Bori Kiss

@capital_growth Good to Grow Week (18–26 Apr) From seed sowing & harvesting, to bug hunts, garden volunteering, workshops & talks, there’s something for everyone in London's green spaces - including @barnescommon.bsky.social Vine Road project 🌱✨ Take a look 👇️ www.capitalgrowth.org

Urban ponds may be small, but they’re biodiversity powerhouses. 🐸🌿 Join Dr Rachel Walker to learn how to monitor, protect and restore urban ponds for wildlife and resilient cities. Skills for Ecology webinar | 15 Sept | £12.50 🌎 🧪 🔗 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1981358046... @barnescommon.bsky.social

Who wouldn't want to welcome a few slug-munching #Hedgehogs to their garden? Here's a chance to work with your neighbours to help them flourish where you live: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/hedgehog-h... Thanks to @barnescommon.bsky.social for organising it.

Looking for a fun and free activity for the holidays? Come along to our family-friendly growing session on Monday 16th February. There will be a chance for your children to get their hands dirty with lots of different gardening activities: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/family-fri...

My natural history book of the year is ‘Urban Plants’ by @trevorthebotanist.bsky.social Informative, entertaining and inspiring - after reading it you will never walk down a street, pass by a wall or look at a grass verge in the same way again. Highly recommended @bsbibotany.bsky.social

Community Friend from £25 a year - pays for eight children to attend an after-school club. Supporting Friend from £50 a year - pays for one Homework Club. Benefactor Friend from £100 a year - pays for a Youth Support Worker for 10 hours. www.castelnaucentreproject.co.uk/friends/

!!!

Quick thread on the BBC and the political and societal significance of recent developments: One of the main reasons the UK has historically been so much less polarised than the US, is that Britain has a shared source of information, consumed and trusted by most people regardless of their politics.

Centuries of overgrazing & muirburn for grouse moors mean Highland Scotland looks treeless & desolate. But it doesn't have to be this way. New film Scotland's Missing Forests went online y'day. Chuffed to see almost 10k views. www.youtube.com/watch?v=MuTV... @chrisgpackham.bsky.social

This is super interesting but sadly behind paywall - can someone share? I thought I was perimenopausal, turns out I was very much hypothyroid. Correct medication made a huge difference.

Currently very cross with Elmore Leonard for killing off the character I expected to ride into the sunset with their newfound love. And I've got another of his books waiting to be read! I won't open it for at least 2 days. That will teach him. (I won't last that long. I love his writing very much.)

Entry to the Fayre is free and we have some fantastic free activities, a range of amazing market stallholders, as well as coffee, cake and pizza! www.eventbrite.com/cc/autumn-fa...

Last call to book your tickets to our wonderful nature activities and walks at the Autumn Fayre this Saturday! You can also turn up on the day but spaces are limited and we are likely to sell out. www.eventbrite.com/cc/autumn-fayre-1270279

Last few free tickets available to the launch event in our Summer Series at the growing project, Martha Swales’ talk on Wednesday 28th May, 6:30pm. Martha is an avid urban gardener from London who has been growing her own produce for over 12 years www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/summer-tal...

When offered a choice of bowls, free-ranging dogs in India tend to approach a yellow one much more than blue or grey

As the Europe-USA tariff tiff is heating up, I would just like to point out that Americans still can’t pronounce ‘aluminium’ properly

Housing🤝Nature To deliver much-needed housing while ensuring that our natural environment is protected and enhanced, the Government must work closely with ecologists, planners, landscape architects and other environmental experts.

FYI: #Eurostar opened up their summer ticket slots today so go and book now if you want a good deal on a #flightfree summer trip

#SaveThePCC Some of you may have read about the situation regarding our new landlord wishing to add a new redevelopment break clause, with only 6 months notice to our lease. For now, we're simply asking you all to share & sign the petition below; you.38degrees.org.uk/p/princechar...

In Hungarian, if you bring home your packed lunch, you would say it was "seen by a bird", and I like that phrasing very much. We all need more magical forest thinking.

Thank you to everyone who came to our after school growing session on Monday, it was lovely to see the children being so engaged with nature. Please book your free tickets for the upcoming sessions here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/after-scho...

It's nice to see so many faces from Twitter joining Bluesky. It only took 2 years...

Hello World!