In the spring, wildflowers attract pollinators like bees and butterflies.
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Three environmental projects in Lambeth parks have been awarded prizes for encouraging more insect wildlife into the city.
Wildflower meadows in Brockwell Park, Palace Road Nature Garden and Clapham Common have all received prizes for their work to improve insect biodiversity in Lambeth’s green spaces.
Bees, butterflies and other insects are important pollinators essential to the ecosystem of London’s parks. But a report published earlier this year in Nature Communications found that in the UK a third of bee and hoverfly species were in decline.
Projects such as the ‘Colour your Common’ initiative on Clapham Common aimed to combat this issue by reclaiming a section of the landscaped park with long grass, fruit trees and wildflowers.
The new wild area of the common had a quick and startling impact, says David Dandridge, the manager of Bandstand Beds, a community food garden which neighbours the new flowers.
The project was funded by the Mayor of London’s Greener City Grant Fund.
Brockwell Park also won a Bees’ Needs award. Volunteers there created a wildflower meadow.
The planting was funded by SUEZ communities fund. It is one step in a longer term plan to get the park recognised as an important London Conservation.
Palace Road Nature Garden also received recognition. Their project created new habits for bees and butterflies, as well as birds, amphibians and bats. The project was funded by the Western Riverside Environment Fund and carried out by the Friends of Palace Road nature Garden.
Representatives of each community project will head to Wax Chandlers Hall in the centre of London to officially receive their awards on 18 November.
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Three environmental projects in Lambeth parks have been awarded prizes for encouraging more insect wildlife into the city.
Wildflower meadows in Brockwell Park, Palace Road Nature Garden and Clapham Common have all received prizes for their work to improve insect biodiversity in Lambeth’s green spaces.
The will be officially recognised by the Government Department
Bees, butterflies and other insects are important pollinators essential to the ecosystem of London’s parks. But a report published earlier this year in Nature Communications found that in the UK a third of bee and hoverfly species were in decline.
Projects such as the ‘Colour your Common’ initiative on Clapham Common aimed to combat this issue by reclaiming a section of the landscaped park with long grass, fruit trees and wildflowers.
Organiser Adrian Farley told city news that much of the manhours for the new meadow came from
The new wild area of the common had a quick and startling impact, says David Dandridge, the manager of Bandstand Beds, a community food garden which neighbours the new flowers.
The project was funded by the Mayor of London’s Greener City Grant Fund.
Brockwell Park also won a ‘Bees’ Needs’ award. Volunteers there created a wildflower meadow. The planting was funded by SUEZ communities fund. It is one step in a longer term plan to get the park recognised as an important London Conservation.
Palace Road Nature Garden also received recognition. Their project created new habits for bees and butterflies, as well as birds, amphibians and bats. The project was funded by the Western Riverside Environment Fund and carried out by the Friends of Palace Road nature Garden.
Representatives of each community project will head to Wax Chandlers Hall in the centre of London to officially receive their awards on 18th November.
Three environmental projects in Lambeth parks have been awarded prizes for encouraging more insect wildlife into the city.
Wildflower meadows in Brockwell Park, Palace Road Nature Garden and Clapham Common have all received prizes for their work to improve insect biodiversity in Lambeth’s green spaces.
Bees, butterflies and other insects are important pollinators essential to the ecosystem of London’s parks. But a report published earlier this year in Nature Communications found that in the UK a third of bee and hoverfly species were in decline.
Projects such as the ‘Colour your Common’ initiative on Clapham Common aimed to combat this issue by reclaiming a section of the landscaped park with long grass, fruit trees and wildflowers.
The new wild area of the common had a quick and startling impact, says David Dandridge, the manager of Bandstand Beds, a community food garden which neighbours the new flowers.
The project was funded by the Mayor of London’s Greener City Grant Fund.
Brockwell Park also won a Bees’ Needs award. Volunteers there created a wildflower meadow.
The planting was funded by SUEZ communities fund. It is one step in a longer term plan to get the park recognised as an important London Conservation.
Palace Road Nature Garden also received recognition. Their project created new habits for bees and butterflies, as well as birds, amphibians and bats. The project was funded by the Western Riverside Environment Fund and carried out by the Friends of Palace Road nature Garden.
Representatives of each community project will head to Wax Chandlers Hall in the centre of London to officially receive their awards on 18 November.
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