Attracting butterflies to our gardens has been a long standing aim for gardeners. As well as looking beautiful, they're important pollinators.

These two pieces of art from the Lindley Library show that even in the 19th century we wanted butterflies in our gardens!

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THE SPRITE AND THE GARDENER by & gets a nom! Fairy sprites used to take care of Earth's plants, but are inactive now that humans are gardeners. A sprite named Wisteria wishes to work with humans & tend the flora together. https://t.co/KQjha1JRfx

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🦔Daily Challenge 285!🦔

Draw an invention that will help a hedgehog cross the road safely.
https://t.co/D29NPYIHvp 👈

Hedgehogs are considered a gardeners best friend! Help them move around safely. Perhaps a special hedgehog bridge? Time to invent!

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Botanical illustration and the park: Figures of the most beautiful, useful, und uncommon plants described in the Gardeners dictionary, exhibited on three hundred copper plates, ... By Philip Miller, ...1760 ....... https://t.co/iXiXUHKEei

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Florin and Rozican are plant Zokai, used by gardeners to protect their plants from pests.

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I always hate to see the end of daisy season as they are my favourite wildflower to paint and the namesake of my dog too 🙂
Cottage Daisies
16x16”
Oil

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“I saw this flower in the garden…reminded me of you…don’t tell the gardeners I took it…”

I miss you two

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Class 4 have been painting self-portraits - as have Class 1. Year 6 and Reception will swap their portraits this afternoon as part of their Gardeners and Seeds farewell.

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Horror Hwednesday, have a rough painting and sketches of The Gardeners 👁️

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🌼A series of Thumbelina🌼
There are petite gardeners in the huge garden,they take good care of the blooming flowers .
Welcome to Milk-Honey planet for afternoon tea.

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Jobs for the weekend : visit and to see the Van Huysum flower still lives. You can even grow your own. Although not sure there's tulips or peonies in the seed packet 😏#GardenersWorld

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In a fantasy garden where leopards are used to have a rest amidst roses and listen to bees and hummingbirds buzzing
https://t.co/MN6YfWuqFc

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Attracting butterflies to our gardens has been a long standing aim for gardeners.

These two pieces of art from our collection show that even in the 19th century we wanted butterflies in our gardens!

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