October element - Bee Hotels
Not all bees live in hives - bee hotels can offer safe nesting places for these incredible pollinators that keep our gardens thriving!
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My guitar
Ruaridh loves playing in the woods – here everything can be anything and he can let his imagination run wild.
Broad-leaved helleborine
A tall orchid of woodland and scrub, the broad-leaved helleborine has greenish, purple-tinged flowers that look a little 'drooping'. Strongly veined, oval leaves spiral around its stem…
Common butterwort
The carnivorous lifestyle of common butterwort makes this heathland plant a fascinating species. Its leaves excrete a sticky fluid that tempts unsuspecting insects to land and become its prey.
Fennel
Fennel has feathery leaves and open, umbels of yellow flowers. It was probably introduced by the Romans for culinary use, and is now a naturalised species of verges, waste ground and sand dunes.…
Soft brome
Soft brome is a tall, annual grass of roadside verges, waste ground and meadows, and is a 'weed' of arable land. It has long, grey-green leaves and loosely clustered flower spikes.
Yellow-wort
A plant of chalk and limestone grasslands and sand dunes, Yellow-wort has butter-yellow flowers. Its distinctive leaves sit opposite each other, but are fused together around the stem.
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We have 30 wonderful Nature Reserves in Gwent for you to explore and enjoy
August Element - Trees
AUGUST ELEMENT #8 - TREES
Don’t you just love looking out at trees? There’s a tree for every garden, no matter the size—from dwarf rootstock fruit trees to mighty oaks. If you don’t have…
Sand and gravel
Sand and gravel can be found from the shoreline down to the deep sea, attracting a host of burrowing creatures.
Deep-water corals
The skeletons of deep-water corals form mounds that can support over 1,000 species of invertebrates and fish.