Transcript Plant activities

January + February
Winter weather
Nature - animals
Nature - plants
Food and farming
Eco friendly actions.
Recycle your Christmas tree.
Recycle your Christmas cards.
January + February
Plants
holly & ivy berries
snowdrops
deciduous trees
frost covered crab apples
evergreen trees
There are very few plants that flower
in January. All the deciduous trees like
the oak, ash and hazel have lost their
leaves. However trees like pines,
spruces and holly remain green all
year round.
Snow drop – Lili Wen Fach, Eirlys, Blodyn yr Eira.
Snowdrop or Lili Wen
Fach flowers in January
and February. They grow
in hedgerows and in lightly
wooded area. There are
about a 100 varieties of
snowdrops. The botanical
name Galanthus means
milk flower.
Snow drop - Lili Wen Fach, Eirlys, Blodyn Yr Eira
There is a famous poem related to
the snowdrop:
O Lili Wen Fach o ble daethost ti?
A’r gwynt mor arw ac mor oer ei gri.
Sut y daethost ti allan trwy’r eira i gyd?
Nid oes blodyn bach arall i’w weld yn y byd.
The poet wonders from where did this flower
come from, as it is so cold, snowy and wintery
outside. It wonders how it managed to flower
from under the snow, as no other flowers seems
to be present in the world at this time.
January + February
When we go for walks in our
patch looking for plants and we
see wild flowers, should we
pick them?
You will need to think about a few
things before picking flowers:
1. Picking flowers stops them for
seeding next year and growing
again.
2. The Wild Flowers Society tells you to
pick flowers ‘with care and
moderation’ but you must never
uproot whole plants.
For further details visit www.wildflowersociety.com
How to draw a snowdrop
1. When you are walking and
exploring your green patch
take a photo of a flower. Shown
opposite is a snowdrop.
2. Trace around the leaves .
3. Trace around the stem .
4. Trace the main parts of the
flower .
5. Colour in leaves, petals with
care, try and use two tones of
green and white to get a 3D
effect.
Winter colours and scenes
Look at the winter
photographs above and
which colours do you
notice the most?
Look at the birds, animals and plants below and select which ones
are likely to be found in the winter months.
robin
butterfly
holly
snowdrop
buttercup
blue tit
snowflake
ladybird
blackbird
tracks in the snow