By Veronica Wignall Since the coronavirus pandemic struck the UK in early 2020, many of us have come to value our local greenspace more than ever before. For people living in a city or town, local parks in particular have…
Read More Wilding Parks & Verges Part 3- Keeping the “green” in greenspace
By Veronica Wignall All over the country, road verges have started to undergo a transformation. This is thanks in part to Plantlife UK and other conservation charities who have raised awareness of what researchers have been shouting about for decades:…
Read More Wilding Parks & Verges Part 2- Flower up: managing road verges for wildlife
By Veronica Wignall Imagine for a moment that you are a bee. Or for that matter, a songbird, beetle, fox or hoverfly. Where are you hanging out these days? Where are you finding the food, nesting spaces and company you…
Read More Wilding Parks & Verges Part 1- Bringing Nature Back
How do we get into the rewilding mindset?The key thing to remember is that rewilding is an approach not a target, you are not deciding what your wild patches will look like or which plants will grow where. It is…
Rewilding is all about giving nature the opportunity to recover on its own by creating large core nature areas, connecting them up with wildlife corridors, and returning important missing species, known as keystone species. These ideas are fundamental to Rewilding…
Rewilding Sussex has been in existence for close on 5 years. We have seen ups and downs in terms of activity and projects, but as of recently we have been building new momentum and garnering more support for a vision…
