Kate Bretherton

Hello Trees is a series of books about trees for little explorers (and their grown ups) aged 4-7 who love getting outdoors and learning about our world

[Kate Bretherton @hello_trees]

@BBCr4today My favourite avenue was planted for George V jubilee in 1935: alternating red and white cherry and crab apple trees to commemorate the Wars of the Roses' 2nd Battle of St Albans fought in 1461 over this very land. What a gift! Spectacular! Pure joy!

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@RUready4Wood @30DaysWild @HMWTBadger @WildlifeTrusts Well done wnderful Wood family. A whole month of awesome encounters with nature. What greater happiness could be asked for.

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@RUready4Wood @stalbansmuseums @SustFest23 @tommyandlottie @RV_environment @TheCCoalition @SustainableStA @GreenHouseSTA @StAlbans_BID @EmberDesigns Wow! Can't wait to visit the Earth Works exhibition @stalbansmuseums.

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@RUready4Wood @GrowSopwell @RV_environment @SustFest23 @The_RHS @RHSSchools @Natures_Voice @ButterflyStA Well done everyone. 👏

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@VerValleySoc @Chilternstreams @ColneCAN @MayflyMel @redbournparish @RV_environment @ChilternsAONB @ChilternSociety Our walking group is steadily doing the Ver Valley Walks in sequence. Pure joy: glorious views and fascinating facts. How lucky we are to have our #chalkstream and these excellent guides making it easy to enjoy its catchment area. Thank you, @VerValleySoc.

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What's outdoors: ash tree flowers. Some ash trees bear male flowers and some bear female flowers. It is fun to take a closer look. For a discovery sheet see - https://t.co/acX6jR6i8O

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What to look for outdoors: blackthorn blossom appears startlingly early - and thank goodness it does because it is crucial food for solitary bees that emerge early from hibernation. Rewards a close-up look. - https://t.co/ck9T5RqKx5

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What to look for and do outdoors: make yew trees give off 'smoke' - https://t.co/NyXuwbZ74W

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What to look for outdoors: everyone's favourite, male pussywillow catkins are emerging, silky and silvery right now, but soon to be fluffy bundles of yellow, a magnet for early solitary bees. - https://t.co/iUkH859uXt

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@VerValleySoc @redbournparish @GroupRedbourn @Chilternstreams Well done everyone.

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What to look for and do outdoors: tree bark vs skin. Bark rubbing gets you outdoors and gets you looking, feeling and thinking about bark as a wildlife habitat and the jobs it does for the tree - https://t.co/ngzIZKl6gf

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Looking outdoors for holly trees and checking them out is a fun way to show off our tree-identification skills - https://t.co/6nr8Ywmw0U

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This week, it is fun to look outdoors for oak buds. What do you think is inside the buds? And how do you think oak branches become 'all knees and elbows'? - https://t.co/HjX7wsFHVg

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Want to look for interesting things outdoors this week? See if you can spot ash trees. Some of them have 'keys'! All have easily identifiable buds. Enjoy the fun discovery sheet right now - https://t.co/xFNlGUYNBp

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What to look for outdoors - https://t.co/HcyAWlpT8U

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@StAlbansCath @RUready4Wood Divine. Longing for your next sharing. Will look with new eyes as I walk around our stupendous Cathedral.

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Take a torch amongst trees at dusk. Right now, male winter moths are fluttering around flightless females crawling up the bark - https://t.co/FqRSMcT7Id

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Amaze yourself with the art you can create with Autumn leaves and twigs. - https://t.co/ApmBi75Tnd

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What to do outdoors this week: Autumn colours are particularly glorious this year: perfect for gay works of art - https://t.co/Tahy6MrV4x

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What to do outdoors this week: Seize the season with all your senses. Loads of ideas - https://t.co/Fcm1nu3xjh