Urban heat island phenomenon, where buildings and pavements absorb and reflect heat is becoming a heightened problem due to urban...

Vertical greening systems are becoming an ever-increasing focus within contemporary architecture due to their ability to decrease run-off...

Sustainable Urban Drainage Systems (SUDS), have always ranked high on the global agenda due to their sustainable development potential...

Black thorn or Prunus spinosa: The producer of Sloe berries. The long horizontal thorns on Blackthorn are actualy modified stems. These...

The 1994 discovery of Wollemi pine, Known as Wollemia nobilis is one of the greatest botanical discoveries in modern day. Finding what is...

A real rarity at this time of year: The common Blue bell 😜 Hyacinthoides non-scripta. 🌱Covering the ground amongst the trees in a...

Photograph of a Sunflower

The tender yellow petals on the common Tomato plant: Solanum lycopersicum, before fruiting. Although thought of as a harmless fruit or...

Berberis darwinii. Darwins berberis has vibrant, rich, orangey red buds which make it an unmistakable member of Berberidaceae. However,...

The colossal statues of Ramesess II, carved in situ before the temple of Abu Simbel, Egypt (The Landscape of Man, Jellicoe). After a...

Nectria cinnabarina can be found on the dead branches on a variety of trees and shrubs. This includes a wide range of different host...

Cranefly or Tipulidae, are from the true flies order of Diptera, and not to be mistaken for their 8 legged arachnid friends as captured...

The genus Rheum, commonly known as Rhubarb has a rich historical nomenclature, dating back to ancient times where its root was used as a...

The microscopic world on the underside of a Dicksonia antarctica frond. Pteridophytes or Ferns date back to the Carboniferous period –...

Prunus dulcis 'Robin' The Flowering Almond. It is beleived Almonds originated in Iran and central Asia. Merchants would have eaten them...

The microscopic world on the underside of a Polypodium vulgare frond. Looking directly at the sorus, one can see immature sporangium....

Drosera capensis. Commonly known as Sundew. These interesting plants are covered in mucilagonous glandulous trichomes which secrete...

The dragonfly from the family Odonata has veiny wings which are corrugated, making them robust and inflexible, resulting in a high...

Nematoda includes the largest population of animals on earth, with an estimated million unclassified species. Descriptively, they are...

The beautiful flowers on Magnolia stellata - a spring white explosion!! Brought in to the UK from Japan in the late 1800's...