The Rosamund Diaries

Our latest newsletter from Rosamund Community Garden is out now 🌱 This month’s update includes: • upcoming workshops and community events • family nature moments • wildlife and gardening news • volunteering opportunities • what’s growing at the garden this spring A little glimpse into life at the garden and all the people, plants and projects helping it flourish. Read here: https://rosamundcommunitygarden.beehiiv.com/p/rosamund-community-garden-news-may-2026

Spring is arriving at Rosamund! Q1 2026 brought exciting sightings to our Guildford community garden and the surrounding Pewley area, including rare Grey Partridges, an early Yellowhammer, and passing Wheatears. Here is your local birding update.

Description With glossy, dark-green and heart-shaped leaves with long stalks and shiny, yellow star-like flowers with eight to twelve petals, lesser Celandine is a cheerful harbinger of spring found throughout the United Kingdom. It can be found in woodlands, hedgerows riverbanks, and meadows from February to May. It is a member of the buttercup family, not to be confused with Greater Celandine, which is poppy family. Lesser celandine is not a geophyte (a plant with a bulb –