A new colouring book for children has been published, based on the “Gardening for Biodiversity” booklet by Juanita Brown also released by Laois Heritage Office this week. The book, featuring beautiful illustrations of garden wildlife by artist Barry Reynolds, will be fun for any youngsters interested in finding out more about the wildlife in their own local patch, now that we are all spending more time close to home.
Fans of illustration will know Barry has previously worked on the Oscar-nominated animated movie “The Secret of Kells”, and Sony Pictures Animation’s “Arthur Christmas”. He also provided the beautiful illustrations for Juanita Browne’s “The Great big Book of Irish Wildlife”.
Wildlife Art Workshop in Mountmellick Library as part of Heritage Week. Photograph: Alf Harvey.
The full “Gardening for Biodiversity colouring book” is available to download below, or individual pages can be downloaded by clicking the thumbnails.
Gardening for Biodiversity Colouring book
Colouring Pages (click thumbnail for larger image)
Bird boxes
Blue tit
Bumble bee
Bat
Bird bath
Butterfly life cycle
Butterfly
Chaffinch
Feeding the birds
Frog
Hedgehog
Homes for bats
Mini beasts
Newt
Rabbit
Robin
Garden for Wildlife
Wildlife pond
The Gardening for Biodiversity Book was produced with the assistance of the Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht under the funding scheme for the National Biodiversity Action Plan, with additional support from the Heritage Council.
