Help Nature Together

We live in one of the world's most nature-depleted countries. Half of UK wildlife populations have declined over the last 10 years. Many of our native plants and animals are becoming rare and some are threatened with extinction.

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Frequently-mown grass, hard and artificial surfaces, pollinator-unfriendly plants and impassable garden walls and fences make towns and cities inhospitable for nature. Spraying herbicides and insecticides, over-weeding and tidying damages and kills animals and plants.

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In Kings Park we’re lucky to have four parks which are important sites of nature conservation. Close by are hundreds of housing grass plots, and over 1,600 back gardens. Our green spaces provide refuges for native animals like bats, thrushes, toads and bumblebees and homes for recent arrivals like little owls and parakeets.

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Kings Park residents and groups are active outdoors creating better wildlife habitats around them. If we act in concert we can do much more. We can connect our gardens, parks and green spaces in ecological networks - providing habitats for our local wildlife populations to thrive. To connect habitats we must connect as gardeners. By gardening together, we can create a green corridor where thousands of species flourish, enhancing biodiversity and enriching our lives.