Jack Wallington
@jackwallington.com
Nature and garden writer | wildlife garden designer | landscape artist
Books: Wild about Weeds and A Greener Life
Newsletter: WildWay.info
(Yorkshire 🇬🇧 H4 / 8b-9a)
Books: Wild about Weeds and A Greener Life
Newsletter: WildWay.info
(Yorkshire 🇬🇧 H4 / 8b-9a)
Reposted by Jack Wallington
We've waited long enough. It’s time for decisive action from Government to #EndPeatSales.❌Add your name to the @peatfree.bsky.social petition to ban #peat sales by 2026.
✍️ actnow.peatfreepartnership.org.uk/end-peat-sales
Find out why it's so important: gardenorganic.org.uk/news/petition-peat-sales
✍️ actnow.peatfreepartnership.org.uk/end-peat-sales
Find out why it's so important: gardenorganic.org.uk/news/petition-peat-sales
Sign the petition to end peat sales!
No more delays: Let's get peat out of gardens once and for all. The time for uncertainty has ended.
actnow.peatfreepartnership.org.uk
November 25, 2025 at 4:28 PM
We've waited long enough. It’s time for decisive action from Government to #EndPeatSales.❌Add your name to the @peatfree.bsky.social petition to ban #peat sales by 2026.
✍️ actnow.peatfreepartnership.org.uk/end-peat-sales
Find out why it's so important: gardenorganic.org.uk/news/petition-peat-sales
✍️ actnow.peatfreepartnership.org.uk/end-peat-sales
Find out why it's so important: gardenorganic.org.uk/news/petition-peat-sales
I should stress that while I am excited about the return of light I’m actually also even more excited about hibernating in the cold of winter reading books by the fire
Less than a month until winter solstice on 21 December, when days start growing longer again
November 25, 2025 at 8:40 PM
I should stress that while I am excited about the return of light I’m actually also even more excited about hibernating in the cold of winter reading books by the fire
Less than a month until winter solstice on 21 December, when days start growing longer again
November 25, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Less than a month until winter solstice on 21 December, when days start growing longer again
Adventure chicken refuses to not adventure
November 25, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Adventure chicken refuses to not adventure
Hiya! Young roe deer on one of our wildlife cams 💞
November 25, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Hiya! Young roe deer on one of our wildlife cams 💞
This is not valid research, it is hand selected opinion pieces to suit an editorial narrative www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... "we want stamp duty scrapped" says 1 person with no expertise in politics or economics. Front page headline news promoted to 20 million BBC News readers.
'We earn £60,000 and want stamp duty scrapped'
BBC News hears from people with a range of incomes about what they want to see in the Budget.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 25, 2025 at 8:28 AM
This is not valid research, it is hand selected opinion pieces to suit an editorial narrative www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... "we want stamp duty scrapped" says 1 person with no expertise in politics or economics. Front page headline news promoted to 20 million BBC News readers.
At this time of year the whole valley prepares for hibernation, and there are moments when it freezes in time.
November 25, 2025 at 7:38 AM
At this time of year the whole valley prepares for hibernation, and there are moments when it freezes in time.
I've updated the images for my current books and I'm slowly adding more prints of my paintings to my shop - should you wish to peruse them... www.jackwallington.com/shop/
Shop | Books and seed packets by Jack Wallington
Buy books and seed packets by Jack Wallington.
www.jackwallington.com
November 24, 2025 at 2:39 PM
I've updated the images for my current books and I'm slowly adding more prints of my paintings to my shop - should you wish to peruse them... www.jackwallington.com/shop/
All of the data on Brexit should really be taken as an emergency for discussing a new referendum to rejoin. Brexit was always a bad idea, to downsize UK power in a modern world of continental superpowers - as is being proven by every data point.
Still reeling from the Stanford report on Brexit. Reduced GDP by up to 8% and investment by as much as 18%. The UK Treasury would have £40 billion more each year if Britain had remained in the EU. Devastating self-immolation.
