Last year, the RSPB asked me to help them with their Big Garden Birdwatch advertising campaign and the event is back on again this weekend, starting tomorrow 25th – 27th Jan
The TV ad has been on our screens since Boxing Day and there’s a vid on YouTube too; I feel really honoured to be part of it.
The RSPB Big Garden Birdwatch is the world’s largest wildlife survey and it only takes an hour to do your bit for nature.
In this week’s blog I highlight a few of the things you can do to prepare for the BGBW, whilst also writing about 2 recent visit to RSPB reserves.
Whilst we created our garden for it to provide us with food and look pretty, without doubt our main reason was to create a home for wildlife.
And this year we have certainly reaped the benefits of all our hard graft, as the wildlife has flourished.
As we move into winter, there isn’t a lot to do in the garden; so this blog is basically a summary of what has happened in our garden this growing year.
It has been an incredible year of gardening, with more home-grown fruit & veg than ever, but a sad loss of our beautiful willow tree that has stood there since I can remember.
Today I’ve been blogging for 4 years and even though I’ve been a bit quiet recently, my gardening journey still ‘grows on’.
My first blog was about buying some new apple cordons and just like those trees, I’ve grown a lot since then! Continue reading
What an honour it was to be the guest speaker at The Bumblebee Conservation Trust’s AGM & Member’s Day yesterday (19.10.19) on my home ‘turf’ in Manchester, at Lancashire Cricket Ground.
I strongly bee-lieve that making events like this accessible and open to a younger generation, is absolutely key to inspiring the next generation of conservationists.
Today is world mental health day and there’s stacks of info out there about the benefits gardening can have on your wellbeing.
I wrote this blog 2 years ago, about how gardening makes me feel free and how it can help me, when I’m feeling stressed and worried about stuff; here it is…..
