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Lovely feature of the Hackney Buzzline on BBC London this evening.
Wendy Hurrell spoke to Buzzline ecologist Gerry and Postcode Gardner Rachael in the flourishing Memory Garden on the Kingsmead Estate in Hackney.
#hackney #hackneybuzzline
Weāre getting Kingsmead Estateās Memory Garden ready to welcome walkers for āWhat the River Wantsā on Saturday 23 May. The guided walk explores how community gardeners, local ecologists, and grassroots projects are restoring, rewilding, and reimagining the River Lea and our communities and neighbourhoods along it.
The event for London Rivers Week forms part of Manifold, an art project by Emma Smith with UCL MultiLab and local communities.
Click on the link in bio to join the walk.
#walk #river #hackneybuzzline #garden #londonriversweek
This week at COLPAI on the @clerkenwellpollinatorpath
The children spotted a Hairy-footed flower bee on the school roof today - during a āFIT countā for the #Clerkenwell Pollinator Path monitoring... They also found pupae from the striking leaf-like Angle Shades moth and what we think will become a Goat moth ....
All the new pollinator plants are growing well with excellent care from the children at Gardening Club šŖš¦
Next week mulching and making some #bee mounds ..... Canāt wait š
Thank you to Dawn for sharing your pollinator planting for our Hackney Buzzline Community map! š
āIāve been learning how to support local bees through planting flowers they like and creating suitable shelter.ā
Hackney residents, we need your help to make our borough bloom! Join The Hackney Buzzline by sharing photos of your greening effortsāwhether itās depaving your front garden, growing pollinator-friendly plants on a balcony, or creating a mini wildflower patch. Together, we can create a vibrant, interactive map of pollinator-friendly spaces across Hackney and inspire our community to take action for biodiversity.
Planting trees is one thing. Building thriving ecosystems around them is another.
Weāve partnered with the Tree Musketeers @tm_hackney to enhance the six tree biomes in Millfields park with ground flora to support pollinators. Weāve already had great success putting 5000 English bluebells into the native biome, which are now providing habitat for ground-nesting bees. This year weāre going to fill the other five.
Weāre starting with the East Asian biome. Last week Hackney Buzzline volunteers went to the Tree Nursery on Hackney Marshes to plant 50 Japanese anemone roots - enough to fill a pallet full of pots.
Japanese anemones are a perennial plant native to China and cultivated for centuries in Japan. They naturalise well in woodland areas and are on the RHS āPerfect for Pollinatorsā list.
Weāll plant them out in September and once they establish they should spread quickly, filling another biome with beautiful flowers in future years.
#hackneybuzzline #pollinators #parks #trees #ecosystem
Come and celebrate summer and meet fantastic people greening up Hackney - and discover ways to get involved!
With stalls, plant talks, music, plant sales, refreshments, art and ways to get involved! With stalls, plant talks, music, plant sales, refreshments, art and greening activities for all ages.
Featuring @communityapothecary.wf@wolveslaneseedprotectors@hackneyherbal@tm_hackney Live music, Drumming Circle, and lots moreā¦
If you live on this planet this event is for you!
Saturday June 6th th 12.00pm ā 5pm
@coreartshackney Community Garden, Behind St Barnabas Church Homerton High Street E9 6DL
Part of @londonparksandgardens London Open Gardens #LOG2026
Today for my first #LondonWalkingFestival jaunt I joined @saveleamarshes and @ldnwaterkeeper for a river Lea pilgrimage from Waltham Cross to Meridian Water.
We made non-religious river āblessingā and took a sample of the river to test for pollution.
This modern day pilgrimage, is part of a staggered journey exploring the entire length of the River Lea on foot. The walk is a foundational event to establish Rights for the River Lea, celebrating its wonder and wildlife, what is sacred about the river for human and more-than-human communities. At the same time, the goal is to discover the issues affecting the health, safety and well-being of the river and its communities.
Thank you to everyone who donated our @biggiveorg Earth Raise campaign.
Weāll be putting your money to good use to support pollinators all across the Hackney Buzzline š
In Memory of Alistair Livingstone, come and join us and help to brighten up Kingsmead Estate (and the surrounding area as well) by planting sunflowers everywhere.
Come along to Westmead Garden E9 5QG, and you will receive either a seedling or some seeds to take away, and also any advice you may need to help them grow.
(In association with Hackney Good to Grow)
Last week we posted about how the bluebells we planted in the native tree biome on Millfields are providing perfect nesting habitat for mining bees.
Weāre pleased to let you know about another ecological success story. We recently delivered a nature recovery training day with @grow_n22 for Hackney Housing grounds staff in the Gascoyne Estate in Hackney Wick. As part of our habitat restoration we resurfaced the old Hackney Brook - a river hidden underground for over 150 years. We dug out small channels and lined them with sand and mud.
We now have lots of red mason bees quarrying the banks to collect material to make their nests. But these arenāt ground-nesting āmining beesā. Theyāre cavity nesting bees, the kind who commonly use bee hotels.
It shows how urban nature recovery is not just a thing for parks. It can also be done in housing estates and your own garden.
#hackneybuzzline #naturerecovery #bees #hackney #hiddenriver
šØ JUST A FEW MORE HOURS TO GO šØ
Our Earth Raise campaign closes at MIDDAY TOMORROW.
This is your last chance to have your donation doubled for Hackneyās pollinators.
Every pound matched.
Every gift goes twice as far.
Donāt miss it
