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National meadows day

National Meadows Day is an annual celebration of wildflower meadows across the UK. National Meadows Day is your chance to celebrate wildflower meadows near you. National Meadows Day 2020 is … Saturday 4th July.  Today, we are reminded of the 7.5 million acres of meadows and flower-rich grasslands that have been lost since the 1930s. When a meadow isn’t a meadow… A true ‘meadow’ is an area of grass maintained by an annual hay cut. It’s made up of perennial plants –...

More lockdown ideas

Whilst we slowly ‘come out of lockdown’ , we are still in transition mode. So, here’s a selection of websites / ideas…. Marie Claire is not my usual ‘refer to’ but this is a great list! Verve Magazine has a nice list including family board games and building a fort! Kidadl is a blog for families Plantlife Is all about enjoying and understanding our plants Kids of the wild is definitely worth a check – with blogs like ‘unusual gardening...

Every Flower Counts

Leave your mower in the shed and count your flowers for ONE DAY between Tomorrow – saturday 23rd may until sunday 31st may. That’s the message from Plantlife in their new citizen science campaign Every Flower Counts WHY is this information important …? On a single day in summer, one acre of wildflower meadow can contain 3 million flowers, producing 1 kg of nectar sugar. That’s enough to support nearly 96,000 honey bees per day. But since the 1930s, we have lost nearly...