Passionate about plants and people/changing landscapes/Austin's dad/Relational Missionary/One of Dr Bob’s friends
Joined May 2019
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Mark Briggs retweeted
If you’re near Stratford in London, the #LondonBlossomGarden in the #OlympicPark is well worth a visit. Now with its own special mention on the local tubes roundel. Such an honour! Creative direction & co-design by us & @davies_white - Delivered by @idverdeUK #covidmemorial 🌸💕
Mark Briggs retweeted
Bees need to drink, but can drown in deep or fast-flowing water sources. So as warmer, sunnier weather arrives, setting up a beebowl is a quick and easy way to #HelpTheBees. Here's how: bit.ly/2KQesqp 🐝💦
Found this Red Admiral feeding on an Escallonia hedge we planted a couple of years ago at Duffield Drive in #Greenstead. @ColBoroughHomes #butterflies #pollinators #Colchester #insects
I visited our wild flower areas at Cedar Avenue in #Tiptree this week after @idverdeUK cut the margins and paths. They are looking really good! @darylpearce1986 @ColBoroughHomes #wildflowers #Colchester #flowers
I have been wanting to record this tree at Groome Court in #Greenstead for a while. Every year in early June it’s full of bees! @ColBoroughHomes #weareCBH #Colchester #bees #treesforbees
Mark Briggs retweeted
10 flowers to grow in your garden or community to help bees, butterflies & other pollinating insects:
🐝 Scabious
🐝 Lavender
🐝 Snowdrops
🐝 Buddleia
🐝 Red clover
🐝 Sweet peas
🐝 Crocus
🐝 Apple tree
🐝 Cosmos
🐝 Teasels
🐝 More bit.ly/2ldAkDO
There is a flower, the lesser Celandine, That shrinks, like many more, from cold and rain, And, the first moment that the sun may shine, Bright as the sun himself, ‘tis out again!
The landscaping works at Attlee Gardens were completed earlier this week. Lee & Carl from @idverdeUK did a great job planting the borders and replacing the gravel. Using the roots of the cherry tree to retain the border was a great idea! @ColBoroughHomes @EmmaLSchofield
Amelanchier or #Juneberry is another great early flowering tree. This one is outside one of blocks in Avon Way in #Greenstead. @ColBoroughHomes @jaineyGW #WeAreCBH #socialhousing #colchester
Another great Japanese #Cherrry this time at Attlee Gardens in Colchester. @ColBoroughHomes @EmmaLSchofield #WeAreCBH #socialhousing #colchester
I was out in #shrubend this morning and had to stop to take a photo of this amazing Japanese #Cherry growing in the communal gardens at Lavenham Court. @ColBoroughHomes @rachel_bushell #WeAreCBH #socialhousing #colchester
These two Cherry trees were planted in March 2020 in #shrubend and are establishing well. Our contractor @idverdeUK is currently out on our estates undertaking maintenance to over 150 young trees planted over the past three years. @ColBoroughHomes #trees
I think that Purple Plum is one of the best spring flowering trees. This one is growing outside one of our blocks in Avon Way, Greenstead @ColBoroughHomes #spring #colchester #greenstead #trees #socialhousing
Mark Briggs retweeted
Plantlife's fun Spring activity #WildflowerHunt has just launched. Download the new app to get a helping hand with #wildflowerID for 24 early spring plants inc primroses, bluebells & celandines plantlife.org.uk/wildflowerh…
#EveryoneNeedsNature #wildflowers #VitaminN #springintoaction
Mark Briggs retweeted
Will you pledge to Bee the Change? Help our struggling bumblebees with simple micro-actions, like growing a nectar-rich plant or letting wildflowers grow 🐝
More info: bit.ly/312rZoS
#pollinators #biodiversity
Viburnum tinus flowering early at Laurel Court in #Greenstead earlier this week. @ColBoroughHomes #Colchester #landscaping #socialhousing
If you receive an automated call telling you that your National Insurance number has been compromised is has been used for illegal purposes in west Wales (!?) DO NOT PRESS 1! It’s a scam call.
On site at Attlee Gardens this morning with @idverdeUK, planting up the borders they prepared last week. @ColBoroughHomes #wearecbh #landscaping #Colchester #socialhousing
I was out on site today and saw my first bee of the year! It was feeding on some heather we planted at Maple Way last winter. @ColBoroughHomes #bees #pollinators #flowers #colchester
Works are well underway at Grymes Dyke Court. Despite the wet weather @idverdeUK have managed to get most of the borders prepared and have planted up a couple. It looks a bit of a mess at the moment but will look very different when we've finished. #wearecbh #Colchester #Stanway
