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This pollinator garden at 5 Rivers
Arundells Community Garden
St Clements Church Yard community space
Salisbury Bee Trail

16/08/2025

Happy Saturday -
Stay tuned for some last minute pop up plant sales I'll be doing at Langford Lakes soon...Autumn is the very best time to plant things, so come and grab something bright and beautiful for next year's garden displays and for the bees of course 🌞

20/04/2025

I've been away for a while, studying hard to get my forest school leader qualifications and these will be added to the Social and Therapeutic Horticulture and Botany/ Wildlife skills to create an amazing hybrid practice. This will be aimed to soothe the soul of very quiet children who regularly miss out on social activity, because they can't manage the high energy levels and noise. Watch this space..

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12/07/2024

I was watching a group of Rooks foraging for grubs in the soil yesterday and thinking 'isn't that bill perfectly adapted to push into the soil, with it's featherless face area' (making cleaning soil off, much easier). Did you know a group of Rooks is sometimes called a 'parliament' of Rooks, due to their social nature?

24/06/2024

Ashley sharing his story about becoming a head gardener for in a real way, talking about how we all keep learning when it comes to , even while answering questions ! Well done to Ashley, really inspiring stuff and a great advocate for wellbeing in greenspaces and the great work of and greentherapies.

24/06/2024

Here is Elizabeth Williams talking about the power of horticulture in prisons.
Inspirational stuff!

24/06/2024

So happy to be at symposium today on the Salisbury site. We kick off with who is taking us through his experience of nature connection and gardens restorative power, and of course his design for the first garden, here in

21/06/2024

Another morning sun worshipper in my garden this morning - a Thick-legged flower beetle' with it's shimmering green body soaking in the rays! (And another regular on the wonderful Stachys). Why not create your own spotter sheet, so your children can go on a nature hunt in your garden every day? If you put things on it that are predictably present in your space, this will really kick start their enthusiasm! Then you can start to add harder to find things, through the summer.

18/06/2024

One of my absolute joys in life is having morning coffee in the garden and watching the wildlife wake up. This sleepy bumblebee wasn't quite ready to get out of it's cozy Stachys bed yet, but by the time I had finished it was up and foraging on the Stachys flowers, what a great plant!

16/06/2024

What is 'good' in art, was the question I asked at Scribble Club yesterday which is largely a mentoring through creativity group ( held weekly at 5 Rivers). With younger children, it's sometimes just the pressure they put upon themselves that becomes a barrier to really enjoying the process. So I did an exercise with them, that I used to do as a child - pick an animal and draw it with your eyes closed! There was much giggling at my duck and the children really embraced the exercise. We talked about too of course and his rejection of the norm. Modelling 'silliness' and light heartedness is really key, in my opinion, so that art and creativity becomes fun. Fun things of course, become our lifetime passions and a foundation for confidence.
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12/06/2024

If you want to be really bird and bee friendly and have the space, plant rambling roses through a Hawthorn tree, it's absolutely impenetrable to cats AND provides nectar in spring and then summer, berries, nesting places and glorious eye candy and scent for you! This combo is an absolute winner for any wildlife friendly garden... In my opinion!

10/06/2024

More of 5 Rivers bee friendly garden today ..
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09/06/2024

5 Rivers garden, right outside of the main entrance to our leisure centre, is looking stunning, thanks to the amazing volunteer team who tend it once a week. The roses are positively blooming! Do have a sniff this week, before you go swimming or to the gym! And why not join the team? Get in touch with me if you can spare an hour or two a week, on most Mondays. It's Becky at kingdomofsticks.com

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