By Miki Marks Where have all the earwigs gone? One fell out of my bird feeder about a week ago – and it made me think that it was ages since I had seen ...

by Miki Marks The fig, Ficus carica,  has flourished this year. Perhaps this is due to the longer growing season we are experiencing.   I have ...

During the last Rotary year, the Cranleigh Rotary Club has donated more than £6,800 to various charities. Major beneficiaries included Ukraine refugees ...

by Miki Marks Although my garden pond is small, it has recently been the focus of much interest and excitement. One of Nature’s most amazing sights has ...

Have you checked out Cranleigh Plant Share on Facebook, where members give away plants and gardening equipment etc. and request items they want? Recently, a ...

by Lynda MacDermott Sharon Duggan succeeded in getting climate change on the agenda in Cranleigh in 2019 when she founded Cranleigh Climate Action Group; ...

If you haven’t yet explored the new Knowle Park, you have a great experience in store.   60 acres donated to Cranleigh only about 4 minutes from the High ...

by Miki Marks On a beautiful day in early summer I went up in a glider.  A glider pilot friend, Richard Bryant,  suggested it would be just my thing –  he ...

By Miki Marks If you walk along New Park Road towards Cranleigh Mead you will spot on the left side what remains of a row of stately Lombardy poplars – ...

Main Image - Catkins on the branch of an Alder which can be seen around this time in Spring Alders – alnus glutinosa – are not showy trees. Handsome ...

by Sharon Duggan As we celebrate the arrival of Spring many people will start thinking about their holidays and possibly going abroad. As for me, when I ...

By Miki Marks (Main Photo - A Strawberry Tree (Arbutus)) Who was Pliny The Elder? It is hardly possible to read a natural history book and not find ...