Hedgehog & Cranesbill Studio Print

A4 print, image size 21 x 29.8 cms. Printed in England on a beautiful 300 gsm, ECF (Elemental Chlorine Free) GF Smith paper, and digitally signed.

To fit a standard A4 frame. 

Hedgehogs thrive on a diet rich in invertebrates, particularly the caterpillars found in leaf litter and low-growing plants. The Brown Argus butterfly featured in the painting favours chalk grasslands and open woodlands, laying its eggs on Dove’s-foot Crane’s-bill for the emerging caterpillars to feed.

We can support hedgehogs by welcoming more wildlife into our gardens. Simply allowing lawns to grow a little longer encourages native wildflowers like White Clover, Black Medic (also in the painting), Dandelion, Speedwell, and Madder. These blooms attract pollinators and a wide range of invertebrates.

As a bonus, Clovers and Medics are legumes that act as natural fertilisers. With the help of bacteria in their root nodules, they draw nitrogen from the air and fix it directly into the soil.