Amanda Lawrence lives, works and gets distracted by wildlife in the Slad Valley, near Stroud. She is a full-time glass artist and part-time wildlife surveyor and scrub basher, helping to run…

‘A ribbon of lights’

One summer night in 1919 a young girl walking home across the Slad Valley collected enough glow worms along the way to decorate her straw hat with 'a ribbon of…

When I was a child, my parents made me go for walks with them in the countryside. It was not my favourite activity: for me, the best bit of the walk was the point when we turned back. Despite this…

My year is bracketed by beetles. Glow worms (see previous blog) mark the end of spring and the arrival of summer. But when the leaves turn and the tawny owls begin calling and the nights start to…

For over 100 years, Forestry England have been growing, shaping, and caring for our nation’s forests.

In this Marten March themed blog we're getting to know Gerry O'Brien from Forest Holidays, one of our Project Pine Marten partners, and his love for pine martens with his incredible…

April is a great month to get into growing your own vegetables. Sue Bradley has some useful techniques for beginners.

The threat of frosts has passed and seed sowing can begin in earnest. Sue Bradley looks at a few more ways to start new vegetable beds and puts in a few seeds.

September brings an abundance of fruit and vegetables on Sue Bradley’s allotment, along with a plethora of opportunist weeds.

February may be a short month, even when it’s a leap year, but there’s plenty to do to prepare the allotment for both a wildlife-friendly and crop-rich year ahead, says Sue Bradley.

It’s a new year in the garden and on the allotment, with plenty to keep Sue Bradley busy as she seeks solace from seasonal sniffles.