News 2010

Centre Information
Although our visitor demonstration areas are now closed, our award winning Cornflower Café here at the National Wildflower Centre is welcoming visitors, we are open Monday to Friday, 10am to 4pm.

As always our conference rooms are available for bookings, if you are looking for a natural alternative to the hustle and bustle of city based venues, please do give us a call. If you have any queries about the Centre, please do not hesitate to contact us on 0151 738 1913. Email.

National Wildflower Centre gardens are now open.

January Newsletter (pdf)

2010 EVENTS LEAFLET Download (pdf)

Events Spotlight
Saturday 13th March 'How to make compost' 10am - 12 noon. - a 'Get Growing' event. Half day course. £5. (Free entry)

Small Scale Green Roof Workshop
Thursday 29th April 10.am - 5.pm
A one day practical workshop aimed at DIY enthisiasts, community organisations and small scale builders. The workshop will be taught by leading green roof experts Dusty Gedge and John Little. More (pdf)
Tel: 0151 737 1819 or email Richard Scott.

Get Growing!
We are really pleased to welcome our new Horticultural Project Officer, Stuart Kitchen who started on February 1st. Landlife successfully bid to lead on a new community food growing and cooking skills programme in Knowsley, with funding from the Knowsley Health & Wellbeing Partnership. Called Get Growing!, NWC is a key partner to get more people actively growing vegetables and learning more about cooking with them for healthy eating. Stuart will be supporting Knowsley residents and community groups to get gardening with veg, by running hands on, creative events and arranging informal training to build confidence and skills. He will also be encouraging people to cook from scratch and discover more about good, local food. Get Growing runs until July 31st 2011 and Stuart Kitchen is based at NWC here in Court Hey Park. To get involved or for more information contact skitchen@landlife.org.uk or tel 0151 738 1913

New Conference Rooms
Great News, we now have even more space available for hire. Our new Wildflower Rooms - Primrose, Teasel, Foxglove and Poppy join the Old Stable Block rooms, Library and Classroom for great affordable conference facilities. All refreshments and lunches are served in the Cornflower Café, which continues to provide a wide selection of refreshments and delicious lunchtime buffets.

Merseyside Transport Awards - Winner
Landlife's Great Outdoors project based at the National Wildflower Centre was thrilled to be one of the lucky winners at the Merseyside Transport awards on Tuesday 13th October 2009, winning the WalkWise Award for best walking initiative or achievement. More

National Wildflower Centre secures £200,000 for Inspire
The Centre has secured £200,000 of funding from the Northwest Regional Development Agency (NWDA) towards its plan to build a new educational, conference and seed production complex. The scheme, designed by Manchester-based Ian Simpson Architects, faced a public consultation meeting on 20 November before a planning application can be submitted.

Richard Tracey, head of environmental quality, NWDA said: "The aspiration to produce a new educational and visitor facility that will engage young people in exploring mathematics and science through wildflowers is an admirable and exciting one which has a potentially strong resonance with the agency's environmental quality and skills agenda." more

NWC on Twitter
Thanks to new volunteer Susan we now have more presence on the web.
Please pay a visit to Susan's Twitter page here.
And there's a page called 'Where the Wildflowers Are' here.
Lastly there's a new Facebook page here.
Don't forget our NWC You tube Channel here .

Schools Scarecrow Festival
Our first ever Schools Scarecrow Festival took place on the 18th and 19th of July 2009 with over 20 local schools taking part.
The winning scarecrows can be viewed here.

Landlife Wildflowers Special Offer & Brand new seed mix
Vouchers can now be purchased online from £5 to £25 pounds. This offer includes a Landlife Wildflowers Gift Voucher, Plant and Seed Catalogue and the Wildlife Gardening Booklet. Perfect Mother's Day gift. Buy online here

Landlife Wildflowers also have a brand new seed mix - 'Gardener's Double Delight' A gorgeous easy to sow ‘n’ grow combination of annual and perennial wildflowers. Perfect for the border or making a meadow display. Buy online here

New Building Design Project for NWC
Our latest development project is the design of an innovative,
architecturally striking educational, conference and seed production complex at the National Wildflower Centre. With funding of £100,000 provided by the Northwest Regional Development Agency (NWDA), we have launched a RIBA-run architectural design competition. More

We've struck Green Gold!

The National Wildflower Centre is delighted to have achieved a Gold Level for Green Tourism. The Centre has retained a Gold standard from the Green Tourism Business Scheme (GTBS) for being a very green business with staff committed to sustainability. The Centre was the first Tourist attraction in the North West to receive the award back in 2005. There are hundreds of businesses in the region trying to reduce their carbon footprints through the GTBS. Businesses are awarded Gold, Silver or Bronze for their efforts to be more sustainable. Press release

World's Biggest Coffee Morning
In aid of Macmillan - Cancer Support 'World's Biggest Coffee Morning' Friday 25th September 2009 A big THANK YOU & WELL DONE to everyone who supported our coffee morning. We raised £ 230.

The Bluebell Sculpture
National Wildflower centre project to create a sensory sculpture for our woodland area in partnership with Mencap Liverpool's Access to heritage Project. See how this unique and ground-breaking project is enabling access to heritage venues for people with learning disabilities. Visit the site here

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Artists Jan Bell and Caroline Hunt for Heritage Lottery Fund Wildflower
Heroes Project. This unique icon can be found in the main courtyard. Pictures of the creation of this unique icon can be viewed here

Summer Palace
This outdoor creative display celebrates people and nature. Summer Palace creates echoes of walled gardens, hidden retreats and tea pavilions and is now on site at the National Wildflower Centre. More

Volunteers
We have vacancies across the Centre for volunteers to become involved in our work, not just potting plants, but welcoming visitors, assisting on workshops, and in many other ways. Please contact us if you would like to help.

National Wildflower Centre on video
So you can enjoy our spring and summer displays of wildflowers, a series of short video films can be viewed here. You can also watch a DVD at the Centre when you visit - please ask.

National Wildflower Centre You tube Channel here.

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