Useful Links

Listed below are a number of websites that you may find useful. Click on the website address to visit the site. All sites will open in a new window and to return to this website simply close the new window.

Landlife

Landlife, the wildflower conservation charity working for nature and for people. Founders of the NWC.

Landlife Wildflowers

The trading arm of Landlife, sales of seeds and plants, online shop, wildflower f.a.q., guide to techniques.

Visit Green Liverpool

A comprehensive new online guide to the environmental attractions, spaces and places Merseyside has to offer.

Visit Liverpool

The most comprehensive online guide to what's happening in the Liverpool City Region. This website has over 500,000 visits per month.

Knowsley Flower Show

The largest free flower show in the North West, organised by Knowsley MBC, is held every August at the National Wildflower Centre and in Court Hey Park. A great day out for all the family.

Ladybird Johnson Wildflower Centre

The Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center (formerly the National Wildflower Research Center), was founded in 1982 to educate people about the environmental necessity, economic value, and natural beauty of native plants. The Wildflower Center is a non-profit educational organization headquartered in Austin, Texas, with links to native plant societies and environmental organizations across the country and around the world.

Court Hey Park

Public park and location of the National Wildflower Centre, local community group-The Friends of Court Hey Park are working on a new project-Gladstones Roots, funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund, Knowsley Countryside Service, events gallery, history of the park and the Gladstone family.

Society for Ecological Restoration

The Society for Ecological Restoration is an international non-profit organization of individuals and organizations who are actively engaged in ecologically-sensitive repair & management of ecosystems.

North West Tourist Board

The North West Tourist Board provides destination information for countryside and city breaks, family holidays, sporting attractions, heritage, arts and culture.

National Museums Liverpool

There are seven National Museums Liverpool venues, most of which are in Liverpool city centre. They are World Museum Liverpool, Walker Art Gallery, Merseyside Maritime Museum, International Slavery Museum and National Conservation Centre, with Sudley House in south Liverpool and Lady Lever Art Gallery on the Wirral. Museum of Liverpool opens in 2010.
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The Millennium Commission

The Millennium Commission assists communities in marking the close of the second millennium and celebrating the start of the third. The Commission uses money raised by the national lottery to encourage projects throughout the nation which enjoy public support and which will be lasting monuments to the achievements and aspirations of the people of the United Kingdom.

Knowsley Council

The Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council Website

Merseytravel

Merseytravel is the name given to the Merseyside Passenger Transport Authority and Merseyside Passenger Transport Executive. Merseytravel co-ordinates public transport on Merseyside and acts in partnership with bus and rail operators to provide services.

Travelwise

TravelWise is the Local Transport Plan partnership's campaign to help people in Merseyside make smarter travel choices - to walk, cycle and use public transport.

Green Tourisim Business Scheme

The GTBS is the national sustainable tourism certification scheme for the UK. Originally developed in partnership with Visit Scotland, it is now the only certification scheme validated by Visit Britain, through the International Centre for Responsible Tourism (ICRT).

Liverpool 08

The official site for Liverpool, European Capital of Culture 2008.

Wild About Plants

The project is supported by Natural England through Access to Nature, as part of the Big Lottery Fund’s Changing Spaces programme.

Wild About Gardens

Wild About Gardens is a joint project of the Royal Horticultural Society and The Wildlife Trusts. It aims to encourage and inspire people to take action for wildlife in their gardens.

 

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