I set off bright an early for this morning’s Heath Hands’ litter pick but, thanks to the holidays and the chilly weekend weather, the heath was, delightfully, virtually litter free. So instead of photographing a selection of old beer cans and half empty KFC boxes for you, I decided to focus on the wild flowers. …
wild flowers on hampstead heath
More wild flowers
Rather embarrassingly I remember commenting some weeks ago that although we had amazing trees on Hampstead Heath we did not seem to have that many wild flowers. Obviously someone was listening as since then I seem to have met loads – and I very much hope that Emma is going to be able to tell …
Wild flowers and the last of the fluff balls
As I stomp across the heath I note and record wild flowers when I see them – and now and then I offer them up to you! So here are a few of the most recent – and no, I don’t know what these are but the bees like them! And what are these pink …
Wild flowers on the heath
After the carefully tended herbaceous borders in the kitchen garden last night, I thought maybe we should have some wild flowers. In fact, the heath is not that rich in wild flowers – or if it is, I have totally failed to find them. Maybe they flourish in the wilder parts of the heath from …