Severn Trent Community Fund: Urban Nature update

You may recall earlier this year we ran a little campaign to get votes towards our entry for a Severn Trent Community Foundation Grant.  Whilst we weren’t successful in winning the total £20K, as runners up we still received a £1k award which we’ve been able to spend on resources for our Urban Nature wildlife project. …

National Tree Week 2022

Written to celebrate National Tree Week, November 26th – December 5th 2022 I have often thought, if I was a bird flying over St Ann’s Allotments, I would see a woodland. Though when you get down into it the mix of trees is something quite different.    The trees all feel like they tell a story…

The urban importance of Urban Nature by Lucy Kennedy

I’ve been reflecting on the purpose of our Urban Nature garden, particularly as Spring awakens. It is a series of 10 plots on St Ann’s Allotments, established nearly 20 years ago as a space to be managed for wildlife.    What does that really mean?    Of course, the whole site is beneficial for nature as…