Botanical Painting Workshops
Learn or develop observation, drawing and painting skills with local artist Sally Pond, painting the natural beauty of plants throughout the seasons. Workshops run bi-monthly, see below for dates…
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Activities for Schools and Groups
We are passionate about getting children outdoors, exploring and learning about wild places.
Free family event Country Comes to Town comes to Swindon for the first time
Wiltshire Wildlife Trust has announced that its free family-friendly event Country Comes to Town will take place in Swindon in May.
Painted topshell
The beautiful pink and white bands of a Painted topshell make it easy to see where this little sea snail got its name!
Painted lady
A well-travelled migrant, the painted lady arrives here every summer from Europe and Africa. This beautiful orange-and-black butterfly regularly visits gardens.
Planting Hope
Working towards the long-term recovery of the rare marsh fritillary butterfly.
How to do companion planting
Grow plants that help each other! Maximise your garden for you and for wildlife using this planting technique.
More Amazing Tree Planting at Lydiard Park
Continuing on from the commemorative tree planting in November of the 80 Oaks at Lydiard Park to honour our Second World War heroes, we recently returned to the site to complete the planting of a…
Painted goby
This slim fish is usually found on gravelly parts of the seabed, close to shore, but can turn up in rockpools.
Tree planting underway at ancient woodland site in North Wiltshire saved by Wiltshire Wildlife Trust
A planting event hosted by Wiltshire Wildlife Trust was held at the end of January to kickstart a major tree planting programme at Great Wood.
Rose chafer
The rose chafer can be spotted on garden flowers, as well as in grassland, woodland edges and scrub.
Thanks for visiting!
Thanks for visiting one of our nature reserves!