Help us build a living hotel

CWT’s Living Landscapes Officer Elise Hall will be promoting the Living Landscapes Project at Huw Rowland’s Open Farm event (The Grange, Mickle Trafford) on Sunday 13th June, and is on the lookout for suitable items to build a ‘bug hotel’

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Britain begins to bloom

The annual challenge to green up and clean up our towns and villages has begun. The ‘river of green’ will flow out of London to all parts of the country to promote biodiversity in our urban spaces. The Britain in Bloom competition has been run each year since 2002 by the Royal Horticultural Society. This [...]

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Peat-free Compost Campaign Continues

The Wildlife Trusts welcomed the announcement from Rt Hon Hilary Benn this month that the Government is calling for a phase-out of peat in compost material by 2020, but have warned that even greater urgency is needed if we are to restore and manage our peatlands effectively.

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Minding the Garden

Sarah said: “After careful consideration and consultation with the children, we have chosen to start a log pile in the top corner of the garden as our next project. This will hopefully become a refuge and feeding site for garden bugs, slugs and snails, frogs and hedgehogs. The children have decided that they can be involved by going for nature walks and collecting the logs, leaves, fir cones and sticks they find en route. They will bring these to the garden and add them to the pile.”

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Orchard workshops

Cheshire Landscape Trust and Erddig Hall are running workshops to help you learn all about orchards. The workshops will take place at The National Trust’s Erddig Hall, Wrexham on Sunday 7th February and 21st February from 10am to 4pm.

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Get your own Wildlife Friendly Garden Award

It doesn’t matter how big or small your garden or yard at home, school or anywhere is. So long as your green space is good for wildlife you can earn yourself a Wildlife Friendly Garden Award.

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