Hooke Farm has been transformed into a wildlife haven with bird boxes, bat caves, butterflies, and bee-friendly wildflower meadows. The landscaping project inc a series of ponds in a wetland area, orchard trees, and woodland planting all interlinked with mown paths through swaying grass. There are standing stones, a stilted henhouse, a giant throne, and driftwood stags.
Locally sourced lunch, cream teas, ice-creams and refreshments throughout both days.
There will be Stalls, Talks and/or Tours including:
– The Dorset Wildlife Trust: Hosting a stall with information on wildlife and conservation in Dorset
– Bee Happy Plants and Seeds: Selling plants, seeds and books etc
– Bumblebee Conservation Trust: Giving bee tours
– The Great Big Dorset Hedge: Talking about their campaign to survey, map, plant, expand and join up hedgerows across Dorset
– Dorset Mammal Group: Stall explaining their working for mammals in Dorset
– Colin Varndell: Exhibiting and talking about his wildlife photography
– Amphibian and Reptile Conservation Trust: A stall and reptile tours
– Stone carver, Tom Clark: Talking about the building the bat egg
– Butterfly Conservation: Helping with moth trapping and showing what they’ve found
£8 for adults / £4 for children
Ticket money is donated to National Garden Scheme charities. Any further profits are donated to Operation Future Hope, for their work Rewilding Britain’s Schools, which includes Nature and Apprenticeship wilding courses for school children.
There will be a Bat and Moth tour on Saturday 17th June. Tickets are £20 a head including food, half-price tickets to the Wilding Weekend and a £15 donation to the Dorset Bat Group.
Hooke Farm, Hooke, Beaminster, Dorset DT8 3NZ
Sat 17 June and Sun 18 June
Contact telephone: 07940715327 / julia@juliahailes.com / www.juliahailes.com
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Exhibitor: https://go.evvnt.com/1731297-0?pid=4231
Category: Community | Gardening / Horticultural
