Pendle Plant Craft

Pendle Plant Craft Symbiosis
Kindness, understanding and empathy
Solution focused
Helping each other to help ourselves Symbiosis
Kindness, understanding and empathy.
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Solution focused. Helping each other to help ourselves. [email protected]
A lovely bunch of folk, adventuring Pendle and sharing knowledge and understandings of nature. Everyone is welcome and the only rules are kindness, empathy and understanding (we don’t even need to say that, everyone just is and has been). Working towards being more symbiotic with our surroundings, nature and connection

01/06/2026
31/05/2026

Himalayan balsam is one of those plants that looks lovely until you understand what it’s doing.

Originally brought over from the Himalayas as a garden plant, it has spread across huge parts of the UK and become one of our most invasive species. Along rivers, streams and damp ground it grows fast, grows tall and completely dominates the area, pushing out native wildflowers and plants that wildlife depends on.

A lot of people defend it because bees love it. That’s true, but that’s only part of the story. It produces so much nectar that pollinators often favour it over native plants, while at the same time those native plants are being crowded out.

One of the biggest problems comes when winter arrives. Himalayan balsam dies back completely, leaving riverbanks bare and exposed. Without roots holding the soil together, erosion increases and riverbanks become unstable.

Then there’s the way it spreads. The seed pods burst open at the slightest touch and fire seeds several metres in all directions. Rivers then carry those seeds even further downstream, creating new infestations year after year.

This is why people go balsam bashing. It isn’t about attacking a harmless flower. It’s about protecting native species, improving biodiversity and helping our rivers recover from a plant that simply shouldn’t be here.

Pretty? Yes.

Good for our environment? Not even close.

31/05/2026

That’s us half way through this lot of BIGBIKEREVIVAL days! Back again in a few weeks for the second half (5 more sessions). Huge thanks to all involved/playing out and to and
See you back at the cabin for more bike fun on 21 June!

30/05/2026

See you tomorrow for more of the same 🥰

One of the bird boxes that we put up at the end of last year has a bird in it. 😍 Does anyone know what kind of bird? Is ...
25/05/2026

One of the bird boxes that we put up at the end of last year has a bird in it. 😍 Does anyone know what kind of bird? Is it a baby?

24/05/2026

Strawberry and dandelion ice cream after a mega fun, hot bike ride! Go on then, eternal tha ks to and all you lovely lot for playing out. Same time and place next week ?! 🚲💚

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