Below is a list of plants, animals and fungi found in our community garden. The vast majority were logged by our member and former Trustee Heather at our Open Day in April 2026.
We’ll add to the list as we continue to work in the garden and progress through the seasons.
Plants
Common name Scientific name Observed Notes (e.g. uses) Norway Maple Acer platanoides April 2026 Common Bent Agrostis capillaris April 2026 Lady’s-mantle Alchemilla mollis April 2026 Few-flowered Leek Allium paradoxum April 2026 Cow Parsley Anthriscus sylvestris April 2026 Thale Cress Arabidopsis thaliana April 2026 False Oat-grass Arrhenatherum elatius April 2026 Daisy Bellis perennis April 2026 Darwin’s Barberry Berberis darwinii April 2026 Barberry Berberis sp. April 2026 Silver Birch Betula pendula April 2026 Butterfly Bush Buddleia davidii April 2026 Heather Calluna vulgaris April 2026 Wavy Bitter-cress Cardamine flexuosa April 2026 Common Mouse-ear Cerastium fontanum April 2026 Cypress Chamaecyparis sp. April 2026 Rosebay Willowherb Chamaenerion angustifolium April 2026 Creeping Thistle Cirsium arvense April 2026 Spear Thistle Cirsium vulgare April 2026 Dogwood Cornus sp. April 2026 Pampas Grass Cortaderia selloana April 2026 Cotoneaster Cotoneaster sp. probably C. horizontalis April 2026 Cotoneaster Cotoneaster sp. April 2026 Cotoneaster Cotoneaster sp. probably C. franchetii April 2026 Hawthorn Crataegus monogyna April 2026 Crocosmia Crocosmia sp. April 2026 Foxglove Digitalis purpurea April 2026 Fern Dryopteris sp. April 2026 Willowherb Epilobium sp. April 2026 Horsetail Equisetum arvense August 2026 Spindle Euonymus sp. April 2026 Beech Fagus sylvatica April 2026 Strawberry Fragaria sp. April 2026 Sticky Willie Galium aparine April 2026 Herb Robert Geranium robertianum April 2026 Geranium Geranium sp. April 2026 Wood Avens Geum urbanum April 2026 English Ivy Hedera helix April 2026 Yorkshire Fog Holcus lanatus April 2026 Hybrid Bluebell Hyacinthoides × massartiana April 2026 Rose of Sharon Hypericum calycinum April 2026 Common Cat’s-ear Hypochaeris radicata April 2026 Holly Ilex aquifolium April 2026 Common Ragwort Jacobaea vulgaris April 2026 Niplewort Lapsana communis April 2026 Hawkbit Leontodon sp, August 2026 Ox-eye Daisy Leucanthemum vulgare April 2026 Privet Ligustrum ovalifolium April 2026 Purple Toadflax Linaria purpurea April 2026 Honesty Lunaria annua April 2026 Rose campion Lychnis coronaria August 2026 Wall Lettuce Mycelis muralis April 2026 Daffodil Narcissus sp. April 2026 Paeony Paeonia sp April 2026 Welsh Poppy Papaver cambrica April 2026 Fox-and-cubs Pilosella aurantiaca April 2026 Wild Cherry Prunus avium April 2026 Cherry Laurel Prunus laurocerasus April 2026 Creeping Buttercup Ranunculus repens April 2026 Flowering Currant Ribes sanguineum April 2026 Roses Rosa spp. April 2026 Bramble Rubus fruticosus agg. April 2026 Broad-leaved Dock Rumex obtusifolius April 2026 Procumbent Pearlwort Sagina procumbens April 2026 Goat Willow Salix caprea April 2026 Elder Sambucus nigra April 2026 Londonpride Saxifraga × urbium April 2026 Groundsel Senecio vulgaris April 2026 Sow thistle Sonchus sp. April 2026 Rowan Sorbus aucuparia April 2026 Spiraea Spiraea sp. April 2026 Snowberry Symphoricarpos albus April 2026 Feverfew Tanacetum parthenium April 2026 Dandelion Taraxacum officinale agg. April 2026 Yew Taxus baccata April 2026 Arborvitae Thuja sp.? April 2026 White Clover Trifolium repens April 2026 Wych Elm Ulmus glabra April 2026 Stinging Nettle Urtica dioica April 2026 Germander Speedwell Veronica chamaedrys April 2026 Common Field Speedwell Veronica persica April 2026 Hairy Tare Vicia hirsuta April 2026 Lesser Periwinkle Vinca minor April 2026
Animals
Common name Scientific name Observed Notes Cucumber Spider Araniella cucurbitina April 2026 Buff-tailed Bumblebee Bombus terrestris April 2026 Cream-spot ladybird Calvia quattuordecimguttata August 2026 Seven-spot Ladybird Coccinella septem-punctata April 2026 Garden Snail Cornu aspersum April 2026 House Sparrow Passer domesticus April 2026 Common Striped Woodlouse Philoscia muscorum April 2026 Red soldier beetle Rhagonycha fulva August 2026 Blackbird Turdus merulus April 2026 Red admiral Vanessa atalanta August 2026
Fungi
Common name Scientific name Observed O nNotes (e.g. uses) Puffball ? April 2026 Grass Brown Rollrim Paxillus involatus August 2026 Grass near birches Birch bolete Leccinum scabrum September 2026 Grass near birches Phacidium lauri April 2026 Dead Holly leaf Acer Tar Spot Rhytisma acerinum April 2026 Sycamore leaf Turkeytail Trametes versicolor April 2026 Dead wood Holly Speckle Trochila ilicina April 2026 Dead Holly leaf