The Economic Impact of Brexit
Other
siepr.stanford.edu
November 24, 2025 at 11:34 AM
All of the data on Brexit should really be taken as an emergency for discussing a new referendum to rejoin. Brexit was always a bad idea, to downsize UK power in a modern world of continental superpowers - as is being proven by every data point.
Can anyone recommend a good alpine nursery these days?
November 24, 2025 at 10:23 AM
Can anyone recommend a good alpine nursery these days?
I really enjoyed Flesh by David Szalay - one of those stories I’ll reflect on long afterwards uk.bookshop.org/p/books/fles...
Flesh
Check out Flesh - <p><b>**WINNER OF THE BOOKER PRIZE 2025**</b><br /><br /><b>'A masterpiece, told with virtuosic economy… Pure brilliance from the first to the (devastating) last sentence’ </b>India ...
uk.bookshop.org
November 23, 2025 at 9:11 AM
I really enjoyed Flesh by David Szalay - one of those stories I’ll reflect on long afterwards uk.bookshop.org/p/books/fles...
Reposted by Jack Wallington
A new heritage at Walmer Castle
Exotic grandeur to globally rare shingle beach habitat restoration
www.wildway.info
November 22, 2025 at 3:58 PM
It’s interesting that a more balanced billionaire didn’t just buy The Telegraph - I’m not saying they should have done, it’s just interesting it didn’t happen. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Daily Mail owner agrees to buy Daily Telegraph for £500m
The publisher of the Daily Mail says it is in talks to buy the Daily and Sunday Telegraph for £500m.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 22, 2025 at 2:57 PM
It’s interesting that a more balanced billionaire didn’t just buy The Telegraph - I’m not saying they should have done, it’s just interesting it didn’t happen. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
It’s mad how much this one tree is talked about and yet the same focus isn’t given to actually important habitats being torn up. Why hasn’t Labour banned peat compost for instance? I’m told it’s symbollic of how much people care about nature… www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
First Sycamore Gap tree 'offsprings' to be planted
More than half the 49 saplings grown from the illegally felled tree will be planted in a week.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 22, 2025 at 8:08 AM
It’s mad how much this one tree is talked about and yet the same focus isn’t given to actually important habitats being torn up. Why hasn’t Labour banned peat compost for instance? I’m told it’s symbollic of how much people care about nature… www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Reposted by Jack Wallington
Discover the joy of stylish gardening for nature, join or give a gift subscription to Wild Way for £25/yr. It's my live research project from our garden, with weekly newsletters and course. Find out what other subscribers say about it here: www.wildway.info/about substackcdn.com/image/fetch/...
November 15, 2025 at 9:07 AM
Discover the joy of stylish gardening for nature, join or give a gift subscription to Wild Way for £25/yr. It's my live research project from our garden, with weekly newsletters and course. Find out what other subscribers say about it here: www.wildway.info/about substackcdn.com/image/fetch/...
Reposted by Jack Wallington
Sign the petition asking the Government to finally end peat compost sales with legislation in 2026 - no more delays. It’s been a long and tiring road to get peat compost banned and we need your signatures and shares now more than ever to get it done. actnow.peatfreepartnership.org.uk/end-peat-sal...
Sign the petition to end peat sales!
No more delays: Let's get peat out of gardens once and for all. The time for uncertainty has ended.
actnow.peatfreepartnership.org.uk
November 20, 2025 at 7:53 AM
Sign the petition asking the Government to finally end peat compost sales with legislation in 2026 - no more delays. It’s been a long and tiring road to get peat compost banned and we need your signatures and shares now more than ever to get it done. actnow.peatfreepartnership.org.uk/end-peat-sal...
Reposted by Jack Wallington
How communities can work together to preserve genetic diversity of wildflowers www.wildway.info/p/preserving...
Preserving genetic diversity of wild plants
Halifax project demonstrates how communities are helping local plant populations
www.wildway.info
November 20, 2025 at 1:43 PM
How communities can work together to preserve genetic diversity of wildflowers www.wildway.info/p/preserving...
