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...

Springtime is finally here. The temperature is slowly rising, blue skies are cautiously returning and the sun is getting just strong...

After a stormy winter, early spring in Herne Hill brought perfect growing weather. In the last two weeks of March our young trees had...

Spring seems to have arrived in earnest in the first week of March, with longer days, bluer skies, temperatures in double figures and the...

We’re in the first days of summer and the sun is finally shining, but it’s been a puzzling spring. After an exceptionally cold and dry...

This has been a pretty unusual spring, weatherwise. Apart from the unseasonal cold, the serious lack of rain week after week has been bad...

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....

It's been a long time coming but springtime is finally upon us. The warmer air and the longer days mean buds are swelling and blossom is...

We've had some very welcome rain this week after a long period of warm, dry weather, but watering vulnerable young trees remains our...

We're now officially in springtime, so our work looking after the street trees of Herne Hill is going to start building up very soon....