Well for all budding gardeners it’s that busy time of year again, time to take stock and make a plan for the seasons ahead. Muddy church, wildlife garden is no different and there are a few jobs to be done.

Liz has made a big impression with her representation of Jerusalem for Holy week. The rustic cross with its crown of thorns so poignant. This leads us on to second chances and how we can sculpt the garden to provide a great home for all creatures and how we can change our learned practises of the past.

Times change, think how such creatures as dragonflies have changed and adapted. They were flying well before dinosaurs roamed the earth, up to 300 million years ago and at that point some had the wing span of an eagle due to more oxygen content in the atmosphere. Now as we are presented with global warming and its challenges, we must change to improve the environment and help nature repair the damage. 

As we have mentioned many times, by changing our very regimented approach to gardening we can make a huge difference. For example, try leaving what some see as weeds to grow, they are actually wildflowers. Prune less, no mowing in May or cutting hedges until July or August whilst leaving some areas of longer grass, don’t be too tidy leave collections of leaves, twigs etc. The list goes on.

Just as we are having to embrace changes in our church life so we can mirror that in our gardening practises. Although change is difficult it will reap rewards.

The blossom trees have been particularly beautiful here this Spring. The photo is of the ones in the church grounds.