The Wild Garden: Cynthia Cliff

About the book

The Wild Garden by Cynthia Cliff is a children’s picture book.

Filled with charmingly rustic illustrations of people, plants and animals, this story about community and biodiversity introduces children to the variety of ways things can grow and flourish in nature. In the village of Mirren, a tidy community garden is carefully organised and tended by the townspeople.

On the other side of the garden wall is a wild patch of land - a jumble of trees, a pond, and tall grassy places. While the garden is cared for in different ways throughout the seasons, Jilly and her grandfather like to visit the wild place, foraging for mushrooms, asparagus, and nuts, and watching the insects, birds and other animals. When the townspeople decide they need a bigger garden, they make plans to expand beyond the wall into the wild place.

Delivery & pickup: Available from Whimsy and Wonder with New Zealand delivery or Christchurch pickup.