Ashprington
Discover local nature and climate groups and find out what your community is doing to reduce its carbon footprint and promote nature.
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Local Groups
The Habitat Group
Producing and distributing the Gardening for Wildlife booklet and enabling other groups to print and distribute it. Reintroducing Water Voles to the River Gara. Widespread planting of Nottingham Catchfly plants to save the White Spot moth from extinction. Mapping wildlife friendly gardens/fields etc to create the People's National Park. Find out more on the website and by joining the Habitat Whatsapp and email groups.
Sustainable Ashprington
Community composting scheme; creating biodiverse village green space; tree planting and Ash dieback replacement; rewilding Churchyard; swift boxes; National Trust Woodland volunteers; new riverside woodland with public access; toad migration; litter picking. Our Parish also includes the nationally-known Sharpham Rewilding Project who are keen to support this group.
Devon Wildlife Trust Wilder Communities Team
Wilder Communities advice; Wilder Communities Award (coming soon); Wildlife Gardening Award
Local Projects
Create Community Orchards and Plant Landmark Trees
DWT's Saving Devon's Treescapes offers a full free support package
Living Churchyards: Protect Wildlife in Your Local Churchyard
Devon Living Churchyards Project encourages churches to support wildlife
Promote Your Wildlife-Friendly Spaces with Awards
Devon Wildlife Trust offers awards to gardens that support wildlife
