Looking for something fun, free, and nature-themed to do with the kids this Half Term? Join us for a Garden Creature Trail around town – to celebrate Children’s Gardening Week! 🧒🌸🌱
👣 Two brilliant activities to try:
🔍 1. Bug Hunt – Head to Scott Taylor Garden Design (Station Road West) and discover the hidden bugs in the living wall! 🐜🌿
🪟 2. Shop Window Nature Trail – The amazing Laura Mann Window Artist is hiding some garden creatures in shop windows around town – can you follow the clues to find them all?
📍 Here’s how to take part:
✅ Pick up a trail sheet from the Library (or download it from our website)
🕵️♀️ Follow the clues to spot the creatures in shop windows on Station Road East and West
✍️ Write down the shop names where you find each one
🎁 Return your sheet to the Library to collect your paint at home garden creature and be entered into our Children’s Gardening Week prize draw.
🧠 PLUS – Download spotter sheets and fun nature activities from the Surrey Wildlife Trust to continue the fun at home!
💡 Can you crack these clues?
👕 Daddy Longlegs shops at a menswear store on SRE
🦷 Mr Stag Beetle gets groomed on SRW
🐦 House Sparrow loves vintage home finds on SRW
🐴 Horsefly canters around equine gear on SRW
👗 Mint Moth is a fan of colourful fashion on SRW
🦔 Hedgehog gets revision cards and pens on SRE
👓 Myopic Mole picked up specs from an optician on SRW
🏡 White Lipped Snail found a home at an estate agent on SRE
🦶 Brown Centipede saw a podiatrist on SRW
💅 Ladybird gets her shell gels done on SRE
🏏 Cricket grabs his kit at a sports shop on SRE
💻 Wood Mouse fixes his tech here on SRE
🐸 BONUS: Can you spot the Common Frog camouflaged in the green window of a very useful shop?
💚 Let the wild trail begin!
PARENTS: Download the Trail Sheet here…
