You too can get involved and see what wildlife #TinyForest is bringing to your doorstep. Check out our map here: www.tinyforest.earthwatch.org.uk , complete some of the citizen science surveys, and go explore.

🪹 Towerside Crescent Wee Forest had toads, flowering Rowan, ladybirds and their larvae, another bird's nest hidden in the trees, and an Ichneumon wasp.

🦋 Kennedy Drive Wee Forest was a much wetter site and full of flying ants. A juvenile robin joined me, I might have found its nest hidden in the trees, and a Red Admiral landed on my shoulder.

🌱 Maxwell Park Wee forest was probably the tallest - with trees measuring over 6m tall - and lots of self-seeded Ash and Norwegian Maple popping up.

A couple of weeks ago I too visited three Wee Forests in Glasgow. All were planted during the 2021-2022 planting season following the #Miyawaki method of afforestation. I was wowed by how different each were, despite similar tree species and climates.

The first article from Hanyu's PhD was published last year entitled 'Seeing the forest for the trees? An exploration of the Miyawaki forest method in the UK' - read it here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

and the Conversation article it inspired here: theconversation.com/japan-style-...

Thank you to my wonderful co-authors and the #TinyForest community. If it hadn't been for meeting you and seeing the ways you connect with and value the forests, this article would never have been inspired. 🌿✨

In this piece, we explore how new tree plantings can be supported to grow more than roots and branches — they can grow stories, meaning, and community. All of which are key to helping plantings flourish long term. 🌳💚

Please note that while CENTA studentships are fully #funded, this funding is subject to confirmation from #UKRI

🏘️ Can village ecologies be truly #sustainable in the Anthropocene at the University of Leicester. Build a high-resolution model of a village community’s interactions with its local biosphere and evolve strategies for enhancing biodiversity

🧬 Development of eDNA approaches for monitoring ecosystems by citizen scientists at Uni of Leicester with Prof Celia May.
Develop methods and infrastructure for in-field sequencing of #eDNA by #CitizenScience, improving community ability to assess biodiversity.

🌳 Small and beautiful: Assessing the importance of Miyawaki ‘Tiny forests’ for urban biodiversity at University of Birmingham, with Prof Jon Sadler.
Understand biodiversity patterns across #TinyForest plots, distributed across a gradient of urbanisation.
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