recognised as an invasive species (nonnativespecies.org/assets/Uploads…) meanwhile ⁦Islington Council⁩ treat it as a beloved wild flower and carefully mow around it. The msg is not getting through, sigh. ⁦Check Clean Dry GB⁩

Golden larch tree #AllyPally

Manna ash tree flowers #AllyPally

Shining crane's-bill/Geranium lucidum #AllyPally

Horse chestnuts, #AllyPally

One of the ultimate flowering trees!

The handkerchief tree! Also known as the dove tree, or ghost tree, or Davidia. Whatever your preference is really!

A brief display of these stunning white leaf bracts which are modified leaves to attract pollinators to the globe flower

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New trees in Priory Park to add to your App TiCL
Sorry can't submit myself (increasing sight loss, too difficult to use maps). So excited about the Larch & Pine especially and Holm oak will be resilient
FYI Stephen Middleton
#haringey #TreesOfHaringey

Cuckoo flowers, Cardamine pratensis in Ally Pally #AllyPally

Recent hedge laying settling in. With lovely woven border for protection...Ally Pally
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