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The daisy, April’s birth flower, takes its name from the Old English “dæges ēage”, meaning “day’s eye”, for it opens with the light and closes again at dusk. Its Latin name, Bellis perennis, means “everlasting beauty”. #FolkloreThursday

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The Primula veris, or cowslip, is also known as St. Peter's Keys. Legend tells that one spring day, as St. Peter stood by Heaven's gate, he dropped his bunch of keys. They fell to earth where, landing in a meadow, they were transformed into these golden flowers. #FolkloreSunday

Vanessa Lubach Bluebells and Cow Parsley

'And when thou art weary I'll find thee a bed, Of mosses and flowers to pillow thy head.' John Keats I woke up about 50 times last night. And can feel my body trembling today. All this news is not doing my nerves any good. Why can't good people be in charge of the world....

Every spring, Britain’s ancient woodlands turn blue. The native bluebell has grown here for centuries, long before modern Britain existed. Around half of the world’s bluebells grow in the British Isles, carpeting woodland floors in a quiet display that returns each year. These flowers are more than seasonal beauty. They are a sign of something deeper. Bluebells often grow in ancient woodland, landscapes that have existed since medieval times or earlier. They remind us that Britain is not temporary. It is a living landscape shaped slowly over generations. Stewardship means protecting what we inherit. And sometimes that inheritance begins with something as simple as a woodland turning blue in spring.

Contemporary embroidery artist Emily Tull #Womensart

Snowdrops and Primroses #PollyMabel

March, 1982 woodblock print by artist Yoshida Toshi

“After the snow has melted, western winds have brought mild weather, and when the sun shines many signs of springtime appear” Writer: EL Grant Watson Artist: CF Tunnicliffe ‘What to Look for in Winter, 1959’

Other work of the Ladybird artists. ‘Missel Thrush’, 1937 Artist: CF Tunnicliffe

This is not a painting. Nature spent centuries sculpting this gian one branch, one ring, one season at a time. Looking up from the base, this massive tree becomes a living cathedral, its canopy forming a perfect green dome against the Sky. Everv twist of bark and branching limb tells a story of storms survived. summers stretched toward the sun, and decades lavered into quiet strength A reminder that some of Earth's greatest works take hundreds of years to create.

Some people once believed that an Oak tree could draw illness out of the body 🌳✨ If you walked in a circle around a great Oak and wished your ailment away, the first bird to land in its branches was said to carry that illness off with it...just as easily as if it were taking a fallen twig 🪶 It may seem unlikely, yet it is rooted in the truth that without thriving native trees and the wildlife they sustain, we humans cannot truly thrive either 🪄

Shakespeare’s snowdrops. Heyrick Greatorex, one of the earliest snowdrop breeders, honoured Shakespeare’s heroines in several cultivars. This is ‘Hippolyta’ from A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Her name means “she who unleashes horses”. Notice the horseshoe marking on its inner petal.