Have you ever counted the number of wild flowers in your area?  You might be surprised how many different species there are.  Down in the woodland there are lakes which mean there is an even greater variety of wild flowers that require more moisture than say alpine flowers.  The springs in and around Tunbridge Wells mean that these lakes are never dry.  See how many you can identify that require lakeland or more than the average amount of moisture to survive.

This collection is largely provided and in memory of Vanda Garnier who was always enthusiastic about adding to her wildflower collection and would often travel to specific places in the UK especially to find a particular flower.  It often meant waiting almost a whole year and on the odd occasion  she would plan her trips – and photography around a flowering period..  Often – Vanda would be visiting a friend – go for a walk and become lost in her search for that missing flower in her collection.  Here are just some that she  discovered.  We can’t promise you’ll find all of these in the woodland where your bird house might be found – however, a great deal are.  See what you can find?

Mouse-over to see wild-flower names and maybe the common and scientific name!    A caption is also seen together with an enlarged view when clicking on individual images which will take you to  the ‘slide-viewer’. Once in this mode – try using the forward and back arrows on your keyboard to browse each image.  Also have a look at the  About Birds and Wildlife  pages.

For wonderful  places to visit such as Scotney Castle, Sissinghurst, Lamberhurst, Lewes and Tunbridge Wells itself – visit the Location pages. Brighton and London are musts to travel to and London is just 45 mins by train.  By car – Brighton is about 1 hour away.

The current wildflowers displayed in this gallery are all copyright of  Vanda Garnier.  Have you seen Mick Garnier’s Bird collection in the About Birds pages? They can be made available at various sizes for print or for commercial use at modest usage rates.  Please do not use the images without permission from Mick Garnier.

 

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