Wiltshire Life

In our April issue, with spring on the doorstep we reveal how to help the county’s wildlife by taking part in a conservation survey; we find out how a group of farmers in the Chalke Valley are working together to conserve a ‘globally rare’ habitat; Lucinda Goulden creates make-up brushes and homewares out of wood discover how a BBC show has transformed her business; We look behind the scenes at the county’s top 10 theatres; we learn how Ham Spray House became a wartime pacifist haven for the Bloomsbury set; we meet James Verdin a talented young golfer who doesn’t let autism hold back his driving ambition; artists are once again opening their homes, barns, and studios to share their creative crafts, we look at what to expect from this year’s Wylye Valley Art Trail; garden designer and beekeeper Sophie Butcher explains how to plan plants for hot summers in your garden; Grant Berry from Yapp Brothers unravels the confusion between Shiraz and Syrah and the White Horse Bookshop in Marlborough has a wonderful selection of books to settle down with this month.