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    If you love giving the birds and wildlife in your garden a gift, take a look at Garden Wildlife Direct. 

    They’ve got everything you need for the birds and wildlife in your garden, be it bird food, bird baths, nesting boxes,  bird feeding stations and a huge range of feeders, wildlife houses, hedgehog food, suet food, plus garden ornaments.   They have window stick alerts, too, so the birds know there’s a window and don’t try to fly through it. 

    They’ve also got quite a range of books and gifts for wildlife and bird lovers, and they also have bird feeding starter kits for anyone who wants to give feeding the birds a go for the first time.

    Fly off to Garden Wildlife Direct here and treat them to something special!

     

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    Emma Bridgewater has a gorgeous new collection, Fruit - and in it, there are lots of goodies in a Blackberry theme!

    Late summer/Autumn (and it's not far off!) is blackberry time - a lovely time to get out there with the kids or without them and get into the world of nature and go blackberry picking.  Come home and have them with ice-cream, yummy, or makeblackberry jam, or have them with natural yoghurt for breakfast - a very healthy way to start the day.

    The Blackberry French Bowl: pile it high with blackberries!

    The Blackberry French Bowl: pile it high with blackberries!

    This is the Blackberry Medium Jam Jar With Lid

    This is the Blackberry Medium Jam Jar With Lid


    This is the Blackberry 8 1/2 Inch Plate
    This is the Blackberry 8 1/2 Inch Plate


    There are other goodies in the range, too:  a tea-pot, a half pint mug, a small cake stand, a medium old bowl, and a small old bowl.

    There are other fruits in the collection, such as Raspberries, Brambles and Quince.

    Head off to the Emma Bridgewater Fruit Collection here.

  3. If you’ve want to send a plant gift to someone who loves nature, do take a look at Flying Flowers.

    They are based in the beautiful Channel Island of Jersey, and they have a wonderful range of flowers and plants for anyone who wants to send a loved one a gift.

    And one of the things they care about – apart from sending beautiful flowers and plants to people – is bees.  They have a section on their website called The Beehive because they are on a mission to save bees.

    Flying Flowers have a Bee Friendly Bundle you could send
    Flying Flowers have a Bee Friendly Bundle you could send
    for £55.00

    The Bee Friendly Bundle has a pollinator-attracting lavender (in a ceramic bee pot), a bee house for solitary bees to nest in, and a grow bar that should grow into even more bee friendly blooms!  So lots to help bees with.  

    So they’ve got some guides to inspire you and help you get involved with saving bees in your local area – and to help the bee pollination bloom!

    They’ve got a Bee Identification Guide so that you can identify who is buzzing around your garden,

    Information about why bees matter, and why they are important, they’ve got amazing facts about bees such as how many bees does it take to make a teaspoonful of honey, information about World Bee Day (on 20th May each year) and how to help your local bees.  They also have a useful section on Bee First Aid so that if you see a bee that isn’t looking as buzzy as it should, you’ll know what to do.

    This is the Lovely Lavender Tin
    This is the Lovely Lavender Tin for £28.00

    They’ve also got the Top Bee Friendly Cities in the UK – find out about the Manchester Bee -  does your nearest feature on the list? And there’s a playlist with songs which are representative of bees and sounds which will attract bees to the garden.  There’s Best Flowers for Bees, and flowers that bees avoid.  You can find out how to build a wildflower planter to help bees, and a guide to British wildflowers. 

    This is the Caring Campanula
    This is the Caring Campanula for £30.00
    It comes in a pot made from recycled agricultural waste blended with resin.

    Buzz off to Flying Flowers’ Beehive to find out more.

    Buzz off to Flying Flowers' website.



  4. The weather is certainly getting hotter where we are and it's important to keep up your fluid intake.   

    If you're one of those people who don't think you drink enough water and want to do more, this Personalised Hydration Tracker Water Bottle may help you.  

    It's a plastic BPA free bottle with an hourly time tracker on the side - so that you can keep track of how much water you're drinking.  It holds 750ml, and it's got a screw cap. 

    This Personalised Hydration Tracker Water Bottles is available from Find Me a Gift
    This Personalised Hydration Tracker Water Bottles
    is available from Find Me a Gift for £14.99

    Not only that, but you can personalise it with a name of up to 12 characters long!  You can also choose between pink or black. 

    TIME TO TOP UP is part of the design - a handy reminder! 

    Go to Find Me a Gift to find out more and to buy this gift.

    Please don't forget your furry friends too!  They need access to fresh, clean water as much as we do.  

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    Emma Bridgewater produces wonderful products which add cheer when you look at them or use them!   With everything from mugs to jugs, vases and glasses, plates and bowls, there's a great range of goodies which would make lovely gifts!

    There are lots of themes connected to the natural world - animals including dogs and cats, birds and bees - plus lots featuring flowers.   And there's her beautiful new Oak Collection, too!

    There's a new Oak Collection
    at Emma Bridgewater

     

    It includes a new Personalised Oak Collection!

    It includes a new Personalised Oak Collection!

    There are pretty mugs in the new Oak Collection, too!
    There are pretty mugs in the new Oak Collection, too!

    or how about an Oak 3 Pint Jug?
    You could put flowers into it, or use it as a water jug:

    The Oak 3 Pint Jug is great to put flowers in or to use as a water jug
    £55 for the Oak 3 Pint Jug

    There are a couple of different cushions in the Oak Collection
    There are a couple of different cushions in the Oak Collection
    £65.00

    There are also a number of different sized plates to choose from
    There are also a number of different sized plates to choose from,
    perfect for the table!

    Plus this French bowl
    which you could use for snacks and nibbles!

    You could use this French bowl for snacks and nibbles

    There's something for our furry friends, too!

    This is the Personalised Oak Large Pet Bowl
    This is the Personalised Oak Large Pet Bowl

     Take a look at Emma Bridgewater's Oak Collecton here!