Our progress
Planning for biodiversity recovery
- We've completed a biodiversity baseline for the borough, telling us about the state of our biodiversity and guiding our conservation efforts.
- We established resident-led commissions on biodiversity, parks, and the climate and ecological emergency. These have allowed us to do things with residents, not to them, while bringing nature back to our borough.
- Our grounds maintenance contract now includes an ecology officer, biodiversity mapping, and ecology-focused maintenance practices.
Greening our borough
- We planted the first Tiny Forest in London, with 3 now in place and plans for 2 more by 2024.
- 20 parks have achieved Green Flag status, acknowledging our dedication to maintaining healthy and biodiverse green spaces.
- The Wormwood Scrubs masterplan has been agreed, ensuring a sustainable approach to managing this important natural habitat.
- We're de-paving highways and converting grey spaces, such as verges and bin sheds, into green and biodiverse areas.
Supporting residents to go green
- The No Mow May campaign, launched in 2021, has become an annual event, encouraging residents to reduce lawn mowing to support local wildlife.
- We've given away 470 free trees, 273 bulbs and free seeds to residents to plant in their gardens.
- The "Rewilding Raves" gardening campaign, launched in 2022, has further engaged the community in creating thriving and diverse green spaces.
Our community’s achievements
- Local families regularly join us in planting, such as the Wendell Picnic Project in Wendell Park.
- The Mudlarks project has been helping children and families learn about plastic waste pollution in our waterways.
- The Ecology Festival held in Wormholt Park in summer 2022 brought together local residents, businesses and campaigners with activities, stalls and talks.
- River Litter Detectives: all our residents can join Thames21 as a citizen scientist to monitor plastic pollution in the Thames!
