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September 2024: Annual flower show
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...
Spring 2024: Our blossom diary
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...
March 2023: Colour makes a comeback
Springtime is finally here. The temperature is slowly rising, blue skies are cautiously returning and the sun is getting just strong...
January 2023: New year, new trees
In this time of climate change, can we rely on our traditional calendar of the seasons any longer? In July 2022 Southwark council was...
March 2022: Lost cherry plums
Spring seems to have arrived in earnest in the first week of March, with longer days, bluer skies, temperatures in double figures and the...
January 2022: Winter tree ID
It’s a strange experience, walking our streets during this frosty January with none of the familiar leaves, fruit or flowers on the...
October 2021: Magnolia Ave SE24
We’re well into autumn now, and the seasonal colours are coming along nicely. Burbage Road, Stradella Road and Winterbrook Road are all...
April 2021: Time to get watering
As the sun climbs steadily in the sky and the weather becomes warmer and drier, our street trees are gearing up for a rapid growth spurt....
February 2021: Digging tree pits
The last couple of weeks have felt like deepest midwinter, but the days are getting longer, the sun is gradually climbing in the sky and...