Here in Northamptonshire we have an excellent WLT conservation churchyard scheme. Local volunteers benefit from increased health, welbeing and knowledge. Local people really appreciate having a nature rich area to stroll through.

This is so lovely to hear. I would love to hear of more community green spaces throughout the UK! Pooling together everyone's green thumb knowledge!

Community fighting to protect green space

Yes, more community gardens and allotments are an excellent way to improve diversity in urban Green spaces, improve their connection to nature and provide them with healthy fresh foods.

I visited the bombed out church in Liverpool this year and found the new meadow planting joyful and uplifting

We need more green space wherever it can be found. It is essential for all of us

We have community allotments and urban garden schemes which help and benefit the community and help to sow the seeds of joy of nature and itsee importance. We need backing from the government on a huge scale to turn things around, hopefully from our individual and community projects will grow and bloom to turn things around, people are happier, healthier and more productive by being in nature.

Any space can be and probably should be a garden space with veg shared. There are nearly always waiting lists for allotments, yet we have spaces the councils can ill afford to manage... Surely a solution suggests itself...

The washlands at burton on trent have been improved to reduce flooding and improve wildlife.

The Greener Grangetown project is a good example of bringing small pieces of nature into an urban setting. It also helps with encouraging active travel and with urban flooding

In our South Norfolk village a biodiversity group has been encouraging people to manage their gardens with wildlife in mind. We map the wildlife-friendly spaces, aiming to link these habitats through networks of ‘stepping stones’ and ‘green corridors.’ 55 households have signed up so far.
For more information and inspiration please see
www.forncett.info/activities/forncett-nature-matters

love this idea, helps nature while also bringing people together and giving them an active role in making a difference. it increases awareness in local communities.

Excellent idea. Every single town and village should have this, and supported by their council

I work for a charity and this is what we are doing in our area. It makes such a difference to people's lives.

This is inspirational stuff!

Would like to see more community spaces we have just had one done in the village which consists of 3 fields where you can have a wander walk your dog etc it’s been named Jubilee park.

Love that! Happening around Cambridge too! This should be promoted and expanded

Completely agree - growing local food and engaging the community whilst providing vital stepping stones for wild life. Win win!

We have open spaces being made into orchards where people can pick apples pears plumbs communities working together areas where nature can live and thrive

In Weymouth we have areas of outstanding natural beauty protecting this from development is so important we have numerous amount of empty building which could be used for housing so granting permission to build houses is not nessaary

For the sake of our red squirrels, something needs to be done about the plague of invasive , native grey squirrels. They are gradually overcoming our own species.
I understand on Anglesea there and no greys. This is how the rest of our country should be.
Greys are invasive vermin, please do something to save our reds.

We need more of these examples

Education is key. Children should learn the importance of preserving nature from an early age. From school projects growing and planting of woodlands to proper disposal of litter

We have a Tidy Randalstown voluntary group in our town . Over the recent years they have transformed the town . Community gardens have been developed and kept and maintained by volunteers. The local schools are involved and every few months we have a tidy the town day , litter picking , weeding etc . Randalstown has won a number of awards and has just won best small town UK.

It's wonderful to see an oasis of calm amongst the chaos. A central green space brings a little bit of soul to urban living.

I’ve seen the areas on verges by bus stops turned into bee friendly flowering areas, or the roofs of bus shelters made into green meadow spaces to help create bee corridors in town areas

More people using their own back yards to grow food

My friends and family have made a conscious decision not to waste any food and buy only when it’s needed

We need this urban improvement ethos to spread into the wider landscape as well as our towns and cities.

Working together to reopen paths. Beach cleans.

Our local cemetery has turned the old section into a nature reserve. Linc housing allowing young action group with local nation trust and ground work team to turn a grass wast area into a natural space for wild flowers etc.

That is an amazing idea since people could eat sone natural food and good for the envirorment

https://www.lauristonfarm.scot/

We need more accessible green spaces and local organic food production. These are not only great environmentally but also brilliant for people - education, good food, food security, mental health, excersise, stronger communities.....
Why are they not part of planning policy, and left to volunteers to start/coordinate. Surly the benefits to society and nature could be imense if this was expanded and government funded

I live by the Thames which was biologically dead not long ago. Now there is abundant life there. It fills me with real joy. I feel a responsibility to keep it safe.

We need more biodiversity farming as it will allow more space for wildlfie, tackle climate change, better quality food and more food security

That’s exactly where farming needs to be- education of farmers to improve farming practices nationwide by those successfully doing it would really help

Caring and sustainable farming is all part of the bigger picture. A picture of a wonderful world.

Small pockets of shared space in the community being used for wildlife and garden spots to attract wildlife. Community allotments. Sustainable and organic farming practises. Attracting and protecting wildlife in our gardens - birds, hedgehogs, insects via planting, ponds etc.

I agree with this. The food industry is broken and in trouble. Sustainable farming to back our British Farmers and locally produced. Less meat but better quality.

Love this! Organic gardening is the way forward to become sustainable, across the UK!

In our South Norfolk village a biodiversity group has been encouraging people to manage their gardens with wildlife in mind. We map the wildlife-friendly spaces, aiming to link these habitats through networks of ‘stepping stones’ and ‘green corridors.’ 55 households have signed up so far.
For more information and inspiration please see
www.forncett.info/activities/forncett-nature-matters

I love Wimpole Estate in Cambridge - great example of sustainable farming

Just THINK and save animals plants and oceans.

Education can work both ways. Helping nature and producing good food at an affordable price. This challenge, need to recognise this fact. 👌

We need to change the way we produce our food. Too much prairie farming.

All farms to be regenerative by 2050. Permaculture methods to be mainstream ways of growing food in urban plots.

I have seen wildflower meadows planted by farmers.