Nature Directory

Beautiful Bugs

Beautiful Bugs
Bring these beautiful bugs that can be found in your house, garden, park and forest floor to life in a full spectrum of colour.  Allow their imaginations to run wild by adding legs, antennae and eyes 🐞
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Recycle, Craft and Play | Beavers ~ Our Ecosystem Engineers

Recycle, Craft and Play | Beavers ~ Our Ecosystem Engineers
We are a tiny bit (completely) obsessed by our most recent collaboration with mother and son creative geniuses, Loren and Thomas who took inspiration from our recent project supporting the Devon Beaver Trust to create their own Ecosystem Engineers. You can now follow their easy video guide to cr...
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Painting from Nature

Painting from Nature
The simplicity of this activity makes it perfect for your little ones to lead and so engaging as they discover the natural colours that are drawn from fruits and plants found in our hedgerows.  @ourslowhome's littles helpers show us how to create the beautiful paints from nature and how to paint...
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Summer Holiday Hacks | Driftwood Rattles

Summer Holiday Hacks | Driftwood Rattles
Long balmy summer days are what the school holidays are made for. Foraging in the hedgerows, hiding amongst the wild flowers, grubbing for insects and living wild and free with nature until the sun sets and home time beckons.  @ourslowhome and her littles show us how to create the most beautif...
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Sophie's Healthy Kitchen | Spinach & Blackberry Muffins

Sophie's Healthy Kitchen | Spinach & Blackberry Muffins
" I am such a huge advocate of seasonal eating and what I always find fascinating is that our bodies naturally crave foods that are in season (fresh berries in the Summer, hot soups in Winter for example). "  ~ Sophie Bertrand, 'Sophie's Healthy Kitchen' This week we caught up with Sophie ...
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Tiny & The House | On Finding Nature

Tiny & The House | On Finding Nature
  This week it is so wonderful to chat with Jacqueline Mercer, the inspiration behind Tiny and the House. Jacqueline is a London based shoe designer and has expanded on this love of design to interiors and gardens. Her London garden looks to me like the ultimate sanctuary. We caught up to discuss...
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Six good reasons to take your kids off-grid this summer | Jessica Hatcher-Moore

Six good reasons to take your kids off-grid this summer | Jessica Hatcher-Moore
Six good reasons to take your kids off-grid this summer   Author Jessica Hatcher-Moore and her husband, the photographer Philip Hatcher-Moore, spent a spring weekend living under canvas with their two young boys at a luxury off-grid hideaway run by Feather Down Farms in Shropshire. It was, in Je...
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Coronation Crowns | Inspired by Nature

Coronation Crowns | Inspired by Nature
Coronation Crowns ~ Celebrate in Style The 6th of May marks a truly historic day in our National calendar, as we welcome our new Monarch, King Charles III to the throne, with all the pomp and ceremony you would read about in fairytales. Coronations of British Monarch's have been held at Westmin...
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FORAGE & CREATE | FORAGING FOR THE FAMILY TABLE

FORAGE & CREATE | FORAGING FOR THE FAMILY TABLE
This week we are delighted to introduce Stephanie Taylor, Mama and beautiful curator of @thetaylortable, sharing her love of delicious home cooking through the most tantalising imagery and reassuringly simple recipe walk-throughs. This is where it all starts 👇 Her cooking achieves everything I a...
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Living Wild | Exploring life off the grid with Indigo & Olive

Living Wild | Exploring life off the grid with Indigo & Olive
" The cornerstones of our family are forged of dreams of travelling this beautiful planet with our babies and being able to come back to a place that feels like home. " Chloe Massey, @indigoandolive ~ Interior of their 40ft Arizona Blue Bird School Bus Conversion ~We are so privileged to have a...
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Beautiful Bugs

Beautiful Bugs
Bring these beautiful bugs that can be found in your house, garden, park and forest floor to life in a full spectrum of colour.  Allow their imaginations to run wild by adding legs, antennae and eyes 🐞
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Masterchef Finalist Claire Fyfe | Apple & Cinnamon Cakes with Maple Icing

Masterchef Finalist Claire Fyfe | Apple & Cinnamon Cakes with Maple Icing
We are so excited to share our favourite Masterchef Finalist, Chef and Food Writer Claire Fyfe's tantalising cupcake recipe to wow your family and friends on bonfire night! Don't miss the secret ingredient of popping candy, to ensure both fireworks and cupcakes go off with a bang! 💥 Apple &...
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The Explorer’s Toolkit See more exploring products
Bird House, Le Jardin du Moulin Roty Bird House, Le Jardin du Moulin Roty

Bird House, Le Jardin du Moulin Roty

£16.50
Compass, Le Jardin De Moulin Roty Compass, Le Jardin De Moulin Roty

Compass, Le Jardin De Moulin Roty

£9.99
Endangered Animals

Endangered Animals

£15
Flower Press, Le Jardin du Moulin Roty Flower Press, Le Jardin du Moulin Roty

Flower Press, Le Jardin du Moulin Roty

£18
GOOD EARTH | Gardening Kit, by Herboo GOOD EARTH | Gardening Kit, by Herboo

GOOD EARTH | Gardening Kit, by Herboo

£20

Protecting the Planet for the Next Generation

We love support the learning and education or young people in out Nature Directory, which looks in closer detail at the many diversities of nature, from mini beasts, to soaring forests, to the important role that nature plays in child development and mental health. But it goes further than that, and we’re committed with everything we do to make sure we’re making every effort to make sure the planet is happy and healthy for the next generation.

Our Sustainability Promise

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