How to create a vertical garden
Gardening doesn’t need to be restricted to the ground - bring your walls to life for wildlife! Many types of plants will thrive in a green wall, from herbs and fruit to grasses and ferns.
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How to create a hedgehog hole
Help hedgehogs get around by making holes and access points in fences and barriers to link up the gardens in your neighbourhood.
How to create a mini pond
Even a small pond can be home to an interesting range of wildlife, including damsel and dragonflies, frogs and newts. Any pond can become a feeding ground for birds, hedgehogs and bats – the best…
Volunteers create Cornish hedge at Millennium Woods
Cornwall Wildlife Trust’s Wild Penwith volunteer group has built and repaired over 100 meters of Cornish hedge over the years but living, “green” hedges are a fairly rare feature of the Penwith…
How to create a container garden for wildlife
Pots and containers are a great way of introducing wildlife features onto patios, or outside the front door. They are also perfect for small gardens or spaces like window ledges or roofs. Herbs,…
New Initiative for Cornwall’s Young People Creating a Blue Future for the County
Hundreds of young people in Cornwall are stepping up and creating what is rightfully theirs: a healthy planet, a thriving economy, and a brighter future, thanks to a new Beach Rangers Academy…
Hedgehogs - your guide to Britain's most loved creature and how to protect them
Cornwall's hedgehogs are disappearing. Let's protect Britain's most loved creature. Here's everything you need to know about Britain's best loved creature and actions you can take to give them the best chance of recovery.
Help us create space for nature to thrive in Cornwall
In Cornwall, we are incredibly lucky to have incredible nature on our doorstep. But, unless we protect it, we'll loose our wild places.
My focus
For her A-Level Photography project, Emily-Jane is taking images of the landscapes that she loves; combining her two passions – photography and wildlife – so she can express herself in creative…
How to help wildlife at school
Whether feeding the birds, or sowing a wildflower patch, setting up wildlife areas in your school makes for happier, healthier and more creative children.
My homecoming
Juliet Sargeant was first inspired by nature as a child: when she’s working, her mind often wanders back to playing in the woods with her friends.
She left a career in medicine to train as…
Sphagnum moss
Sphagnum mosses carpet the ground with colour on our marshes, heaths and moors. They play a vital role in the creation of peat bogs: by storing water in their spongy forms, they prevent the decay…