Clematis seedhead

Ants throwing an intruder out of their Aphid farm...

Sunday picnic, St James's Park, London.

Saved a Stag Beetle from the visiting Cat today. So pleased to see one in the garden as they are categorised as nationally scarce now. They love dead wood so a log pile in your garden really helps them.

No pesticides used here, I like my plants with accompanying bugs and they all have their own garden predators keeping numbers down. This Rose has since bloomed beautifully.

A Fly hanging out on a Geranium flower

Beetle in Rose heart

Bee on woody Salvia 'Amethyst Lips', these will bloom right into autumn keeping the pollinators happy for months.

An Ant farmer, milking captive Aphids for sweet aphid honeydew whilst also protecting them from predators.

So it wasn't just a couple of days, the Badger has now been in to visit most nights since. lovely to see.

Little Frog has decided the solar fountain is a good Lily pad alternative...

When you check your wildlife cam from last night to see if Vixen has brought the Fox cubs in yet and you see this! Never in my life did I expect to see a Badger wandering around the garden, mind blown. So Foxes, Hedgehogs and Badgers now visiting our little wildlife friendly garden.

Roses blooming all over the garden now.

Lunch in London. Stroll past the beautiful Tower of London wildflowers over Tower Bridge then sneaked away from the crowds onto Butlers Wharf. Thank you to the team at Browns Butlers Wharf who are always so friendly and welcoming, and who also provide really clear food allergy information.

There's a heatwave coming, especially in the South East of England, lovely for sunbathing difficult for wildlife. Please put clean water out daily for passing wildlife if you can, it makes a huge difference. Bird baths or pots or bowls, high and low, stones in them help insects that fall in escape.

The Water Iris is just showing off now...so many flowers! In one small barrel pond...

Happy in full sunshine, the Erigeron and Convolvulus are looking really pretty together this month. This is the non invasive clump forming garden Convolvulus, not the wild Bindweed variety I spend my life pulling out of the garden...

No edit, no filter, it really is this bright. No idea what this Rose is but it's one of my faves...🔥

I love my Water Iris, gorgeous flowers. Getting a bit too big for the barrel pond but I'm re-doing the little lower pond to make it deeper in September so can divide it up then. Great for Frogs to hide in 🐸

Well we wanted a little rain in London, as there's been a bit of a drought, so today we've been given hot sunshine, hail, torrential rain, wind, thunder, lightning...all the weathers...!!!

Watching us watching them...the wildlife cam capturing a Fox staring towards the house.

First Hedgehog sighting of the year on the wildlife cam. Absolutely delighted to see one back in the garden. There's a stick hedge between this garden and the one at the end, so easy access between for them and a space to hide away.

Smile for the camera...happy Fox...

Iris season...

My Mum's beautiful Lilac, from a plant that grew in her childhood garden 💜

Trip to the British Museum today, always an architectural treat, stunning building. Went to see the Sufi Life & Art exhibition and the Early Netherlandish Drawings exhibition, both fascinating, and also saw many other interesting and beautiful things along the way.

Lilac Moon

A Robin fledgling in the garden, closely watched by a parent bird. Nice to see at least one successful fledgling as they have been working very hard delivering food to the nest.

Bluebell season. I wish I could share the fragrance with you too...

Now the last hard frost is over I could put the little solar water fountain out. The small birds love splashing in the lowest bowl and insects drink from the top tiers as they are safe from falling into water. It will be cleaned and the water changed regularly while it's out.

I mean the inside of the red Tulip is pretty, but the absolute insect mayhem going on inside my orange one makes it my winner of the day. No garden pesticides here, other insects and birds will keep numbers down.

A garden Spider sunning itself

Love in the Cherry tree, Collared Doves.

The garden was full of tiny life today...

The Fox family are still thriving, visiting at night and sometimes during the day. Delighted to see my matriarch Vixen back (pic 1) and clearly showing that she is feeding cubs.

About a week until the Bluebells are fully out here I think...

Bird beauties from this weekend...Greylag Goose, Chaffinch, Mallard, Feral Pigeon.

Reflective...

Dozens of these Bees in the garden at the moment. I think they are Early Mining Bees but if anyone can confirm that would be great. Very calm Bees and they are generally buzzing around the lawn and low plants.

One of the many Pigeons visiting the garden, proper little characters.

The Wild Cherry tree is now covered in thousands of blossoms and many happy pollinators (as you may see in pic 4). A real highlight of spring in the garden.

Ants enjoying a rotting Pear. The Foxes will clear it away tonight, they love Pears.

Those pesky flower fairies, cutting windows into my Snakeshead Fritillaries... 🧚‍♂️

One pathway, three different types of visitor, smile for the camera...

Vixen has disappeared and so I suspect is busy with cubs. This was the first sighting of two Fox cubs together last year, it was June. Can't wait to meet the new faces this year.

This is absolutely brilliant. Instigated by Gordon Brown, delivered today. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

I adore Mackenzie Crook's writing, I've watched Detectorists countless times, so I had a feeling I'd ♥️ Small Prophets and I truly did. Beautifully observed everyday life and frustrations mixed with magic and heart, and his usual love of nature threaded throughout...wonderful...bring on series 2 🌿

Blossom season, London 🌸

As spring moves forward more and more flowers appear. Narcissus Thalia, Scilla, Hyacinth & Leucojum.

Violets, little garden beauties...