Isle of Wight

We run a small nature reserve and field study centre at Blackwater where we work with all community groups including  Home Educators, college students, unemployed and other vulnerable people. We have several education and support programs that cover the national curriculum for primary schools. Our amazing volunteers help us to manage the nature reserve.  We are a place for parents who want to spend quality time with their children. We love what we do

NOW OPEN TO VISITORS

Weekends  and Thursday 10.30 - 4.30 pm

Scones, GF Cake, rose-petal ice cream, apple and blackberry crumble salmon patè. All home made

Entrance into reserve £5 donation includes CUPPA AND CAKE

Under 4's free. Family: 2 adults + 2 children £15.00/day donation

Explore the nature reserve and learn about nature.  Do a quiz and win a wise owl badge

Discover how to create a wild flower patch

Buy an unusual gift in the nature shop

Pond dipping for the children (and adults)

Bring your camera, binoculars, sketch pad

PLEASE NOTE DOGS ARE NOT ALLOWED IN THE NATURE RESERVE BUT ARE ALLOWED ON A SHORT LEAD AROUND THE BARN

Fund Raising

Please help us to develop a centre dedicated to wildlife discovery and information about our natural heritage.

It will be the only one of its kind on the island

Make a small donation, buy a print, become a friend, It all helps.

Thank you

 Give £50 or more to receive this mounted A3 print of little birds created by watercolour artist Angela Hewitt

OR -  become a "Friend" of Naturezones - see below

or Donate £5 - see below right - 

Every little bit helps and your support means a lot to us

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 FRIENDS of Naturezones support our important work

Mid Year Friendship Pass is valid 1st April - 1st September

Normal price Single £25.00, Couple £40.00, Family £78.00

Friends

Single Friend £12.50 GBP Single Accessibility pass £25.00 GBP Family of Friends £40.00 GBP Double Accessibility Pass £23.00 GBP Group Accessibility pass £80.00 GBP

Click here for details of Friendship schemes PDFfile

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We would like to thank

 The Ernest Cook Trust for sponsoring educational workshops

 The NFU for their grant to purchase binoculars  and pond dipping equipment for the children

 The High Sheriff, Ben Rouse for the small grant towards supporting our school visits

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Naturezones  - The Video Story so Far .

 

DEMONSTRATION OF HAY MAKING USING A TWO WHEEL TRACTOR, POWER SCYTHE AND MINI HAY BALER - Video is at bottom of page for courses/workshops

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Supporting each other

The Red Squirrel Trust

We sell their squirrel feeders and Dreys

DIRECTIONS

AUTUMN/WINTER HAPPENINGS

CHRISTMAS BARN

December 8th & 9th 10.30am - 3.30pm

Visit Santa's woodland den

Picnics for the outdoor, hardy type

WE have been given a grant from Awards for All to develop a Dragonfly Discovery Centre.

You can help by making a willow dragon fly or a dragonfly out of recycled materials to go in our display

     courses and workshops

"Shades of Green" Refreshments - Thursday and Weekends 

10.30am  - 4.30pm

coffee, tea, hot chocolate, scones, cake

Meadow Picnics

Also for sale - wild flowers, native trees and shrubs and wildflower seeds for your wildlife garden

FUND RAISING

We need to raise £25,000 for our New Education Centre. Your support will be greatly appreciated

Please donate £5.00 to support our fundraising programme for the Wildlife Discovery Centre

THANK YOU

Children's Parties on the Isle of Wight

5 - 8 years. We provide two and half hours of nature-explorer activities.  Minimum 10 children. Parents provide birthday cake

Volunteers

Would you like to become part of this amazing project?

We invite you to apply to become a conservation volunteer. There are numerous, varied and interesting tasks to help manage the nature reserve ready for our many visitors.

Application form can be found on our volunteers page

Create a wildflower patch for bees, butterflies and many more insects

Meadow Growing Instructions (pdf file)

Native Species Plants now available from our Blackwater Centre. Also of local provenance hay/yellow rattle seed £4.00, Bluebell seed £6.00 and a wide range wildflower seed and mixes for various soils from £4.00/pkt

TALK/PRESENTATION

Please contact Angela if your organisation would like to hear one of Angela's visually supported talks "Naturezones - Beginnings" or "How to Create a Wild flower Area"  We ask for a £25.donation

Green Girls and Gals

Conservation Club

Wide range of seasonal activities - learn about conservation while caring for a small nature reserve (school leavers to senior citizens)

 next dates....

Every Wednesday

www.greengirls.org.uk