libby morris

[Hamish Wallace @hamboandlimbo]

I think we can all agree that general practice is having a really tough time. Despite having worked my whole life in hospitals I believe general practice should be at the centre of our NHS..

[Hamish Wallace @hamboandlimbo]

Furthermore GP’s should be properly resourced and funded to care for their local communities - obesity, dementia, strokes and heart disease are all increasing in prevalence and the population is ageing - the NHS is on its knees we need an urgent re-think

[Hamish Wallace @hamboandlimbo]

The only practical solution is to put the GP at the centre and heart of our NHS with a 24/7
responsibility to care for their patients as close to home as possible. This requires significant additional funding.

[Hamish Wallace @hamboandlimbo]

Currenty we have too many 24/7 services provided by consultants in local hospitals. A new
emphasis on daytime multidisciplinary treatment and assessment units (0800-2000) is
required without the financial obligation to provide 24/7 care in all district general hospitals.

[Stan da Prato @PratoStan]

Winter jasmine, Jasminum nudiflorum, is already in flower. It is easy to grow but does need support unless you let it scramble over other bushes which is what it does in China where it was found in 1844 by the Scottish plant collector Robert Fortune.

[NorthBerwickinBloom @NBinBloom]

First snowdrops start the transformation of the Christmas pallet garden into springtime #snowdrops #northberwick #KSBscotland #wintergardening #ourbloom

[libby morris @libbymmmorris]

@74frankfurt It’s such a shame they took away the lovely Victorian canopies

[libby morris @libbymmmorris]

There are so many berries on the sea buckthorn bushes at Gullane bents you can hardly see the leaves. Sea buckthorn oil allegedly reduces the three major signs of ageing skin - Wrinkles, Fine Lines and Age Spots. #medicinal plants #KSBscotland #coastalflowers #northberwick

[NorthBerwickinBloom @NBinBloom]

Volunteer Julie has been restoring the NBiB commemorative signs. #northberwick #ourbloom

[Hamish Wallace @hamboandlimbo]

Population immunity through natural infection in normal everyday life in young low-risk people is a strategy worth considering. We cannot sabotage the education and well being of children and young people who are at very low risk of serious illness with covid 19.

[NorthBerwickinBloom @NBinBloom]

Buddy attracted a lot of attention while we were setting up our display! Please donate to our funds for the 10th tulip festival next year #tulips #tulipfestival #gardeningscotland #northberwick #cutedogs

[David Steel @SteelySeabirder]

This is the Bass Rock (filmed from Isle of May) and home to worlds largest Northern Gannet colony in the world with over 130,000 pairs (the white dots are the birds!)

[NorthBerwickinBloom @NBinBloom]

The native biting stonecrop, Sedum acre, in a local wall. Sometimes called wallpepper due to the bitter tasting fluid in its leaves (acre = acrid). It contains alkaloids so not to be eaten though bees make use of its flowers. @ELCouncil @PlantlifeScot @caley_rchs #ourbloom

[NorthBerwickinBloom @NBinBloom]

The 2018 pallet celebrated 70 years of the NHS and medicinal plants, then invited the public to show their support for the NHS by clicking a counter. By the end of the show over 20,000 people had done so. #northberwick @caley_rchs @RHSBloom @KSBScotland @NHS_Lothian

[NorthBerwickinBloom @NBinBloom]

Saturday is traditionally a sports day so here are two sports themed pallets: the Open Golf Championship at Muirfield East Lothian in 2013 and Glasgow Commonwealth Games from 2014. #northberwick @caley_rchs @KSBScotland @ELCouncil @RHSBloom

[NorthBerwickinBloom @NBinBloom]

Thank you to everyone who helped make the tulip bulb giveaway such a success. And thank you to all who gave generous donations for next years bulbs #KSBscotland #ourbloom #northberwick

[NorthBerwickinBloom @NBinBloom]

Alex demonstrating how easy it is to use our new watering carts donated by ⁦@NBTrust⁩. It would be great to have new volunteers to help with watering. Can you spare a couple of hours a week? please get in touch #north berwick #volunteers #gardening

[libby morris @libbymmmorris]

What a great video to mark the end of the tulip festival!

[NorthBerwickinBloom @NBinBloom]

Tiptoe though the tulips - with NBIB https://t.co/2rQTRDk96g

[libby morris @libbymmmorris]

Spectacular!

[NorthBerwickinBloom @NBinBloom]

The striking umbellifer from the far east, Angelica gigas, now opening in the stumpery in the Lodge. It's biennial so need to raise new plants to keep it going. @northberwick @caley_rchs @KSBScotland @RHSBloom @macplants

[libby morris @libbymmmorris]

@NBTrust

[NorthBerwickinBloom @NBinBloom]

No rain in April so we arranged an emergency supply for the new trees in the country park. James Miller and his colleague Jamie used their van’s storage tank to give each tree 2 litres of water while maintaining social distancing. #northberwick #ourbloom