With just over 200,000 trees planted in the last 18 months, you'd be forgiven for expecting a sea of saplings at the Woodland Trust's Heartwood Forest near St. Albans, Hertfordshire - instead there's currently a sea of wildflowers! Louise Neicho site manager: "We're in the process of planting over half a million trees on site, but we're not neglecting the flowers. Many … [Read more...] about Fields of poppies, marigolds and chamomile
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Wildlife Trust Back to School
Year 6 pupils from Houghton Primary School in Carlisle, Cumbria, have come up with some wonderful ideas on how to improve wildlife at Cumbria Wildlife Trust's new organic farm. The 10- and 11-year-olds suggested building log piles at Gosling Sike Farm to attract snakes, lizards, frogs and toads, as well as small mammals such as voles. They also proposed creating new ponds … [Read more...] about Wildlife Trust Back to School