Ecology

Native plants could be described as the backbone of local ecology.

With a low maintenance option that will give colour throughout the spring and summer, and provide form into the autumn months, wildflowers are surely the perfect answer to road…

Do we need to worry how we use the term wildflower meadow?

This was the question posed by Miles King, well-respected Conservation Director of the Grasslands Trust. As with the majority of things in life it depends upon your point of…

Every month we will post a little blog containing a brief description accompanied by a little bit of ecology, on a specific wildflower! It is our pledge to promote all varieties of wildflowers!

So which flower will it be this month? Introducing…

We have surely all by now, come across the statistic that wildflower meadows have declined by 97% since the Second World War, and that the majority of the ancient hay meadows which have survived are in desperately poor condition. Something…

What are grasslands exactly…..

Wildlife-rich grasslands were at the heart of the English landscape. It has been suggested that they have been in existence for over 6000 years, created as a result of human activity. This means that although they are…

In recent years the fundamental importance of open spaces with regard to the well-being of individuals in urban areas, has been increasingly recognised…
A fine example of this can be seen with Marsh Lane in Leyton, as part of on-going improvement works funded…

Its comforting to think that something as prestigious as the Olympics puts an emphases on biodiversity and sustainability.
In order to fulfil this ideal ‘The Commission for a Sustainable London 2012’ was set up on January 2007. This is an…

Project: SINC at Popley Fields, Basingstoke
Back in 2007 a large area which was already a Site of Importance for Nature Conservation (SINC), needed to be re-created for Great Crested Newts at Popley Ponds, Basingstoke, before redevelopment of the adjacent…

We are very proud to say that we regularly work closely with organisations such as Hampshire and Isle of Wight Trust and the RSPB to name a few.
Hampshire and Isle of Wight Trust have been involved with…