Trees for Bermondsey

The bottom of a very large garden sees lots of gardening activity on a sunny autumn day. A man digs a border, a woman and small dog sweep up and another woman wheelbarrows away debris

Other work by the Ladybird artists
‘November’ (1958)
Artist: Ronald Lampitt

Thousands of spring crocus in bloom in grassland in a park setting.

🌸 Help Southwark Park Association 1869 plant thousands of spring bulbs in Southwark Park🌱
🗓 Saturday, November 8, 2025
🕚 11 AM
📍 Meet by the tennis courts
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👟 Dress for the weather!
✨ Free event – all welcome
Funded by Southwark Council's Cleaner, Greener, Safer fund

Midnight over #Bermondsey - a waxing gibbous #moon

Orange, russet and yellow leaves on a small tulip tree in an urban setting agaist a bright blue sky.

Trees with beautiful autumn colours on an urban street against a bright blue sky.

What a difference an urban tree makes! Tulip tree(Tulipifera liriodrendron) and Dawn redwoods (Metasequoia glyptostroboides) against Norway maple (Acer platanoides) showing off beautifully in #Bermondsey today.

A collage of nine photographs looking up through tree canopies in autumn. Leaves in shades of green, gold, orange, and red form glowing mosaics against the sky.

Looking up through the tree canopies, autumn light filters through the leaves. The Japanese word komorebi describes sunlight seen through leaves — the shifting radiance where earth meets sky in gold and flame. #Autumn #Trees

Our tree walk in Southwark Park, led by Greg Packman, is TOMORROW, Sunday. No need to book.

Front cover of the European Butterfly Red List, showing Polyommatus humedasae. The report can be downloaded at https://www.bc-europe.eu/webpage.php?name=red-list-butterflies-2025

The new European Butterfly Red List is published today, with worrying findings. Over 1/4 (28%) of Europe’s 442 species are threatened with extinction or are close to being so. The situation is far worse for our 148 endemic species, 40% are now threatened or nearly so www.bc-europe.eu/webpage.php?...

We're delighted to welcome award-winning expert and Royal Parks Arboricultural Officer, Greg Packman, to Southwark Park for a tree walk on Sunday 19th October. Meet at the Pavilion Cafe by the lake in the park at 11am.
All details on flyer. #trees #parks #southwark #bermondsey #rotherhithe #walks

An almost full moon in a dark sky. Tiny shadow on left side denotes it is gibbous.

"And hand in hand, on the edge of the sand,
They danced by the light of the moon,
The moon,
The moon,
They danced by the light of the moon."
(The Owl and the Pussycat by Edward Lear 1867)
Waxing gibbous moon tonight is nearly full.

Beautiful, vibrant red fruit like round strawberries, growing on a lush green bush.

This year's incredible fruit crop on the lovingly-tended Arbutus unedo aka Strawberry tree at the old stables on St James's Road, Bermondsey. In Portugal, the "strawberries" or medronho are used to make a delicious brandy. We may give it a try if we can beat the birds to them!

"What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of a difference you want to make" - Jane Goodall

We’re heartbroken to learn that Dr Jane Goodall has passed away, aged 91.

Dr Goodall was one of the true conservation giants of our time. Let’s honour her legacy by choosing to make a difference in the world - by protecting it.

Thank you, Jane, for everything you did for our planet. 💚

Close-up side view of a small pale Ivy bee on Ivy, against a blurred dark green background.

A small pale Ivy bee on Ivy. #WildWebsWednesday

Great photo!

Emma Cons Gardens
London SE1
#ThicktrunkTuesday

😂 great photos though!

The tree canopy of #Bermondsey looking lush and forest-like after this afternoon's welcome showers. Whoever would guess this is Central London? 💚🌳🌴

To bury so much gold under a tree

Titus Andronicus 2.3.2

#ShakespeareSunday

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Galls! Robin's pincushion on dog rose, caused by larvae of the wasp, Diplolepis rosae; silk-button spangle galls and Knopper galls on oak, caused by the wasps, Neuroterus numismalis and Andricus quercuscalicis respectively.

Join our latest batwatch at Galleywall Nature Reserve at 18.30 on Wednesday 24th September. Details on flyer. #bats @batconservation.bsky.social #ProjectNightWatch

A woodpigeon sits amidst trusses of red berries of a Whitebeam tree.

"They're mine, all mine!" The Whitebeam in Spa Gardens #Bermondsey is full of woodpigeons feasting on the berries. #autumn #trees #birds

Beautiful picture 😍

The sound of wind in trees is known as psithurism (pronounced sith- err-iz-um) The word comes from the Greek word psithuros, meaning whispering

#psithurism

"The man in the moon,
Came down too soon,
And asked his way to Norwich;
He went by the south,
And burned his mouth
By eating cold plum porridge." #ManInTheMoon tonight, eve of the #BloodMoon

An oak tree seemingly appearing out of the mist

Not all those who wander are lost

J.R.R. Tolkien

Pear on tree completely eaten by wasps apart from the skin!

Wasps eating a pear on the tree.

Time to pick the pears before it's too late! @theorchardproject.bsky.social #wasps #fruittrees #orchard

A wall and railings have been designed to make room for the expanding trunk of a great old London plane tree.

The people of Camberwell love their great old London planes #ThickTrunkTuesday #MakeRoomForTrees

Take a stroll down Grange Walk, wait for the traffic to clear and listen to the buzz. The Japanese pagoda trees (Styphnolobium japonica) are in flower and covered in honey bees. Resilient to climate change, it's a beautiful and much underrated street tree. #Bermondsey @thestreettree.bsky.social

Old elm with long, twisted limbs among thick woodland.

This wonderful old elm (Ulmus minor) in ancient woodland on Kent's North Downs for #ThickTrunkTuesday

Finally detailed mixed-media illustration of some mature plane trees in front of the stately London building. In the foreground is a close-up of the leaf.

The Plane Tree
‘The lungs of London’

Trees (1963)
Artist: SR Badmin

Did u know? In the garden, many plants have been pollinated & are setting seed. Seed heads, like Teasel are essential winter food for birds like Goldfinches.There's even a moth larva that uses Teasels to develop in..& they're bloomin' gorge to look at! So, in short,....don't lose your heads.🌱🌿🇬🇧🌱🌍🪲🐦‍⬛