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The Little Garden 

 WELCOME!

The Little Garden has just opened! It is an area in the church grounds dedicated to nature and is a lovely quiet place to sit and relax, maybe with a drink from Roots.


Closely supervised children are welcome too and they can collect a short quiz from Roots that will engage them with what’s going on in the garden. When they return their questionnaire they will receive an Eco Well Done Sticker!

As a Silver award Eco church we are helped with online resources to establish eco friendly outside spaces for nature for everyone to enjoy. Do take time to walk around all the church green spaces as there is so much to see!

CREATING A HABITAT FOR WILDLIFE

Eco church encourages us to look at their “Target 25” – this is a list of habitats and wildlife that are under threat that we can help to support – for example hedgehogs (providing access and a home), bird boxes (we have hedge sparrows nesting), batboxes and planting plants and wildflowers that provide year round nectar for our declining insect population. We are also letting our grass grow (it’s very tempting to cut it !) as it supports so many small creatures and allows wildflowers to naturalise. Also the garden is completely organic. 

 
You will notice two raised beds made from recycled wood and filled with donated home-grown compost from a church member. The planters are planted with cutting flowers that will be used in the church in the worship area. The flowers, whilst growing, will provide nectar for a wide range of insects. They will cut down on our carbon footprint when they are used in church.

We have also planted a wildflower border and we are waiting to see how it will grow. The garden will develop over the next couple of years as we learn what thrives and what does not.

You will find that most of the plants in the garden are labelled and have been chosen to support nature. 





INFORMATION ON PLANTS IN THE LITTLE GARDEN

Click each image in the gallery below to see which plant species we have planted so far and why we have chosen them. Starting in the shaded border by the alley way and going anticlockwise-
 

Sarcocca confusa   
   
   

In the wild flower area: