Clare Olver

As the dust settles after yesterday's reforming #budget2024, it's time to look at what the reforms to Agricultural Property Relief (APR) from Inheritance Tax (IHT) actually mean, instead of the toys out of the pram reaction from a section of the farming community. A short 🧵 1/7

Dirty waters: how the Environment Agency lost its way theguardian.com/environment/ar…

The group of plants commonly known as “cranesbills” were so named because their long, pointed seed pods were thought to resemble the beak of the long-legged wading bird, the crane. The name inspired botanists to call the genus “Geranium”, “geranós” being the Greek word for crane.

🧵🚨THREAD ALERT!🚨🧵 Last week, I shared a tweet poking fun at @marksandspencer's cheeseburger pasta salad. What I didn't expect was that it would result in write-ups on both local and national news websites. However, as it's been almost a week, I have a confession... 1/19

Delighted that @urbangreenUP has won the #climateresilience award at the @festivalofplace in London tonight @lpoolcouncil @merseyforest @LivUni . So good to be able to share the data and legacy of this project.

Liverpools @urbangreenup just won another award ⁦@festivalofplace⁩ Do you like our Gold Pineapple

We’re celebrating #NationalHedgerowWeek with our friends at @TheTreeCouncil. Hedgerows are the UK’s most widespread semi-natural landscape, providing a home for more than 2,000 species. Last year we supported a local farmer to plant a dynamic, multi-species hedgerow in Cheshire

For the special 90th anniversary edition of @cheshirelife I got to pick my nine favourite gardens in Cheshire and Greater Manchester. Can you name them...... #CheshireGardens #GardeningX #GardenMediaGuild

📔 Some weekend reading - check out this great article by @BigIssue about wildlife species returning from extinction in the UK. Our work to improve habitat around Bold Forest Park encouraging willow tits and reed warblers to the area is featured. bigissue.com/news/environme…

My latest blog looks at the research on nature connection and climate anxiety: findingnature.org.uk/2024/04/23/cli…

Oh bless you, Fitbit. I was conducting, not swimming. Waving, not drowning.

Marcella Giulia Pace, Italian astrophotographer who took ten years to capture 48 colours of the moon #WomensArt (via Amazing Physics) #FullMoon

May Morris (1862-1938) influential English artisan, embroidery designer, jeweller, socialist, and editor #WomensArt

The daisy is a birth flower for those born in April. Its common name, from old English 'daeges-eage' (day's eye), references the fact it only opens its flowers during the day, and closes them at night. Its Latin name, 'Bellis perennis', means 'always beautiful'. #nature #folklore

@CeliaRichards0n As a media relations peep working in large public sector organisations, this takes up a considerable portion of my time (far more now than it used to). I drum it into my team to chase down every correction/retraction, no matter how minor because once it’s out there, it’s truth.

Who are the #AIPHWorldGreenCityAwards 2024 Finalists? Living Green for Climate Change: 🌳 @lpoolcouncil, UK 🌳 Mandera, Kenya 🌳 @cityofmelbourne, Australia Find out more about each of these initiatives in the AIPH Green City Case Study Collection: aiph.org/green-city-cas…

LOVE this! Thank you @folkypunkcas for sharing 🙏

🌳This #InternationalDayofForests we’re celebrating our network of 15 Community Forests 🌲From Devon to Durham, from cities to sea sides, the work of #EnglandsCommunityForests forms the largest environmental regeneration activity in England Find out more: tinyurl.com/mvf4nbne

Kathy Klien, US artist known for her intricate flower mandalas #WomensArt #March