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29/08/2026

Standing inside Cathedral Cavern today, surrounded by rock shaped by time and water, it felt like the perfect place to talk about something we desperately need to rethink: rainwater.

We build thousands of new homes every year, covering more land with roofs, roads and hard surfaces — yet when rain falls, we still largely treat it as something to get rid of.

I believe rainwater harvesting should be mandatory on new developments, designed in from the beginning, with roof downpipes feeding storage systems so that precious rainwater can be reused for gardens and other appropriate purposes.

In increasingly dry summers, why are we watering gardens with drinking-quality mains water when nature gives us water from the sky?

Done properly, rainwater harvesting can conserve mains water, help gardens through drought and reduce the amount of stormwater entering drainage systems during heavy rainfall.

Catch it. Store it. Use it.

If we’re serious about building for the future, this should be standard — not an optional extra.

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PLEASE SIGN

LINK IN MY BIO

https://c.org/5zC45fwZmd

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27/08/2026

I’ve come to the Lake District with my daughter for a few days — to get away, slow down and reconnect with nature. 🌿

Today we climbed Scafell Pike, and on the way back down I felt I had to stop and record this little thank-you.

The response to the post I shared yesterday has genuinely blown me away. So many messages of support, encouragement and kindness — some of them incredibly moving.

There’s so much love in this Instagram community, and yesterday you made me feel very special.

I don’t always get the chance to reply to every message, but please know that I read them and they mean more to me than you probably realise.

So from a little waterfall beneath Scafell Pike… thank you. ❤️

And let’s keep using our voices for nature. 🌿🦋🐝

26/08/2026

I’ve had so many messages lately about the negative things happening to our wildlife — trees being felled, hedgerows ripped out, habitats disappearing.

And I understand the frustration. I feel it too.

But turn that frustration into something positive. Turn it into action.

Standing up for wildlife can sometimes feel like a fight that’s going nowhere. But no fight worth fighting is won quickly.

Every time you speak up, sign a petition, challenge a decision, plant a tree, create habitat, protect a hedgerow or simply make someone else stop and think — you are making a difference.

Wildlife doesn’t have a voice.

We are its voice.

So when you feel angry, frustrated or overwhelmed by what you see happening around you, use that energy.

Keep speaking up.
Keep challenging.
Keep protecting.
Keep fighting for what you believe in.

And if enough of us stand together, change will come.

Stay strong. Keep going. 🌳🦔🐝

Every action you take for wildlife gives it a voice.

24/08/2026

I’m standing in the middle of a new-build development in Cambridge.

Thousands of new homes are being built across this country — and we need them.

But look around.

Where is the space for nature?

Where are the mature trees, hedgerows, ponds and wildflowers? Where are the places for birds, bats, hedgehogs and insects to live, feed and move through?

This isn’t about stopping development. It’s about doing it better.

We can build the homes people need without building nature out.

My petition is calling for simple, practical measures to make wildlife part of every new development from the very beginning — not something we try to squeeze back in afterwards.

Nature should be part of the plan.

If enough of us speak up, we can change the way these places are built.

Please sign. Please share. Help me make this impossible to ignore.

🌿 Petition link in my bio / below.
https://c.org/5zC45fwZmd

21/08/2026

If you’re interested in following our Cambridge garden restoration, here’s a little update… 🌿

We’ve now cleared and opened up the garden, ready for some beautiful natural hazel hurdle fencing next week, with planting and the putting back to come later in the year.

We’ve been incredibly considerate with what stays and what goes. Everything we believe is worth keeping has remained — including a wonderful large standing dead tree, which fortunately our client loves just as much as we do. 🌳

Standing deadwood can be incredibly valuable for wildlife, providing habitat for insects, fungi and potentially birds, so it’s great to be able to retain it.

The work has allowed so much more light into the garden, opening up huge potential for a much richer layer of planting beneath — and, hopefully, a wildlife pond too. 🐝🦋🐸

This project isn’t about stripping a garden back and starting again. It’s about revealing what’s already good, reusing what we can and creating the conditions for the garden to evolve and become even more alive.

Lots more to come from this one… 🌱

20/08/2026

🌿 A glimpse at our Cambridge garden restoration…

This project is all about working with what’s already here — opening up the garden, allowing more light in and giving it a new lease of life without unnecessarily stripping everything away.

And importantly, nothing we cut back is going to waste.

The ivy, branches and other woody material are being chipped on site and will be reused as woodchip for pathways or as a natural mulch around the garden. This helps suppress weeds, retain moisture, improve the soil as it breaks down and reduces the need to bring in new materials.

Larger pieces of timber from the trees will also stay in the garden — either used to edge pathways or stacked to create valuable deadwood habitat for insects, fungi and other wildlife.

Keeping and reusing green waste on site also means fewer journeys taking material away and fewer new materials being brought in.

It’s really about recycling what the garden gives us and putting it straight back into the garden in another form. 🌳🐞🍄

A restoration rather than a clearance — keeping what’s good, improving what needs attention and making sure as much as possible gets another use.

19/08/2026

The most amazing sight and sound over my wildlife pond this evening… rain. 🌧️💚

I know we’re all feeling the same right now.

I honestly can’t believe how grateful I am to see and hear it. I’ve been dreaming of proper rain for weeks.

We’ve had the odd shower in the evenings, but this is the first real rain I’ve seen in months — hearing it fall onto the pond and watching the garden finally getting a proper drink feels incredible.

And even better, more rain is forecast tomorrow. 🙏🏼🌧️

It’s funny how something we normally take for granted can suddenly feel so special.

Tonight, I’m very happy to just stand here and listen. 🌿💧

19/08/2026

🌿 A new project begins in Cambridge — this time, a garden restoration.

This one is about working with what’s already here rather than starting again.

We’ll be carefully opening up the garden to allow more light in, keeping what’s good, removing what isn’t working and thoughtfully pruning what has simply become too dominant.

But what we remove won’t be going to waste.

Larger pieces of wood will be reused to edge pathways or create valuable log and habitat piles. Branches and woody material will be chipped and returned to the garden as mulch and for natural pathways.

The idea is simple — what comes out of the garden goes back into the garden. 🌿🪵

Nothing needs to be wasted. Instead, it can become habitat, improve the soil, suppress weeds and help create the next chapter of this garden.

Sometimes garden design isn’t about adding more — it’s about revealing what’s already there and giving the garden room to breathe again.

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