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Tag Archives: London
Mulberry: a new book by Peter Coles
Few trees have had a greater global impact than the mulberry. As the sole food of the Bombyx silkworm, the leaves of the mulberry have brought prosperity to all those who learned the art of silk production over the past … Continue reading
Milton’s other mulberry trees
by Stephen J. Bowe and Peter Coles One of the best-known veteran mulberry trees in England is the so-called ‘Milton Mulberry’ in the Fellows’ Garden at Christ’s College, University of Cambridge, which Peter Coles wrote about in December 2018 (read … Continue reading
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Tagged Cambridge, Chalfont St Giles, History, London, Milton, Mulberry, poet, Stowmarket
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Canonbury’s heritage mulberry
By Peter Coles Canonbury, that sedate corner of urban tranquillity just two miles due north of St Paul’s cathedral, is home to more curiosities than many parts of London. Some are well known, like the delightful, exposed stretch of the … Continue reading
Posted in Goldsmiths, heritage, History, London, Mulberry, Nature, photography, silk, trees, Uncategorized
Tagged Conservation Foundation, garden, heritage, History, London, London Mulberries, Mulberry, nature, photography, trees, Tudor, urban
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London College of Fashion mulberry
Morus nigra at London College of Fashion, now over 100 years old. Last week I finally got to see the black mulberry I’d heard about from several people, located behind the London College of Fashion in Lime Grove, Shepherd’s Bush. … Continue reading
Pâquerettes
Pâquerettes, French for daisies (Bellis perennis), probably from Pâques (Easter), which is when they first flower – i.e. now. The monotony of local lawns shattered by these little stars, while the woodland upstart bluebells vie for attention in posher gardens, giving off … Continue reading
Green mist
That time of Spring has come, when the bare Winter bones of twigs and branches in the woods are clothed in a thin green mist, as buds open into the most fragile and greenest-of-green new leaves. In a month the … Continue reading
Posted in Human Nature, London, Nature, photography, trees
Tagged bud, green, Hampstead, London, mist, photography, tree, urban nature
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Hibiscus
Hibiscus syriacus doesn’t originally come from Syria, but eastern Asia, probably China and Korea. It’s been in bloom in our garden and others around here in northwest London for the past few days. So popular with gardeners it might better be … Continue reading
Posted in Human Nature, London, Nature, photography
Tagged flower, garden, Hibiscus, London, photography, suburbia
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Sleeping logs
Posted in Human Nature, London, Nature, photography
Tagged Highgate, Human Nature, London
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Hornbeam
Hornbeam, Carpinus betulus, also known as iron wood, or yoke elm because the wood is so hard it can’t be worked easily. It was mainly used for ox yokes, cogs and cartwheels. The grown-out coppice stools like this one in … Continue reading
Posted in Human Nature, London, Nature, photography
Tagged coppice, Hornbeam, London, nature, Paris, photography, tree, urban, woodland
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Waterlow Park
A blustery day after yesterday’s storms. I prefer it to the still, sapping heat.
Posted in Human Nature, London, Nature
Tagged eagle, London, parks, rain, urban nature, Waterlow
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