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Emersons Green Town Council

Set up in January 2023, the Community Nature Reserve is about encouraging residents to care for wildlife in their own gardens, parks, and green spaces across Emersons Green.

The Bee Bold selection panel praised how innovative, ambitious, and replicable the approach was and encourage other Town Councils to follow their lead.

What they did

After declaring a Climate and Nature Emergency in 2021, Emersons Green Town Council joined residents together and launched a Community Nature Reserve. Locals can register their gardens to be part of the ‘nature reserve’ and share what actions they are taking to help wildlife. Now in its third year, the Town Council are continuing to run their Nature Photography competition and are keeping members updated with regular news and wildlife-friendly advice. They have also recently re-launched the Community Seed Bank to make gardening and pollinator-friendly plants accessible to all.

The impact for pollinators

Over 244 private gardens within the Town Council area are dedicated to supporting nature. Residents can take part in different ways by planting native hedges and adding water features, to creating dead wood piles and installing bird boxes. Local wildlife sightings and ideas can also be shared and together, these efforts form a nature-rich corridor throughout Emersons Green.  

Videos created by Floating Harbour Studios (floatingharbour.co.uk |www.instagram.com/floatingharbour/) 

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Pollinator-friendly planting in a residential garden in Emersons Green.

A wildlife-friendly residential garden in Emersons Green.

Those who sign up to Community Nature Reserve can display this sticker and inspire others to get involved.