We have developed a series of resources to help you explore and discover nature on your doorstep. Thanks to previous funding from the Heritage Lottery Fund, these resources are available to download free of charge. Click on the links below to access them.
Want to learn more about the wildflowers you can find locally in spring? Download this leaflet and take it out on your next walk
Getting to know trees in winter
Ever wanted to learn more about the trees in your local patch? We’ve produced a guide to 13 different types of tree that you might find around the south Wales Valleys and how to identify them in winter. You can download the whole guide or information about individual trees. We also run a ‘Getting to know trees in winter’ workshop (currently online) - check out the calendar at the top of this page to see when the next workshop is.
Tuning In Leaflet
Spending time in nature can be healing and can help us feel relaxed, centred and balanced. With life becoming more fast paced, it’s easy to close off our senses to the natural world and stop noticing its beauty. The smell of flowers, the buzzing of bees, the trickling of water, the feeling of grass on our feet, the fleeting touch of a snowflake, all of these things can help us bond with our environment and support health and wellbeing.
Tuning in can help us connect, notice our surroundings and take a moment out of our busy lives to learn to relax in nature. This is your invitation to discover nature, take in your surroundings and block out your minds busy chatter
Useful links
Here are links to organisations and resources that we are associated with or think you might find useful:
Draenog Countryside And Wildlife - countryside and wildlife skills, conservation, gardening
CoedLleol (smallwoods.org.uk) - advice and support for projects in small woodlands, as well as wellbeing activities
Gower training and wildlife training, environmental education and more
Bird Song
If you’re knew to birds, or if you’ve been birding for many years, bird song can still be a little tricky to learn so here’s a breakdown of some of the most common songsters you’re most likely to hear in your Garden.
DIY Gardening / Hannah Miller
My name is Hannah Miller, and I’m a keen gardener with a passion for the environment and wildlife. For the past six years, I have taken great strides to encourage more wildlife into our garden and have taken my children to wildlife sanctuaries and educational centres as I want them to be as passionate about wild animals as much as I am..
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