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 email: angela.hewitt@btclick.com

 

 

 

Blackwater, Isle of Wight

A Home for wildlife and a haven of peace and tranquillity for us

Take a walk through our 10 acres of meadows and woodland

Sit and listen, smell the scents of nature, close your eyes and breath it all in

Spend quality time with your children exploring the wonders of nature

Pond dipping, chasing butterflies, scavenger hunting

at a price you can afford

We run a small nature reserve and field study centre. We work with all community groups including Home Educators, college students, unemployed and other vulnerable people. We have several education and support programs that cover the national curriculum for primary schools.

Our amazing volunteers help us to manage the nature reserve. 

We are a place for parents who want to spend quality time with their children

and a safe place for the over 60's to visit

 

 

 DIRECTIONS

 Plant Nursery open Thursday and weekends

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Naturezones Wildlife Education Trust

ABOUT

Please make a DONATION

BECOME A FRIEND sign up to our newsletter-

 

MEADOW AND WOODLAND MARRIAGES & CEREMONIES

Weddings

Available from Spring 2026

 Also Renewal of Vows and Blessings

 

 

HAPPENINGS  2026

See you on 4th January 2026

Open Days for visitors

 Thursday, Saturday & Sunday 10.30am - 3.30pm

Group visits and Birthday parties for grown-ups

 

Wise Owl Holiday Club

for 8 - 14 years

 2026 Dates

 SPECIALIST WILD FLOWER SEED

 CENTRE

NATIVE SPECIES PLANTS AND

AND ADVICE

Children's Birthday Parties

 Nordic Pole Walking

book seasonal walks on this page

Our 2027 Wight Wildlife Calendar photography competition is now open

 

SCHOOL VISITS

 CLASSORAMA NEWS & COMPETITIONS

We will be taking bookings for the new school year on September 10th.

We are currently offering a discount until funding ends

 £75 first visit - £125 second visit

Max per visit 30 children

Reception class 2hr visit £50 first visit

£75 second visit

Seasonal Walks

Fortnightly on Thursday

Guided walk and take note of the changing seasons

Group Visits - We have a range of group visit options

including cream tea or warming home made soup.

 

Workshops page

 

 

Drawing

 

Watercolours

 

Wildlife Gardening

(no workshops at the moment)

VOLUNTEERS

Are you physically fit, enjoy being outdoors and have some free time Thursday or Sunday?

Gallery - Land of Little Things (updated)

All insect photos taken at Naturezones by Roger Hewitt

 

SHOP and PLANT CENTRE

Open Thursday, Saturday and Sunday

Be patient, wildflower seeds can take 3-4-5 yrs to germinate

 FRIENDS/Donate

Become a friend of Naturezones and enjoy free entry, cup of tea vouchers, 10% discount on shop and plant purchases.

Friends of Naturezones are important to us they support our work and messages about protecting the environment

 

NEWS

 

December  2024 - £72,400 awarded to support Natural History Education by  The National Heritage Lottery

January 2026

Awards For All provide £9,000 to support our Post Graduate, college leavers Placements Initiative

 

 

 

 

enter PLANT NATIVE site here

How to Create a Wildflower Patch - By Angela Hewitt MeadowsTalk9.mp4

 

DEMONSTRATION OF HAY MAKING USING A TWO WHEEL TRACTOR, POWER SCYTHE AND MINI HAY BALER - Video is at bottom of page for courses/workshops

Naturezones  - The Video Story so Far .

                                                            

save the bees - save the world !!

THE WELL-BEING OF THE PLANET IS CRUCIAL TO THE WELL BEING OF THE HUMAN RACE

Quote by Alanis Obomsawin - When the last tree Is cut down, the last fish eaten, and the last stream poisoned, you will realize that you can not eat money