Wild Garden centre = lovely & easy to visit locally

[fl0wer]

If you'd like an introduction to the delights of leaving a garden to grow beyond 'municipal', take the children to see all the beautiful wildflowers, birds & insects, here =>

http://www.wildlondon.org.uk/Pages/Category.aspx?IDCategory=945fbdd0-a3f0-4d03-9275-d05d4f77f46d

[JessM]

Thanks for reminding me about there!

We went to a kids party there once, it seemed such an interesting place for kids maybe we should pop along in the hols

[fl0wer]

Yes, ages 5 - 10 have so much to get into their National Curriculum schooldays that room for Nature Study gets limited, although the teachers do their best and this Centre does host school trips.

If parents add to the interest from looking at garden species (many will emerge now the weather's hotted up) it helps a child at the right age, when curiosity is unforced, and brains attuned to observation.

A friend of mine is a gifted macro-photographer. Extraordinary images of everyday insects,