The home of a wry nature blog exploring UK wildflowers

Did you know that our British hedgerows form an amazing part of our cultural heritage, and that their origins can be traced back to at least the Bronze Age? Or that a single hedge might provide a home for more than 2000 species of plants, animals, lichen and fungi? And that the total length of our hedgerows, put all together, would be roughly 700,000km long. Which is the about the same as a return trip to the moon or circuiting the Earth a dizzying 17 times!

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Hedgerows are an important part of our natural environment and have a lot to offer us, if we take the time to look, learn and care for them. That’s what I try to do when I am walking in the lanes looking for wildflowers - and I want to share the stories of my finds and adventures with you here, in this quiet corner of the internet.

 

My website is deliberately simple in its layout and informal in its content but should nonetheless provide you with a few intriguing things to look at. There's a short piece about me for the socially curious; a blog for the explorers; an identification page for the wildflower enthusiasts or photographers; interactive menus for schools; and an 'on' the horizon page for the literary inquisitive. Whatever you read and look at, I hope you enjoy it and are inspired to take a wildflower walk of your own.

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Sarah

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Sources

1. Dr Amy-Jane Beer (no date) A Natural History of Hedgerows. Article Link

​2. John Wright (2017) A Natural History of the Hedgerows and Ditches, Dykes and Dry Stone Walls. Profile Books Ltd; Great Britain

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