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Task Day today! Where to meet: Ivy House, Hollym. Located next to the council apron on South Carr Dales Road. Time: 10 am unless otherwise stated. What to bring: A packed lunch and drink, stout boots/footwear, waterproofs, warm clothing and work gloves. Tasks usually last 3-4 hours. Contact details: Task

Task Day tomorrow! Where to meet: Ivy House, Hollym. Located next to the council apron on South Carr Dales Road. Time: 10 am unless otherwise stated. What to bring: A packed lunch and drink, stout boots/footwear, waterproofs, warm clothing and work gloves. Tasks usually last 3-4 hours. Contact details: Task

Marchantia polymorpha “Common Liverwort” Marchantiaceae, also known as Cudweed Liverwort or Umbrella Liverwort. Common Liverwort is a primitive, moss-like plant that forms leaf-like mats on the soil surface. It is a member of the thalloid liverwort family, a group of nonvascular, strap-like, green plants that often forms large colonies on

Shepherd's purse ( Capsella bursa-pastoris), a common weed in the mustard family, is known for its distinctive heart-shaped seed pods and small white flowers, and is also edible with a peppery taste

Common names include Shepherd's purse, lady's purse, mother's heart, toothwort, St. James' weed and witch's pouch.

Task Day next Sunday! Where to meet: Ivy House, Hollym. Located next to the council apron on South Carr Dales Road. Time: 10 am unless otherwise stated. What to bring: A packed lunch and drink, stout boots/footwear, waterproofs, warm clothing and work gloves. Tasks usually last 3-4 hours. Contact details:

At the start of last month our road verges were covered in the bright yellow lesser celandine. As one of the first spring flowers to bloom, it provides a valuable nectar source for early insects. Despite its name, it is not actually a close relative of greater celandine and is

Marsh thistle.

Each plant of Cirsium palustre flowers once and then dies; until then, it appears only as a ground-hugging rosette of leaves.

Kneeling on one of these certainly leaves a prickly impression!

These beautiful little heart shaped leaves were growing in clusters across several graves in a local churchyard.

Little clumps of love.

The cowslip's nodding flower heads are said to resemble a bunch of keys, which were the badge of St. Peter, leading to the alternative names "St. Peter's keys" or "keys of heaven". One legend states that St. Peter, shocked to find that a duplicate key to Heaven had been made,

This photo was taken in March. There's something about willow at this time of the year that brings me so much joy. It reminds me of mum bringing a vase of daffodils and willow into the house every spring. It reminds me of my childhood at the family home in