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Accessibility:
The National Wildflower Centre is in Court Hey Park, 5 miles from
Liverpool City Centre, and on a Sustrans cycling and walking route.
We are easily reached by bus or rail. We are also at Junction 5 off the
M62 - follow the brown tourist signs. Onsite parking for bikes, cars
and coaches is free. We want to promote car free travel to protect
our environment. Half price entry is available to cyclists and public
transport users with proof of your journey.
wheelchair & electric buggy available for use.
Carers are admitted free of charge. Disabled loos & changing space,
large print leaflets & sensory maps. Do please ask any member of
staff for assistance.
Dogs: only sensory dogs are allowed into the visitor site, although
all dogs are welcome in the park. We provide water and a shady
place to leave your dog on the Café decking.
Bee Aware: we have bees on site.
Visitor Centre, Café
and Conference Facilities
Open Daily 1st March – 31st August 2011
10am – 5pm (last entry to display gardens 4pm)
Café and Conference Facilities remain open Mon to Fri, 9am – 5pm
Between 1st September 2011 and 29th February 2012
Adults £3.50
Child (under 5’s free)/Concessions £1.75
Group rates available on request
Nature for Health & Wellbeing:
we’re working with local
communities to make a healthier Great Outdoors as a resource
for wellbeing. There are many ways of getting close to nature and
catching the “health buzz”. Get involved with wildflowers or Get
Growing your own fruit and vegetables, and learn more about
healthy food. For information on the Nature for Health project,
contact Janet Pell on 0151 738 1913 or [email protected].
6, 61/ A, 161 (Sundays). Alternatively, bus services 14, 79 and 79C
run very frequently from Liverpool City Centre and stop on Childwall
Valley Road/Chelwood Avenue, with access via the south entrance
of Court Hey, as does bus number 165, which runs from Belle Vale.
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For more information about our events please
check out our website www.nwc.org.uk
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Phone 0151 738 1913
Fax 0151 737 1820
Email [email protected]
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Supporters:
if you enjoyed your visit, why not convert your
day ticket to a supporters pass? Valid for a year, you can enjoy
the seasons with benefits such as priority booking for events and
newsletters throughout the year. Ask at reception for details.
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National Wildflower Centre
Court Hey Park, Roby Road, Knowsley
Liverpool L16 3NA
we are the Natural choice for conferences and
meetings. We have 7 rooms located in the cobbled courtyard
available for hire, all with natural light at very reasonable prices. Onsite catering is provided by our Cornflower Café, including delicious
homemade cakes! Free on site parking and excellent public transport
connections call 0151 738 1913 or [email protected] for further
information. Book a room and help support our charity!
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various packages available and free coach parking space.
We’re perfect for a stop off into or out of Liverpool City Centre call
us on 0151 738 1913 or [email protected] for details.
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Bus: A number of buses stop outside Court Hey Park on Roby Road,
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Wild About Plants: is a national project run by Plantlife in
partnership with the National Wildflower Centre and funded by
the Big Lottery Fund. The aim of Wild About Plants is to support
communities access and enjoy their local natural environments. www.wildaboutplants.org.uk
Lime Street, and 39 minutes from Warrington. From Broad Green
Station, the National Wildflower Centre is a 20 minute walk. Leave
the station on the booking office side, turn left, cross at the top of
Bowring Park Road and follow Bowring Road/Roby Road until Court
Hey Park. Alternatively, buses run from the station to the stops outside
Court Hey Park.
the National Wildflower Centre. Access is from Roby Road, Childwall
Valley Road and Chelwood Avenue.
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Unless otherwise stated, our workshops are FREE to visitors
(an entry charge applies), and all ages and abilities are welcome.
Please book ahead to ensure your workshop place.
www.nwc.org.uk for details or call 0151 738 1913.
Train: Broadgreen Station is a 9 minute train journey from Liverpool
Walking: Court Hey Park has several entrances with paths leading to
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Education: all ages welcome. Please check our website Bike: The Liverpool Loop Line passes close to Broadgreen Station.
Once past this, continue south for about a quarter of a mile, just after
passing under a pedestrian bridge, turn left at the cross tracks. Turn
left at the road and then left onto Chelwood Avenue at the end. Take
the first right, and then turn left into the gate into Court Hey Park.
You’ll find cycle storage in our entrance courtyard. For cycle maps and
further information check out www.letstravelwise.org
Cycle Path
Pedestrian
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& Traveline on 0871 200 22 33 for times of buses and trains.
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Liverpool Cheese Company
Knowsley Housing Trust Services
The Monro
Vonney Bee
RHS
Aardman Animations Ltd
…and all of our lovely volunteers
> how to find us
Rimmer Ave
Landlife
Great Outdoors Project
Get Growing Project
Knowsley MBC
Knowsley NHS
Friends of Court Hey Park
Weetabix
Plantlife
Yorkshire Bank
> anything else?
