Projects

With funding from PostCode Places.
 

A Place For Nature / A Space To Grow
Is an 18 month schedule of site improvements via a program of public workshops & volunteer training to empower and inspire our community by offering access to green space and nature, coming together to create a thriving eco-system for all to enjoy.

These are our 5 strands:
WILDLIFE,
CONSERVATION & HERITAGE SKILLS, REGENERATIVE EDIBLE FUTURE,
CLIMATE PREPAREDNESS,
NATURE CONNECTION: PLAY FOR ALL AGES
Within these 5 stands we will design with citizens a regenerative climate resilient permaculture garden with wildflower meadows, biodiverse year-round planting, selective tree-planting, new habitats, enhance orchard, community plant nursery, new compost system, irrigation, and deliver workshops such as; boxes for bats, birds, Housemartins, water conservation, seed saving, soil structure, arts & crafts with natural resources, bushcraft & Forest School for all ages, herbs for health, foraging & wild edibles, harvesting, storage, preservation, cooking, apple pressing, citizen science, willow weaving and lots more.

With funding from Cambridge Community Foundation (CCF) Fund For Nature program.

We will develop a ‘mini-nature reserve’, and enhance, maintain and create habitats with improvements to our wildlife pond such as a basking bank, butterfly bank, hibernaculum’s and enrichment planting schemes here such as Hemp Agrimony and Flag Iris. We will add select trees across the site, e.g. Rowan, Silver Birch, Lilac, Ribes, Guelder Rose, Spindle. This will be complimented with underplanting such as woodruff, sweet violet, Ramsons and Winter Aconite.

In partnership with Froglife’s Transforming Lives project their trainees will deliver the pond enhancements via a program of at least 3 public workshops & volunteer training sessions. This will upskill their trainees whilst teaching and upskilling our community and our volunteer team at the same time, further developing employability opportunities.

We will construct 5 Bee Hotels using reclaimed wood and timber. This will be done with members of the public, teaching them about the different types of bees and the plants and habitats where they will be sited.

We will also create signage and educational boards for these features, using natural materials, helping our community to understand, appreciate and enjoy their natural environment, and raise levels of local pride, aspiration and community cohesion as they will be able to access a sustainable wildlife habitat, a “mini nature-reserve” on their doorstep.

With funding from National Lottery Community Fund

Creative Nature is a project for young people and is part  of the Building Healthier Green Futures, a partnership project between Nene Park Trust, Froglife, Peterborough Presents and WestRaven Community Café & Garden (supported by Cross Key Homes) to support young people (YP) aged 11-25 from priority communities in Peterborough to increase their connectivity with nature and local green spaces.

Creative Nature will program a 6 week block of creative and nature based activities, it will offer a blend of Art, Nature,  Photography, Gardening, Craft, Wildlife, and Creative Writing.

Building Healthier Green Futures (BHGF) aims to address inequalities by connecting priority communities to their local outdoor spaces and nature by co-creating ‘green’  and creative activities with and for young people.


The project will provide a programme of training and skills development, and opportunities co-designed by young people to create nature rich habitats that support health and wellbeing in both the young people and their communities.