Winter Food – A Garden for Wildlife wrap-around card

‘Winter Food’ is a beautifully detailed drawing of goldfinches feasting on teasels.  In the winter, when food sources are scarce & the weather is harsh, seed heads and hollow stems left unpruned provide shelter for insects as well as food for birds & mammals.  Goldfinches especially love the spiky seed heads of teasels.  The rich high-fat seeds help them keep warm on the long, cold nights of winter.  This is excellent news as it means that less cutting back and more general untidiness in the garden is good for wildlife!

The design is printed across the fold and wraps around the card.  It can fold down to a standard letter size for posting, and then the recipient can display it as the full size card.

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

Each one comes with lovely square recycled kraft envelope.

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 inspired by the little corner of the world I’m lucky enough to inhabit. I draw in pencil, biro and watercolour, filling my sketchbook with drawings and notes, and working on bigger pencil drawings back in the studio. My work is all about connection: connection with nature, connection with each other.

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!