jo @ Pratensis

Landscape consultant & writer. Champion of hortophilia, wildflowers and nature-led gardens.

[jo @ Pratensis @joannamckerr]

@KESBathActWeek Wow!

[Sophie Pavelle @sophiepavs]

I can’t figure out what is worse:

🔺that plastic lawns are becoming more common
🔺that they need to be vacuumed
🔺that this council ‘generally’ won’t remove trees on request
🔺that this is happening

[Tony Juniper @TonyJuniper]

The obvious solution to this problem is to have plastic trees too. No falling leaves or blossom petals, & no bees or other pesky insects either. Come to that, no birds too, depositing poop on the car & patio. Anyone who wants birdsong can have it on their iPad with earphones.

[Miles King @MilesKing10]

#naturephobia there's a lot of it about.

[jo @ Pratensis @joannamckerr]

@votedannorris @follyfarmcentre @avonwt We love folly farm! I also have wild flower meadows Dan... please feel free to visit!

[Dave Goulson @DaveGoulson]

New study detects 109 different pesticides drifting in air samples, including in remote national parks. Glyphosate found in 100% of samples
https://t.co/o7rzp9PzWe

[jo @ Pratensis @joannamckerr]

@lolimac01 @alexgoudie @TheMontyDon And it’s PUBLIC tax payers money that’s paying for it. So people have a right to question it - it’s called a democracy!

[George Monbiot @GeorgeMonbiot]

Delighted to see that the police are warning us about the dangers of free knowledge. Imagine the chaos, if we all started learning science and stuff ... without paying.
https://t.co/wsOl4IQw2L

[Adam Schwarz @AdamJSchwarz]

Perhaps the women who attended last week's vigil for a murdered young woman should have taken off their masks and pretended to be an anti-Lockdown protest if they didn't want to be violently broken up by the Met Police.

Current protest marching through London 👇

[Ash Sarkar @AyoCaesar]

Women being snatched by police at the vigil for Sarah Everard. Shameful, shameful scenes.

[jo @ Pratensis @joannamckerr]

Don’t just imagine a nature-rich future – demand it! I’ve joined over 50 organisations calling for nature’s recovery to be written into the #EnvironmentBill It only takes one min, will you? #StateofNature https://t.co/mIOIkYPwiH

[jo @ Pratensis @joannamckerr]

@SLeguil Biophobic sterile nonsense. And anyone who thinks this is easy maintenance doesn’t understand that nature needs to grow.

[Sophie Leguil @SLeguil]

Came across an example of mass AstroTurfing yesterday, so I thought I'd look at estate agent websites to see what the garden once looked like. We are really gifted at self-destruction, aren't we?

[jo @ Pratensis @joannamckerr]

@AdamCormack_ @MarkAvery @WoodlandTrust Look outside this country to Japan and Singapore.

[jo @ Pratensis @joannamckerr]

@OilBeetlesUK @Buzz_dont_tweet Thanks. I have had someone else say they think it’s a violet oil beetle. What would distinguish? Will def record.

[jo @ Pratensis @joannamckerr]

@OilBeetlesUK @Buzz_dont_tweet beetle found in my meadow garden March last year. What type of oil beetle is it and should I record it somewhere?

[jo @ Pratensis @joannamckerr]

Have spent my whole career in horticulture pushing a low-mow low-intervention no-peat agenda. I never thought I’d hear the day when it became mainstream. The wonderful @TheMontyDon on @BBCRadio4 this morning literally brought me to tears. Thank you @GWandShows

[Isabella Tree @isabella_tree]

Important piece by @RosCoward - the govt's 'build, build, build' policy is tearing up the green space that is supposed to be helping us restore biodiversity, fight climate change and improve our wellbeing. @KneppSafaris #rewilding

https://t.co/ugUmkFACE3

[Sophie Leguil @SLeguil]

Do/should garden designers have a duty towards nature? Watched the 2nd episode of #yourgardenmadeperfect (self-torture), witnessing extensive paving, pond removal & light pollution to create a "garden room". Should ecological baseline ever be considered ? Biodiversity gain?

[jo @ Pratensis @joannamckerr]

@patrick_barkham See @SLeguil post on this and you might realise that there are plenty of weeds that do this job too...