The days are getting shorter and the nights are getting chilly, but it's too early to say for sure that summer is almost over. If you...

At Herne Hill Tree Watch one of our aims is to help people learn the names of our street trees. Once you know what they’re called it...

In this blog Herne Hill Tree Watch is doing a little bit of amateur phenology. That's the science of changes that plants and animals...

Autumn 2023 has taken a long time to arrive, but at last it’s here. Going by the Met Office seasonal calendar, which takes September to...

It's late July, the middle of summer. The flowering frenzy of springtime seems a long time ago, and there are still a couple of months to...

Just a few days ago we experienced the warmest Armistice Day (November 11) ever, a troubling portent of what lies ahead. “The past eight...

After an unpredictable May the hot weather finally arrived in mid-June. This is a dangerous time of year for our youngest trees,...

Our weather is still very unpredictable, but the sun and rain in early July have given our street trees a welcome growth spurt. Look...