Cardiff National Park City*

*Cartref yr ymgyrch i wneud Caerdydd yn Ddinas Parc Cenedlaethol. 🐿🌳 *The home of the campaign to make Cardiff a #NationalParkCity.

[Secret Garden Cafe, Bute Park Cardiff @SecretGardenCF]

Wouldn’t this be great in Cardiff.
Cardiff once housed some of the UK’s most renowned, respected and bountiful orchards, managed by Pettigrew.

[Secret Garden Cafe, Bute Park Cardiff @SecretGardenCF]

Oh hello! This is happening with us all weekend! Come and enjoy all the delicious food from @oasisCardiff #Cardiff #oasiscardiff #kitchentakeover #cardiffcafe

[I Loves The ‘Diff @ILovesTheDiff]

Thought you'd like to see what my friend Jo captured on video in her garden the other night.

[Cardiff National Park City* @CardiffNPC]

Ahh it’s so good to see this community initiative coming to life.

[Secret Garden Cafe, Bute Park Cardiff @SecretGardenCF]

Ooooh @ButeParkOrchard are having an open day on Saturday 30th September. There will be workshops & activities & they'd love to hear your thoughts & ideas. Hope to see you there! #Cardiff #cardiffwhatson #communityorchard

[G @gomedia91]

Bike shops in Canton, Roath, Grangetown & Adamsdown.

Cardiff was a cycling city.

[Elan Iâl @elanial]

Anyone else can't quite believe that the petition to rescind the new 20mph limit is officially the biggest petition that has ever been submitted to the Senedd?

Not the one to reinstate free school meals during school holidays for children living below the poverty line.

Not the one to commission suitable NHS services for people with EDS or hypermobility spectrum disorders.

Not the one to fund more specialist school places and staff for children with additional learning needs.

Not the one calling to increase funding for mental health services and improve waiting times for people needing help in crisis.

Not the one to recognise teaching assistants as an important asset to schools by raising wages.

Not the one calling for Welsh working parents to receive the same financial support for childcare as parents in England.

Not the one to improve services for people with metastatic breast cancer.

Not the one calling to create, fund and sustain sufficient affordable nursery and childcare places for all working parents.

Not the one calling for a mental health unit for men in north Wales.

Not the one to make Blue Badge applications lifelong for individuals who have a lifelong diagnosis.

Why can’t we rally like this for other causes?

In Wales (and the UK) we have a falling life expectancy, falling living standards and falling wages in real terms, as well as rising food bank usage, rising homelessness and rising NHS waiting times, and we’re outraged by having to drive 10mph slower?

I thought I must have been missing something so I did some research into both sides of the debate to educate myself, and I do understand the arguments against - lesser productivity, the implications for professions such as drivers and carers, additional costs for increased travel time etc.

I don't have the answers, but I did find that this speed limit is already in place and successfully proven to reduce casualties and deaths in areas beyond Wales.

More than half of London's roads are now 20mph as well as other communities in England having already implemented the limit, including Norwich, Tonbridge and Chichester.

Lower urban speed limits have also been adopted in many countries and cities across mainland Europe, including Spain and Brussels, where they use km/h instead of miles.

In mainland Europe, many areas have 30km/h limits, which is 18.6mph.

I think I'm just bewildered at our furore, and our tendency as people to make decisions to avoid personal discomfort in the present moment at the expense of the long term outcome for all.

Of course there is a cognitive bias that explains this, called the Present Bias.

"Present bias is the tendency to focus more on the present situation than the future when making decisions. This can lead us to prioritise immediate rewards over future payoffs, even if that decision benefits us less overall."

Anyway, to look at the positive, I hope if anything, this shows that as a people we are capable of coming together, rallying and demanding change when a situation calls for it.

[Railway Gardens @railwaygardens]

Fancy a challenge? We have a new nature rubbings trail on site featuring plants and #wildlife that can be spotted in #urban gardens. Come and give it a go!

