Parklands Junior School Nature Diary

Work began today on clearing some of the overgrown trail. Although we aim to let nature take its course in most cases, a little bit of help is needed to stop one or two plants swamping the whole area. Today we concentrated on clearing the path and removing a lot of the Goosegrass that is covering the plants.

Mr Bezuidenhout examines the underside of an old log. There were plenty of woodlice and white lipped snails hiding under it.

 Green Alkanet (Pentaglottis sempervirens) was first seen in flower on April 2nd. Click on the picture for a larger image. Links to more information about this plant:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_alkanet
http://www.english-country-garden.com/flowers/green-alkanet.htm

 Can you identify this plant? A prize for the first correct answer sent to Mr Johnson.