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Wee Green Fingers

Mar 14, 2017 | Early Years Outdoors, Gardening

For schools and pre-school settings wishing to increase biodiversity within their school grounds or outdoor space, then planting a wide range plants, shrubs and trees that benefit different wildlife helps. Biodiversity literally means diversity of life. Native flora...

Plant ID in a Parallel Universe

May 18, 2013 | Gardening, Maths Outdoors, Science Outdoors

Plant identification is a quirky matter. As a child, I was not especially interested in wildflowers, trees or other plants. Family walks were decidedly boring if there was too much plant talk and not enough running, climbing and swinging thrown into the mix. So when...

How to make pace eggs

Apr 17, 2011 | Art & Music Outdoors, RME Outdoors

For many years, my step-grandmother, and then my step-father, would always give myself and my sisters a pace egg as part of an Easter gift. These are dyed eggs which are a local tradition in different parts of NW England that traditionally uses a Celandine flowers...
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