I was lucky enough to get an early view of the new Weston Open Living Lab that the Open University (OU) Milton Keynes (MK) has created to tackle crucial sustainability issues. This blog tells the story of my tour…
On 22 June UK citizens will be taking part in a family-friendly, legal march behind one simple message – Restore Nature Now – in a call for all political parties to take urgent action to restore nature and tackle climate change in the UK.
Safe and sustainable alternatives for weed control are available, where necessary. Help to stop the use of pesticides in Milton Keynes…
View Dominic Walliman’s “Map of Plants” or take a tour through his video to visualise the complex diversity and evolution of plants…
After all the rainy, stormy and bitterly cold days, we made the most of the beautiful sunny day we got for our garden work party on 11 Jan…
Positive news for nature enthusiasts… England’s rainforests are getting a well-deserved boost, thanks to the power of community action!
Planting Up MK founding member and volunteer, Kirsty Forshaw, reflects on her experience of the impact that our community gardens and food growing are having on us and how that is defining our “why”…
Thanks to our amazing little group of volunteers (largely fuelled by berries) we can now use the path through our forest garden again!
Take part in Plantlife‘s No Mow May to allow wild flowers to bloom in your grass and help pollinators like bees, butterflies, and beetles.
We absolutely love feedback, and especially when it’s constructive, and we can see people engaging with what we’re doing at Planting Up. So when one of the Teaching Volunteers at Ed-leadership reached out to us to tell us about how informative their students had found our resources, and that one of their students, Olivia, had something…