Reposted by Jack Wallington
From the preservation of exotics to the restoration of rare habitats, Walmer Castle gardens are undergoing a remarkable programme www.wildway.info/p/a-new-heri...
A new heritage at Walmer Castle
Exotic grandeur to globally rare shingle beach habitat restoration
www.wildway.info
November 21, 2025 at 10:47 AM
From the preservation of exotics to the restoration of rare habitats, Walmer Castle gardens are undergoing a remarkable programme www.wildway.info/p/a-new-heri...
From the preservation of exotics to the restoration of rare habitats, Walmer Castle gardens are undergoing a remarkable programme www.wildway.info/p/a-new-heri...
A new heritage at Walmer Castle
Exotic grandeur to globally rare shingle beach habitat restoration
www.wildway.info
November 21, 2025 at 10:47 AM
From the preservation of exotics to the restoration of rare habitats, Walmer Castle gardens are undergoing a remarkable programme www.wildway.info/p/a-new-heri...
One lesson we must take from Covid is that we need serious politicians in Government making serious plans for the biggest threats to society. These include inequality, health, pandemics, food, climate change, building renewables and protecting nature.
November 20, 2025 at 5:25 PM
One lesson we must take from Covid is that we need serious politicians in Government making serious plans for the biggest threats to society. These include inequality, health, pandemics, food, climate change, building renewables and protecting nature.
Watching the summary of the Covid inquiry from Baroness Hallet is hard going. It confirms what we all already knew that Government action was too little, too late. Not just once, but twice. Many more lives were lost needlessly. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Covid inquiry: Lockdown could have been avoided and other key findings
The long-awaited report is published into how well or badly the government handled the Covid pandemic.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 20, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Watching the summary of the Covid inquiry from Baroness Hallet is hard going. It confirms what we all already knew that Government action was too little, too late. Not just once, but twice. Many more lives were lost needlessly. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
How communities can work together to preserve genetic diversity of wildflowers www.wildway.info/p/preserving...
Preserving genetic diversity of wild plants
Halifax project demonstrates how communities are helping local plant populations
www.wildway.info
November 20, 2025 at 1:43 PM
How communities can work together to preserve genetic diversity of wildflowers www.wildway.info/p/preserving...
Sign the petition asking the Government to finally end peat compost sales with legislation in 2026 - no more delays. It’s been a long and tiring road to get peat compost banned and we need your signatures and shares now more than ever to get it done. actnow.peatfreepartnership.org.uk/end-peat-sal...
Sign the petition to end peat sales!
No more delays: Let's get peat out of gardens once and for all. The time for uncertainty has ended.
actnow.peatfreepartnership.org.uk
November 20, 2025 at 7:53 AM
Sign the petition asking the Government to finally end peat compost sales with legislation in 2026 - no more delays. It’s been a long and tiring road to get peat compost banned and we need your signatures and shares now more than ever to get it done. actnow.peatfreepartnership.org.uk/end-peat-sal...
After 100 years absence - surviving in the far reaches of Scotland - European wildcats could return to England. A dream come true. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
European wildcats could be seen again in England for first time in 100 years
Two-year study finds area of woodland in Devon to be ideal habitat to support a controlled release of the creatures
www.theguardian.com
November 18, 2025 at 8:17 AM
After 100 years absence - surviving in the far reaches of Scotland - European wildcats could return to England. A dream come true. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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I visited the Calderdale Plant Sanctuary, a project funded by Natural England, where local wildflowers are being grown to help bolster local populations and protect genetic diversity www.wildway.info/p/preserving...
Preserving genetic diversity of wild plants
Halifax project demonstrates how communities are helping local plant populations
www.wildway.info
November 17, 2025 at 7:30 PM
I visited the Calderdale Plant Sanctuary, a project funded by Natural England, where local wildflowers are being grown to help bolster local populations and protect genetic diversity www.wildway.info/p/preserving...