I was delighted to find native English Bluebells still blooming in Lagan Meadows in Belfast today 🪻✨ Especially, since this nature reserve is under intense assault from numerous escapee species from local gardens. It is beyond belief that it remains legal to sell Spanish Bluebells in Northern Ireland (with no warning that they are invasive) and that there is no effort at all from the authorities to educate those lucky enough to live beside our precious nature reserves with regard to the damage done by the contents of their gardens.

The absolutely joy of #NoMowMay @belfastcc

change.org/p/save-botanic-me… No decision made at the meeting today so please sign and share the petition. 3,556 signatures.

Read this and weep at the sheer stupidity. Country diary: A hardworking meadow that is surely worth saving | Gardens | The Guardian share.google/fYC2Ef48BCZgI35…

change.org/p/save-botanic-me… 3,446 signatures. Please sign, share and write to the Councillors on the Strategic Policy &Resources Committee. Details in the link.

Updated - A practical, heartfelt toolkit for accidental activists facing planning battles, environmental threats and community burnout. Based on real experience, this guide offers hard-won lessons, emotional support and advice for grassroots campaigners. quarterlands.com/toolkit-for…

change.org/p/save-botanic-me… Update#4: An open meadow v. Behind closed doors. A 'special' committee meeting this Thur 30 April. No agenda published by Tues morning. This is a critical week. Please contact local councillors to express your support for keeping the open meadow.

Sand-dredging in Lough Neagh may be having greater impact on the environment than previously thought. New research led by Queen's University suggests that disturbance created by commercial dredging is widespread across the Lough and could be affecting the ecosystem.

The petition is over 3000. Please sign and share.

Country diary: A hardworking meadow that is surely worth saving | Mary Montague theguardian.com/environment/…

My report on day 3 of the Omagh goldmine inquiry with @TheDetailTV 🚩Dalradian in ‘breach’ of planning at Camcosy Rd site for years 🚩PAC told it must consider if mining firm given ‘unfair advantage’ 🚩Cyanide condition proposed by DfI sparks ‘suspicion’ thedetail.tv/articles/dalrad…

change.org/p/save-botanic-me… Over 3000 signatures to save the meadow home from destruction. Please sign and share.

New data highlights wastewater pressure on the River Lagan and risks to Belfast Lough. Understand the impact and respond to the DAERA consultation by 18 June 2026. quarterlands.com/a-warning

change.org/p/save-botanic-me… Investment was about nature-based solutions to climate change. It included planting native wildflowers and grasses in the meadow & digging the flood alleviation ponds. Any sort of pitch on that meadow denatures the renatured space. The meadow is yours.

"We remain determined and full of hope - as one should be as Spring arrives (look at the blossoming daffodils in the meadow's woodland)!" change.org/p/save-botanic-me…

botanicmeadow.com/ A wildflower meadow across which anyone (including wildlife) can roam is incompatible with an enclosed (deadzone) pitch.

UK has lost 97% of its wildflower meadows over the past 100 years. Here's one that's been saved and rejuvenated, only to be destroyed by @belfastcc short term thinking. Please sign and share the petition to ask them to think again change.org/p/save-botanic-me…

botanicmeadow.com/ Over £0.5m has been invested in this area since 2022 to reintroduce native species & nature-based solutions to climate change. Visit the website to learn more, and please sign & share the petition to reverse @belfastcc decision to destroy it.

🗓️ 𝐃𝐄𝐀𝐃𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐄 𝐄𝐗𝐓𝐄𝐍𝐃𝐄𝐃 Have your say on the draft Nature Recovery Strategy before the new deadline of 15 April 2026. More info: daera-ni.gov.uk/news/deadlin…

change.org/p/save-botanic-me… Please sign and share the petition to stop the destruction of the meadow and the driving away of all the life that thrives there.