On a broader landscaping scale conservation and environmental projects are now very popular in schools, villages and parks etc. This will be helped by the recent DEFRA proposals offering grants for suitable schemes. Whether you fit into the above stereotypes or not, we are sure you will find wildflower gardening a worthwhile pursuit. We welcome new customers unfamiliar to the subject and hope this catalogue /guide will provide the necessary inspiration. Hopefully existing customers have already gained this, but we hope everyone will appreciate our new comprehensive catalogue . This is only our 6th catalogue in 22 years and thus represents a significant point for Naturescape.

Within a few years after the introduction of mixed native hedgerows and woodland to provide meadow areas to provide valuable habitats, the site attracted an abundance of wildlife particularly in midsummer when much of the 40 acres or so of wildflowers were in bloom. A notable feature is that if one sits in the wildlife garden the sound of birdsong can almost be guaranteed. Similarly in the summer the warbling melody of the Skylark can be heard in the open fields. Indeed it is very gratifying to hear the appreciative comments from visitors to both the wildlife garden and fields. Surrounded by simple yet captivating sights of butterflies, dragon flies, newts etc. whilst being amongst an attractive mix of woodland or pondside wildflowers is clearly very relaxing and a marked contrast to the bustle of much of everyday life.

In a word wildlife gardening is therapeutic. This is in fact well endorsed by the fact that we have regular bus parties of visitors from care centres who find the experience of visiting Naturescape very beneficial.

I cannot pass without noting three memorable examples of wildflowers and attracted wildlife. The first is very predictable but nevertheless a thrilling sight.