Mark Briggs

Passionate about plants and people/changing landscapes/Austin's dad/Relational Missionary/One of Dr Bob’s friends

[Mark Briggs @MarkBcbh]

@NCFCRDP Thanks for being such great hosts. Our boys had a great game

[Mark Briggs @MarkBcbh]

@ComedyCampbell The Buckfast Bee looks a bit worse for wear!

[Mark Briggs @MarkBcbh]

@ComedyCampbell You think that’s odd; I once had to visit Trotiscliffe in Kent. I got lost and stopped to ask directions only to be met with smirks and giggles. Apparently it’s pronounced Troz-Lee. Most of the letters are just for decoration!

[Mark Briggs @MarkBcbh]

@ComedyCampbell Nice job

[The Edible Bus Stop® ⧖⃝ @EdibleBusStop]

If you’re near Stratford in London, the #LondonBlossomGarden in the #OlympicPark is well worth a visit. Now with its own special mention on the local tubes roundel. Such an honour! Creative direction & co-design by us & @davies_white - Delivered by @idverdeUK #covidmemorial 🌸💕

[Little Green Space 🦋 @LGSpace]

Bees need to drink, but can drown in deep or fast-flowing water sources. So as warmer, sunnier weather arrives, setting up a beebowl is a quick and easy way to #HelpTheBees. Here's how: https://t.co/rGlSu0BWSS 🐝💦

[Mark Briggs @MarkBcbh]

Found this Red Admiral feeding on an Escallonia hedge we planted a couple of years ago at Duffield Drive in #Greenstead. ⁦@ColBoroughHomes⁩ #butterflies #pollinators #Colchester #insects

[Mark Briggs @MarkBcbh]

I visited our wild flower areas at Cedar Avenue in #Tiptree this week after @idverdeUK cut the margins and paths. They are looking really good! @darylpearce1986 @ColBoroughHomes #wildflowers #Colchester #flowers

[Mark Briggs @MarkBcbh]

I have been wanting to record this tree at Groome Court in #Greenstead for a while. Every year in early June it’s full of bees! ⁦@ColBoroughHomes⁩ #weareCBH #Colchester #bees #treesforbees

[Little Green Space 🦋 @LGSpace]

10 flowers to grow in your garden or community to help bees, butterflies & other pollinating insects:
🐝 Scabious
🐝 Lavender
🐝 Snowdrops
🐝 Buddleia
🐝 Red clover
🐝 Sweet peas
🐝 Crocus
🐝 Apple tree
🐝 Cosmos
🐝 Teasels
🐝 More https://t.co/Kwyt2YzODf

[Mark Briggs @MarkBcbh]

There is a flower, the lesser Celandine, That shrinks, like many more, from cold and rain, And, the first moment that the sun may shine, Bright as the sun himself, ‘tis out again!

[Mark Briggs @MarkBcbh]

The landscaping works at Attlee Gardens were completed earlier this week. Lee & Carl from @idverdeUK did a great job planting the borders and replacing the gravel. Using the roots of the cherry tree to retain the border was a great idea! @ColBoroughHomes @EmmaLSchofield

[Mark Briggs @MarkBcbh]

Amelanchier or #Juneberry is another great early flowering tree. This one is outside one of blocks in Avon Way in #Greenstead. @ColBoroughHomes @jaineyGW #WeAreCBH #socialhousing #colchester

[Mark Briggs @MarkBcbh]

Another great Japanese #Cherrry this time at Attlee Gardens in Colchester. @ColBoroughHomes @EmmaLSchofield #WeAreCBH #socialhousing #colchester

[Mark Briggs @MarkBcbh]

I was out in #shrubend this morning and had to stop to take a photo of this amazing Japanese #Cherry growing in the communal gardens at Lavenham Court. @ColBoroughHomes @rachel_bushell #WeAreCBH #socialhousing #colchester

[Mark Briggs @MarkBcbh]

These two Cherry trees were planted in March 2020 in #shrubend and are establishing well. Our contractor @idverdeUK is currently out on our estates undertaking maintenance to over 150 young trees planted over the past three years. @ColBoroughHomes #trees

[Mark Briggs @MarkBcbh]

@darylpearce1986 @DorsetCouncilUK I’m trialling some verges on one of or estates this summer. Leaving the grass to grow this year then prepping and sowing it n the autumn.

[Mark Briggs @MarkBcbh]

@darylpearce1986 @DorsetCouncilUK Nice work Daryl. Send us some pictures once they start flowering

[Mark Briggs @MarkBcbh]

I think that Purple Plum is one of the best spring flowering trees. This one is growing outside one of our blocks in Avon Way, Greenstead ⁦@ColBoroughHomes⁩ #spring #colchester #greenstead #trees #socialhousing

[Plantlife @Love_plants]

Plantlife's fun Spring activity #WildflowerHunt has just launched. Download the new app to get a helping hand with #wildflowerID for 24 early spring plants inc primroses, bluebells & celandines https://t.co/1XUaJ2aL4N
#EveryoneNeedsNature #wildflowers #VitaminN #springintoaction