We’re wild for the Blue Campaign

Have you seen the blue heart sign in the park by the Peterborough Road entrance? It’s there to tell people about the Blue Campaign, an initiative to encourage everyone to leave 10% of their garden wild to support our local wildlife.

Wildflowers for pollinators

We were introduced to the Blue Campaign by local resident and volunteer Claire who wanted to improve our wildflower bed above the playground at Peterborough Road. She’s done an amazing job of preparing the soil, choosing the seeds, sowing and tending the bed.

It already looks amazing and we know there’s more flowers to come up. Over the next few months look out for:

Rewild your garden for nature

Rewilding part of your garden is one very easy step to help restore UK biodiversity with habitats including long grass, hedges and ponds.

It results in a healthy garden full of colour and life. And takes less effort than conventional gardening. All the plants are already in place, waiting for a chance to grow.

Meadows in Poulter Park

Many areas of our park are managed as meadow, with paths cut through them for our dog walkers and park lovers. Like the field in front of Bishopsford House, in the orchard and the corners of the rugby pitches.

These areas are becoming much more species rich as a result, teeming with wildflowers like vetch, birdsfoot trefoil, cuckoo flower, clover, sorrel and even a spotted orchid! These flowers, and the grasses that also grow there, support our beautiful local butterflies and bees.

Help us record our biodiversity!

We’ve counted the species in our meadow every summer since 2023. There’s over 80 different plants to spot and we’re gearing up for another count this July.

Join us on Sunday 13 July at 10.30 am outside Bishopsford house to hone your plant spotting skills and learn about the nature that’s right under our noses.