Doll’s House for Bugs and Hedgehogs
My eight-year-old daughter no longer wanted her doll’s house but refused to give it away. She then came up with the brilliant idea that it would […]
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Hedgerow foraging – Elderflowers
Elderflowers, elderflowers everywhere! The perfumed scent of elderflowers has been following me in the early mornings signalling the start of the summer season. In the
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London Wetland Centre
In 2000 the London Wetland Centre was opened and became a wildlife oasis in the middle of London’s suburbia. Wetlands are the primary source of
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Rhododendron Feast
Last weekend we were at a barbecue at friends here in West Sussex. I had a rhododendron feast. Part of their garden was planted a hundred years
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Rock Pooling Adventure
Finally my children went on a rock pooling adventure. It was one of those beach activities they had never done so I needed to teach them how
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The awakening
In early spring when my usual route into the woodlands became too muddy, I headed to another part of the woods where there’s a pine plantation. The