Beckmickle Ing 32/5 by Nicola Slaney of Moorcroft

Dorothy Farrer’s Spring Wood is a short walk from the picturesque Cumbrian village of Staveley to the east of Lake Windermere. Quiet country lanes drop down to the River Kent, where a riverside trail leads to Beckmickle Ing. Here, sheltering under the broadleaved trees can be discovered some of the prettiest woodland flora – wild flowers including globeflowers, a member of the Ranunculaceae family, with striking flowers shaped like a globe. The flowers bloom on stems rising above the foliage in shades of yellow and soft orange and they thrive in damp woodland, so the woods around Staveley provide the perfect habitat.