WE DID IT!
Emersons Green Town Council are honoured to receive the BEE BOLD award for the Community Nature Reserve. This recognition is not only a reflection of our efforts but also of the incredible support from all the volunteers involved, whose dedication and hard work make an invaluable difference in our community every day.
You can read more here,
Bee Bold Awards
Emersons Green Town Council established the Community Nature Reserve in January 2023 to cover the whole town council area, including Blackhorse, Lyde Green and parts of Mangotsfield.
The nature reserve includes both private gardens and land under local authority control.
Everyone who manages a garden with wildlife in mind is invited to say what they are doing and register their patch of land as part of the nature reserve.
Click Here to read our Foundation Document
The Town Council will also actively seek to enhance nature-rich areas under their control and will be working with South Glos on a local nature action plan.
Nature reserves don’t have to be out there, away from anything. They can be right here, next to your house, in your garden. We already have an amazing area for wildlife. We have meadows and commons, teeming with insects and wildflowers. We have woodland and wetland, ponds and a lake. We have seen little egrets, heron, woodpeckers and jays. We know we have foxes, hedgehogs, deer and badgers. We have even filmed otters in our area! Becoming a community nature reserve will help us realise the potential of our own gardens, learn to value the wildlife around us, care for it and recognise ourselves as part of the great community of life.
For more information about Open Garden Day – please click here.