Unfortunately we didn't make it to the last 3 but getting to the last 10 best national environment projects was a huge achievement.
Look out for
the finalists on the National Lottery website
The wildflower
sowing season is in full swing! - having started late
due to cold soils and a very dry April.
Our Great Outdoors
Project in Knowsley, Merseyside funded by the Big Lottery, invites
local people to come along and help us sow seed in their parks and greenspaces.
Using wildflowers to bring life, colour and biodiversity interest into mown
grass areas, we are encouraging people to get out and about, and improve their
health and wellbeing. more
Discover Yourself
Outside
New Landscapes for a civil society in a changing climate.
A new publication for spring 2010 co-authored by Landlife with
the UK UNESCO MAB Urban Forum
Download this publication
Everyone wants their outdoor neighbourhood to be attractive, stimulating, safe and well cared for - a place to be proud of. Everyone wants daily life to be more satisfying and less stressful - to be able to go outside more often enhances personal well-being and helps people to get to know and trust more of their neighbours. Achieving these aspirations, builds stable communities with positive outlooks about their environment. more
Get Growing is a new Landlife project in Knowsley to increase opportunities for community food growing and healthy cooking, widen participation in active gardening, and increase awareness of nature and the environment as a positive resource for health.
We are working with the National Wildflower Centre as a key partner, and are grateful for funding from Knowsley's Health and Wellbeing Partnership. more
The National Wildflower Centre's visitor demonstration areas are open and our award winning Cornflower Café is welcoming visitors 7 days a week, 10am to 5pm (last entry 4.pm) Download our 2010 events leaflet full of creative nature events.
From food growing to creating meadows, arts workshops and foody events. For more information on the National Wildflower Centre, founded by Landlife visit www.nwc.org.uk or phone 0151 738 1913
Visitors enjoying the National Wildflower Centre
Soil
Inversion
Our
main creative conservation project is Soil Inversion. Reseach this year shows
significant biodiversity gain on 23 soil inversion sites. More
Breeding Birds Survey for 2009 available to view here.
Butterfly
Plan
your Wildlife Garden
Browse
our online wildflowers seed and plants
to plan your wildlife garden, community or landscape project. We are happy
to give any advice you need and we can provide consultancy services for larger
projects.
Suprise a loved one with one of our wildflower gift vouchers!
Phone 0151 737 1819 or Email
Field Scabious.
Less
than the price of a bunch of flowers
If you can support out work to create new wildflower landscapes,
please download our new supporters
leaflet (pdf). You can help by buying wildflower seeds and plants
from us through Landlife Wildflowers, Or can you support our work by making
a regular standing order for as little as £4 a month? - less than the
cost of a bunch of flowers!
We can also help if you would like information on making a legacy, please
contact jpell@landlife.org.uk Tel
0151 737 1819
