Foxgloves – A Garden for Wildlife wrap-around card

‘Foxgloves’ is a delicate, colourful drawing of pink & purple spikes of foxglove flowers.  The tall dramatic towers of foxgloves not only fill the garden with summer colour but are loved by long-tongued bumblebees like the Garden Bumblebee and the Common Carder Bee (who also feature in the drawing).  Growing foxgloves is an excellent way to care for the bees in your garden (and they are self-seeding and easy to grow, which is a bonus).

The design is printed across the fold and wraps around the card.  You’ll receive the card flat.  If you send it on in the envelope then it has a crease to fold it down the centre.

Size: The folded card is 15cm square; or 15cm x 30cm when opened up.  

Each one comes with kraft envelope with a fabulous coral-coloured liner (I love these envelopes!).

This card is one of a collection of cards called ‘A Garden for Wildlife…’.  The cards are a tribute to my parents who were both excellent gardeners and created little wildlife havens in their gardens.  Every card sold from the collection will help to raise money for the ongoing work of the Macmillan Centre at our local hospital here in the Borders.  My mum was cared for there for many years and it is a place very dear to my family.  They have recently raised £830,000 to expand and improve the facilities.  This will make a huge difference to cancer patients in the Scottish Borders.   You can read all about why I am fundraising in this blog post.

ABOUT THE CARDS

All the cards are designed, manufactured and packaged by hand in the UK. They are printed on FSC approved card stock which means that it is sourced from sustainable mixed forests. The original drawings are done in pencil & watercolour. The designs are inspired by the rich variety of the British countryside. I believe it is important that people feel connected with the fields, hedgerows and woodlands around them. Only by loving and enjoying the countryside can we learn to care for it.

I love that when someone sends a card they are letting that person know they are valued. I like to imagine posties collecting and delivering the cards, and the journey the cards make by van and air and foot, landing on someone’s front door mat and making that person’s day. Are you planning on sending this card to someone special? Let me know when you leave a review!