Thomas Lane
Thank you to everyone who supports us:
The not so small print
(our terms and conditions)
Further details are available on our website or by telephoning
the Centre. Guidance ages are given for some activities.
Workshop places are limited so please pre-book with payment
in advance, when required. If workshops have to be cancelled,
we will do our best to notify you and will offer a full refund.
Adult supervision is required at all times for the under 12s, this
is a working site and we have open water. Also please keep
small folk close, especially in the Cornflower Café in case of
spillages. Bike racks and the café pram park are available to
ensure access for everyone.
www.nwc.org.uk
0151 738 1913
We want you to enjoy your visit so please let us know if we
can assist further, for example with wheelchair loan. We also
appreciate your feedback and comments via our visitor book,
staff, website or survey forms.
Our events programme is also available as pdf on-line.
Please contact us for large print or other formats.
> january : a new year
> who are we?
An award winning independent charity, founded by environmental
charity Landlife, and funded through public support.
> what do we do?
We run a seasonal visitor attraction that showcases wildflowers in a
natural environment with lots of ideas that you can replicate at home.
We provide information and raise awareness about the importance
of wildflowers, and encourage people to learn about the creation
and management of new wildflower habitats – we call this creative
conservation. All the money we raise at the Centre is put back into our
charitable work to preserve our native wildflower species, so just by
visiting you can be sure you are making a contribution.
> what can you see & do?
The Centre has an stylish mix of refurbished old buildings and
new architecture, with courtyards and a walled garden demonstration
space where we manage seasonal displays of wildflowers.
We’re wild about wildflowers – there are no manicured lawns
and flowerbeds here! Instead we have a carefully managed wilderness,
awash with the vibrant colours of British native wildflowers and the
sounds of our seasonal wildlife visitors.
There’s plenty for children to do – with over 60 fun events,
many of which are free. From minibeasts to edible gardening or just
burning off some energy around the wildflowers.
Our adult visitors love the wildflowers too with over 400
species on site throughout the season. You can learn about growing
them, using nature creatively or just sit in peace and take in the view.
Our Cornflower Café is open all year round Mon to Fri
and at weekends during our visitor open season. We serve
delicious freshly prepared food – homemade soups and cakes are a
speciality – especially Glenys’ carrot cake.
The Shop offers a wide range of gifts from pocket money
prices upwards. We also sell seeds and plants grown locally.
> more info?
Go to www.nwc.org.uk for more information
about events and more pictures
key: Our Community Programme is supported by
FOCHP Friends of Court Hey Park
GO
Great Outdoors Project
GG Get Growing Project
PL BB
F
Plantlife
Bee Beautiful
Fibonacci Flowers
date
event
Mon 24th Snowdrop Sugarcraft
Thu 27th Hungarian Fundraiser Supper
> may : natural science
cost
time age
FREE
£12
1pm 50+
7pm
> february : garden ready
date
event
Mon 14th
Tue 15th
Wed 16th
Thu 17th
Fri 18th
Thu 24th
Pretty Primroses Insect Hotels
Wear Your Wellies Trail
Shaun the Sheep’s Jumper Recycling
Nature in Pots
Liverpool Cheese Company
Tasting Evening
cost
FREE FREE
FREE
FREE
FREE
£8
time age
1pm 7-11PL
1-3pm GO/GG
drop in
1-3pmGO
1-3pmGO/GG
7.30-9pm
> march : health & wellbeing
date
Tue 1st
Sat 12th
Tue 15th
Wed 16th
Sun 20th Wed 23rd
Sat 26th
Wed 30th
event
cost
time age
National Wildflower Centre
Display Gardens Open
Wormeries & Compost
FREE 1-2.30pmGG
Nature ID
FREE 10.30-12pmGG
Nature’s Healing Plants
FREE 10.30-12pmGO
Mad Panda Spring Celebration12-4pm
Nature Walk for Health
FREE 10.30-12pmGO
The 7 Health Secrets
from the Bee Hive
£5
2-4pm
Wildflowers for Health FREE 10.30-12pmGO
> april : get growing
date
Sat 2nd -
Sun 3rd
Mon 4th
Wed 6th
Fri 8th
Mon 11th Tue 12th
Fri 15th
Sat 16th
Mon 25th
Wed 27th
Fri 29th
Sat 30th
event
cost
time age
