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martifarrow.bsky.social
Retired illustrator since injury disabled my right arm. Now learning to be a left-handed gardener 🌱 East Sussex 🇪🇺 #nomow #mowsaic #wildgarden #wildlife #wildflowers #meditation #illustration
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I only wish the raging wild spirit of my late father could be unleashed in the WH for just ten minutes 🍊 Knowing what Dad taught me of his WW2 experiences, I see clearly there is now no *USA/UK special relationship* 💔 Times almost too dark for his light. But a light he remains. Thankful always xxx

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Why have @brighton-hove.gov.uk gone on a spree of felling hundreds of trees in multiple parks across the city? This is supposedly being done to prevent spread of ash dieback, but this goes directly against Forestry Commission advice:

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With less than a month left until the premiere screening of Heal the Land, here's another sneak peek at this beautiful film 🎥 Join us in Frome at the Merlin Theatre on Friday 14 March to be amongst the first people to see the film. Tickets 👇 www.healsomerset.org.uk/heal-the-land

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Not strictly #WildflowerHour but today’s blue sky made Prunus x subhirtella autumnalis look so pretty 🌸 Also (bit blurry) Crocus tommasinianus 💜🌱

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#WildflowerHour Bless the Blackbirds who are enjoying the Ivy berries 🐦‍⬛ a few fruits still remain. First Celandine flowers opened in sunshine along the bank today 🌼 Primrose & Violets 💜☘️

submitted 19 days ago • 0 comments

Farewell Marianne x

submitted 22 days ago • 42 comments

Sharing late &/or early for #WildflowerHour 🌼✨😉 Primrose, Witch Hazel (hamamelis) & Lichens - St Marys church, Northiam, East Sussex yesterday. Chilly breezes, gloves on🧤

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Sheila Robinson (1925-1988) UK artist, illustrator, printmaker and member of the Great Bardfield group #WomensArt

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#BigGardenBirdwatch 🪶 Forgive Phil, he’s a good cleaner-upper of seed that falls from garden feeders. Phil was’t included in our count today - he was too early. Really enjoyed counting 2️⃣8️⃣ birds 🕊️🦚🦜🐦‍⬛🪿🦆✅

submitted 27 days ago • 2 comments

What’s your favourite garden bird? 🧵 This weekend, hundreds of thousands of people across the UK will take part in the @rspb.bsky.social #BigGardenBirdwatch, the world’s largest garden wildlife survey. 🐦‍⬛ Wren on corn stook, colour woodblock print, Takeuchi Seihō (1864–1942)

submitted 28 days ago • 2 comments