Honey bee (Apis mellifera) foraging on Pink aster (Aster novae-angliae) in Wiltshire garden, UK, September. - Nick Upton/2020VISION
Wild About Gardens
Wild About Gardens
Our Wild about Gardens team aims to encourage and inspire EVERYONE in Kent to create vital stepping stones for nature and help contribute towards a Nature Recovery Network to reverse the loss of biodiversity by gardening in a nature friendly way in their gardens or local communal open spaces.
Helpful information leaflets for you to download
- Your community guide to taking Action for Insects (https://www.kentwildlifetrust.org.uk/sites/default/files/2021-06/Community%20Guide%20-%20Action%20for%20insects.pdf)
- Insect declines and why they matter (https://www.kentwildlifetrust.org.uk/sites/default/files/2021-07/Insect%20declines_SWWT_Update_2_WEB.pdf)
- Pollinator protection pack (https://www.kentwildlifetrust.org.uk/sites/default/files/2021-07/PollinatorProtectionPack.pdf)
- Bring back our beetles: How you can help UK beetles (https://www.kentwildlifetrust.org.uk/sites/default/files/2024-02/bring-back-our-beetles.pdf)
- Guide to Wildlife Gardening (https://www.kentwildlifetrust.org.uk/sites/default/files/2021-07/The%20Wildlife%20Trusts%27%20Guide%20to%20Wildlife%20Gardening.pdf)
- Your wild bee action pack (https://www.kentwildlifetrust.org.uk/sites/default/files/2024-02/wild-bee-action-pack_1.pdf)
- Go wild for worms (https://www.kentwildlifetrust.org.uk/sites/default/files/2024-02/go-wild-for-worms_0.pdf)
- Get creative for hedgehogs this autumn (https://www.kentwildlifetrust.org.uk/sites/default/files/2021-07/WAG%20TWT%20Hedgehog%20advice.pdf)
- Stars of the night: Creating a bat-friendly neighbourhood (https://www.kentwildlifetrust.org.uk/sites/default/files/2024-02/creating-a-bat-friendly-neighbourhood.pdf)
- Your guide to taking Action for Insects (https://www.kentwildlifetrust.org.uk/sites/default/files/2021-07/Your%20Guide%20to%20Taking%20Action%20for%20Insects.pdf)
- Big or small, ponds for all (https://www.kentwildlifetrust.org.uk/sites/default/files/2024-02/big-or-small-ponds-for-all.pdf)
- Wild about High Fliers (https://www.kentwildlifetrust.org.uk/sites/default/files/2024-02/welcoming-swifts-swallows-and-martins.pdf)
- Pesticide Action Network guide to gardening without pesticides (https://www.kentwildlifetrust.org.uk/sites/default/files/2022-04/PAN%20guide%20to%20gardening%20without%20pesticides%202017.pdf)
- Peat-free gardening guide (https://www.kentwildlifetrust.org.uk/sites/default/files/2023-06/Peat%20free%20gardening%20guide.pdf)
- Wild About Lawns guide (https://www.kentwildlifetrust.org.uk/sites/default/files/2023-06/Wild%20About%20Lawns%20guide.pdf)
- Grow a secret garden for butterflies (https://www.kentwildlifetrust.org.uk/sites/default/files/2024-02/grow-a-secret-garden-for-butterflies.pdf)
Our partners at Kent Reptile & Amphibian Group) KRAG have a wealth of knowledge on the reptiles & amphibians who may visit your gardens. They are also keen to receive records of your sightings. For more info, please visit their website below
The Wild About Gardens team works closely with Pesticide Action Network (PAN). For more information on how to garden without poisons and details of current campaigns, please visit their website below
Want to be involved?
Why are we embarking on Gardening for a Wilder Kent?
There are up to 23 million gardens and over 62,000 urban green spaces in the UK! If we work together and create wildlife-friendly gardens and green spaces, we will be able to create the crucial space and corridors for wildlife, creating the vital stepping stones of a Nature Recovery Network - and in time reverse the loss of biodiversity and wildlife.
We host online workshops, open gardens and our volunteer advisors will be able to help those who want to create a wildlife-friendly garden or help get their communities WILDER.
