Photo Dairy

Over May, the patch has continued with spring flowers.

Red campion and...

...greater celandine have reached their peak.

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The yellow flowers provide nectar & pollen to bees and ants.

After taking notes of the changes & watering the plants...

...we spent time following a trail to identify leaves now emerging not just on flowers but on the trees around.

We all walked through a cow parsley path.

We collected some leaves that were plentiful & looked at them closely.

Then made leaf prints with chalk & oil pastels to add to our scrap books.

We also found out simple ways of pressing leaves at home - using lightly absorbent paper and heavy magazines.

and got creative with dough...

We took note of other creatures visiting the plants too.

... a tiny ladybird &...

a holly blue butterfly.

Photo Dairy

May 2022 Edition

Over May, the patch has continued with spring flowers.

Red campion and...

...greater celandine have reached their peak.

The yellow flowers provide nectar & pollen to bees and ants.

After taking notes of the changes & watering the plants...

...we spent time following a trail to identify leaves now emerging not just on flowers but on the trees around.

We all walked through a cow parsley path.

We collected some leaves that were plentiful & looked at them closely.

Then made leaf prints with chalk & oil pastels to add to our scrap books.

We also found out simple ways of pressing leaves at home - using lightly absorbent paper and heavy magazines.

and got creative with dough...

We took note of other creatures visiting the plants too.

... a tiny ladybird &...

a holly blue butterfly.