World record bird seed cake

The Hampshire and Isle of Wight Wildlife Trust broke out an exceptional birthday cake for its 50th.  The wildlife charity put together what they hope to be a world record bird seed cake weighing in at 1.37 tonnes.  The previous record is held at 1.29 by Kent Wildlife Trust.  Results have been sent to Guinness [...]

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Competition to create new gardening toll for stroke victims

Glyndwr University is sponsoring a competition to create a gardening tool for victims of strokes.  Having a stroke often makes conventional gardening difficult to do.  Experts say that working in the garden could be good therapy for people having been afflicted by a stroke.

However, the actual gardening becomes quite difficult for those who have been [...]

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London’s Green Corners Awards go on show at the Garden Museum

Head off to the Garden Museum in Lambeth for inspiration on how to do your bit to make London greener, brighter and more biodiverse.  The London’s Green Corners display, newly installed there, tells stories of gardeners who’ve won prizes  in these all-year round awards for their roof terraces, balconies, alleyways, mews, [...]

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Big Wildlife Garden’s School of the year’ award

A Rayleigh primary school has been named East England’s winner of the ‘Big Wildlife Garden’s School of the year’ award. The school, Wyburns Primary School, beat more than 200 schools in the Natural England finals.  Judges were impressed with the many different types of habitats that the students created which included a pond meadow, [...]

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Completion provides greenery and wildlife habitat

Those with horticulture on their mind have been trying their hardest to add a little color to London’s green pockets this week as part of the Green Corners competition, which encourages citizens to add more greenery to the capital city’s streets, in an effort to boost wildlife habitats and brighten up the area.

Awards for the [...]

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Hailsham in Bloom Best Wildlife Garden competition

The Halisham In Bloom town council sub-committee has launched a competition this year titled the Best Wildlife Garden competition which will allow residents in the area to show off their front of back wildlife conscious gardens.

The gardens will be judged and winners chosen by how well they make use of wildlife promoting habitats, planning [...]

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