Celebrate our
10th Birthday Weekend
Can Do Cowslips
FREE
1pm 7-11PL
Wear Your Wellies Trail
FREE
drop in
Bee Beautiful
FREE
1-3pmBB
Fibonacci Flowers
FREE
1-3pmF
Seed to Plate
FREE 10.30-12pmGG
Bee Beautiful
FREE
1-3pmBB
Gladstone Roots
FREE
1-3pmFOCHP
Shaun the Sheep’s Egg Hunt
FREE
drop in
Nature Walk for Health
FREE 10.30-12pmGO
Centre & Café closed for Royal Wedding Holiday
Creative Planting
FREE 1-2.30pmGO/GG
date
event
Sat 7th Tue 10th
Wed 11th
Sat 14th
Wed 18th
Mon 30th
Tue 31st Introduction to Beekeeping
Planting for Small Spaces
Get Closer to Wildflower Seeds
Planting for Small Spaces
Nature Walk for Health
Ox-Eye Daisy Discovery
Fibonacci Flowers & Seeds
> august : birds, bees & butterflies
cost
time age
£30
10-4pm
FREE 10.30-12pmGO/GG
FREE
drop inGO
FREE 1-2.30pmGO/GG
FREE 10.30-12pmGO
FREE
1pm 7-11PL
FREE
1-3pmF
> june : go green
date
event
Wed 1st
Thu 2nd
Fri 3rd
Sun 5th
Mon 6th
Sat 11th
Tue 14th
Sat 18th
Wed 22nd
Sat 25th
Sun 26th
Bee Beautiful
FREE
1-3pmBB
Recycled container garden
FREE
1-3pmGG
Wear Your Wellies Trail
FREE
drop in
GREEN FAYRE and the BIG LUNCH11-5pm
Café & Centre closed until midday
Edible Hanging Baskets
£5 1-2.30pm 7+ GG
Edible Hanging Baskets £5 10.30-12pm 7+ GG
Gladstone Roots Theatre in the Park FREE
1pmFOCHP
Nature Walk for Health
FREE 10.30-12pmGO
Magical Midsummer Party & BBQ£10 6-10pm
Café and Centre closed until midday
cost
time age
> july : flower power
date
event
Wed 6th
Sat 9th Sun 10th
Sat 16th
Wed 20th
Wed 27th
Fri 29th
Bees at the bottom of your garden
cost
£5
time age
10-12pm
Annual Scarecrow Festival
drop in
Stories of Food and Flowers
FREE 1-2.30pmGO/GG
Nature Walk for Health
FREE 10.30-12pmGO
Wear Your Wellies Trail
FREE
drop in
Fibonacci Flowers and Seeds
FREE
1-3pmF
Unless otherwise stated, our workshops are FREE to visitors
(entry charge applies), all ages and abilities welcome.
Please book ahead to ensure your place.
We support the RHS Campaign for School Gardening by running courses
here at the Centre. Details available on www.growingschools.org.uk
date
event
Mon 1st
Wed 3rd
Sun 7th
Mon 8th
Wed 10th
Fri 12th
Tue 16th
Fri 19th
Sat 20th Tue 23rd
Thu 25th
Mon 29th
Wed 31st
Lovely Lavender
FREE
1pm
-7PL
Bee Beautiful
FREE
1-3pmBB
KNOWSLEY FLOWER SHOW11-5pm
Café & Centre closed until midday
Wear Your Wellies Trail
FREE
drop in
A Taste of Honey
FREE
10-12pm
Gardening for Wildlife
FREE 10.30-12pm GO/GG
Make a Butterfly or Moth Decoration FREE
1-3pm
Gardening for Wildlife
FREE 1-2.30pmGO/GG
Butterfly and Bird Mask Making
FREE
1-3pm
Creepy Crawly Crowns
FREE
1-3pm
Make a Giant Flower
FREE
1-3pm
Sowing Autumn Salads
FREE 10.30-12pmGG
Display Gardens Close for the Season
cost
time age
> september : harvest
date
event
Mon 19th Teasel Craft
Thu 29th Family Harvest Supper
cost
time age
FREE
3.30pm
£12 6.30-9.30pm
50+PL
> october : autumn leaves
date
event
Mon 24th
Tue 25th
Wed 26th
Thu 27th
Fri 28th
Hedgehog Art
Spooky Spiders
Wear Your Wellies Trail
Leaf Collage Creation
Nature’s Scary Beasts
cost
FREE
FREE FREE
FREE
FREE
time age
1-3pm
1-3pm
Drop in
1-3pm
1pm event
Mon 7th Poppy Cake Toppers
Thu 10th Liverpool Cheese Company
Tasting Evening
cost
-7PL
time age
FREE
1pm
£8
7.30-9pm
50+PL
> december : winter fun
date
Sun 4th
event
cost
WINTER CELEBRATION
time age
12- 4pm
1997/99 >
Work starts on converting the old
stable block and walled garden in
Court Hey Park into a Millennium
project for Merseyside. A national
competition is launched to design
the new National Wildflower
Centre, won by
Hodder Associates.
to this…
2001 >
We welcomed our first visitors to
the Centre, which has continued
to evolve over the years, creating
seasonal demonstration gardens
and adding the Wormery, Beehive,
and other exhibition areas.
Our Cornflower Café and annual
events such as the Green Fayre
bring thousands of visitors into
Court Hey Park.
to this…?
2012 onwards >
> november : short days
date
> the national wildflower centre :
the story so far
from this…
Another national architectural
competition has produced plans
for a Fibonacci inspired new
education building, designed by
Ian Simpson Architects. “Inspire”
will take the National Wildflower
Centre into the future.
Watch this space!
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