Caring for wildlife and ecology in the church grounds
Encouraging wildlife and creating habitats to increase biodiversity around the church grounds
Caring for Wildlife and ecology in the church grounds
- Conduct a survey of the church grounds for wildlife and biodiversity.​
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- To consider wildflower and bee-friendly natural flower areas​.
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- To consider appropriate areas for other wildlife.
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- Consider activities to encourage child participation in wildlife/ecology activities.
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​ - Include signage and information to inform visitors/local community residents.
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​ - Consider possibility, accessibility and benefits of using/installing a water butt.
What we've done:
September 2021
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Bee-Garden created and planted in church grounds.
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Bee-friendly plants including lavender, verbena, echincea, nepeta, rudbeckia, aster, eryngium, echinops, rosemary, potentilla, spiraea, verbascum and geranium, plus spring bulbs including snowdrops, alliums and crocus.
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Signage within the Bee Garden helps visitors to learn about bees needs and suitable plants that are most beneficial, that they could use in their own gardens.
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October 2021
Consultation meeting with Alice McCourt, Conservation Officer, Northumberland Wildlife Trust, looking at possible conservation and ecology areas that could be created within the church grounds.
May 2022
Agreement made to change grass mowing regime to create a large wildflower/wildlife area to the rear and side of the church, to include sewing of native wildflowers within the current gassed area.
6 to 8 weeks later a bee orchid plant flowers!
May 2023
Some great news with our birdboxes - made by our children in Junior Church in January and put up around the church in February, has it's first family of Great Tits nesting in one