Thanks to @SFarms_Gardens for supporting us to add this trail and to superstar #volunteer Matthew for creating it.

[Dan De'Ath @DeAthCardiff]

🚲 drop-in session with @cardiffcouncil to give cyclists an opportunity to point out where a small change or addition to a cycle route could make a big difference to how people choose to get about.

Come along to @thebikelock any time between 3pm and 5pm on September 14th. 🚲

[Cardiff National Park City* @CardiffNPC]

@cardiffcouncil @CardiffCivicSoc @CoedCaerdydd There needs to be more care and attention on saving and preserving mature trees, as well as checking in and looking after newly planted trees. It’s all good and well box ticking, but if lots are not surviving, you could argue it’s not money well spent.

[Cardiff Civic Society @CardiffCivicSoc]

Female red-tailed black bumblebee on wild teasel - just two of many species spotted on #RedHouseMeadows
#ItsNotJustWasteland

[Radio Cardiff News @RCLocalNews]

A popular café in #Cardiff has had their notice to leave extended by @cardiffcouncil after initially being told to close. @SecretGardenCF

https://t.co/LzyK6ViA8N

[Little Green Space 🦋 @LGSpace]

Dear councils, Here is an easy way to help restore 30% of nature by 2030. Small verges like this can be lifelines for pollinating insects if you reduce mowing and don't spray with weedkillers. You'll be saving bees and butterflies by saving time & money 🐝

[Orchard Cardiff @OrchardCdf]

We're dusting off pickers and boxes, ready for first harvest tomorrow! ☺️Do you have one of these at home, lying around and not needed? Our team is expanding and we'd be grateful for donation of pickers of any shapes and sizes 🌤️🌳🍏🍎🍐

[Cardiff National Park City* @CardiffNPC]

Go get involved in this amazing community initiative tomorrow @Grange_Pavilion @6pm with Grange youth forum.

[Secret Garden Cafe, Bute Park Cardiff @SecretGardenCF]

So excited for @ButeParkOrchard first engagement session, held by @ShorukNekeb & Elliot, with Grange Youth forum @Grange_Pavilion Come chat, ask us questions, sign up to be involved or simply drop in and say hi :)
Thank you @cathayschris for all his support on this project.

[Cardiff People's Assembly @cardiff_people]

Save the @SecretGardenCF
'The café raised £5,000 to repair the park & replant trees. During the pandemic the business made 6,000 meals for the NHS & over past 5 years it has raised just under £18,000 for different charities.'
https://t.co/qRpiX3qGiM

[Secret Garden Cafe, Bute Park Cardiff @SecretGardenCF]

We have been served notice to leave….with the council choosing to not renew our lease and instead go out to tender 😢

[Gemma White @geminem]

So gutted for Mel & Dan and all the team @SecretGardenCF - they’ve created a magical place there and done so much for the community 😢

[Cardiff Civic Society @CardiffCivicSoc]

We have been informed that the current tenants/ operators wish to stay & renew their lease but the council have refused to do this & will instead put it out to tender. If you think this is the wrong approach, please write to your local councillors, Huw Thomas & Jo Stevens MP

[Mali Sion Evans @MaliSion67]

I can’t think of another business in Cardiff that has done so much for one of the city’s (most valuable) public assets… an ethos and effort like this should be rewarded, not insulted!
@cardiffcouncil

[Cardiff National Park City* @CardiffNPC]

Through community engagement we’ve heard how some local residents disapprove of our parks being monetised, what are your thoughts? Hiring out parks to events companies means parks are not always accessible and open to all.

[Parks Community UK @ParksCommUK]

🌳🌳🌳 @Guardian editorial on our parks 👏👏👏 "One of the last areas of truly public space/Councils should not have to depend on commercial revenue to safeguard their future. They are an asset that should be for everyone." https://t.co/u7CUAVit74