These flowers and buds are out now! Look round the hedges and stream banks in the Warren. Remember though not to pick any flowers, so we can all enjoy them.

Take nothing but pictures, leave nothing but footprints.

The Greek physician Hippocrates wrote about the pain relieving properties of willow bark in the 5th century BCE.

The yellow catkins are the male flowers, but look closely at the top of the photo and you will see the tiny red female flower. Gently flick the yellow catkins to see the pollen fall out.

Red deadnettles and white deadnettles don’t sting you. There is also a yellow deadnettle that flowers around here later in the year called Yellow Archangel.

Be careful with this one! All parts of Lords and Ladies can produce an allergic reaction and the bright orange / red berries that appear later in the year are poisonous. This is also known as cuckoo-pint.

This flower likes to grow in woods, hedges and bare damp ground.

The sweet violet can either be purple or white, both colours grow around here. Sniff it, it has a lovely smell.