Carry on reading about the centre, or visit the site map and look at some pictures of the grounds as they change from season to season. The woodland floor is covered with extensive areas of bluebells and wood anemones. Other areas are dominated by brambles and by bracken. The award winning building, completed in 1994, was designed as a model of good practice for 'green' design. Energy saving and water conservation systems are incorporated.
Guinea pigs graze the turf roof at the front of the building.
Recycled telephone directories provide insulation in the 'breathing' walls. Door handles, coat pegs and toilet roll holders were all crafted from sustainable coppice wood by pupils from a local High School. Reed-beds treat the sewage while solar panels warm the water. Special one way glass has been used in the integral bird-hide. Elsewhere on the site a straw-bale building has been constructed and rendered with a traditional lime mix.