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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.

Gardeni ng for Biodiversity Colouring book

Colouring Pages (click thumbnail for larger image)

Childrens colouring sheet wildlife bird boxes — Bird boxes

Blue tit

Childrens colouring sheet produced by Laois Heritage Office showing wildlife bumble bee — Bumble bee

Childrens colouring sheet produced by Laois Heritage Office showing wildlife Bat — Bat

Childrens colouring sheet produced by Laois Heritage Office showing wildlife Bird bath — Bird bath

Childrens colouring sheet produced by Laois Heritage Office showing wildlife Small tourtoiseshell butterfly life cycle — Butterfly life cycle

Childrens colouring sheet produced by Laois Heritage Office showing wildlife Butterfly — Butterfly

Childrens colouring sheet produced by Laois Heritage Office showing wildlife chaffinch — Chaffinch

Wildlife colouring sheets by Laois Heritage Office feeding the birds — Feeding the birds

Wildlife colouring sheets by Laois Heritage Office Frog — Frog

Wildlife colouring sheets by Laois Heritage Office Hedgehog — Hedgehog

Wildlife colouring sheets by Laois Heritage Office Homes for bats — Homes for bats

Wildlife colouring sheets by Laois Heritage Office Mini beasts — Mini beasts

Wildlife colouring sheets by Laois Heritage Office Newt — Newt

Wildlife colouring sheets by Laois Heritage Office Rabbit — Rabbit

Wildlife colouring sheets by Laois Heritage Office Robin — Robin

Wildlife colouring sheets by Laois Heritage Office Garden for Wildlife — Garden for Wildlife

Wildlife colouring sheets by Laois Heritage Office Wildlife Pond — 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.

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Garden Biodiversity colouring book published

Colouring Pages (click thumbnail for larger image)