Meadow Creation 

How to create a wildlife meadow on your Forest School site

Looking after your wildlife meadow 

Advice on maintaining your wildlife meadow

Looking after your Forest School Site 

How to formulate an action plan to maintain your Forest School site

Site Design - fitting it all together 

If you want to add something new to your site, a design will be needed. This is vital for areas where you are starting from scratch...

Site Facilities 

Creating paths, steps, fences and seats

Hedgerow Planting 

What to plant and how to plant when creating a hedgerow

Your Site - know what's there 

For your wildlife project to be successful, you need to find out all you can about the site. This, together with a site design will give you the information you need to draw up an action plan. Time spent now can save mistakes and time-wasting in the future.

Woodland Creation 

With care and hard work, it is possible to plant trees and shrubs to create an area that looks and feels like a real woodland within 20 to 30 years.

Tree Planting 

Planting a tree or shrub is a long term investment. Just a few trees can cheer up gardens, street, parks or open spaces. Always try to plant native trees or shrubs as these support a much better variety of wildlife. But wherever you decide to plant, remember how large trees can grow – so choose the right sort for your area.

Woodland Management 

How to look after your woodland

Pond Creation 

Wild ponds have been disappearing at an alarming rate over the last 100 years, yet creating a wildlife pond is one of the easiest things you can do for nature and you can see the results in a matter of weeks. A wildlife pond will give you hours of pleasure as you watch dragonflies darting, birds bathing and frogs blinking up at you!

Pond Management 

There are a number of reasons why your pond may no longer be at its best. Before you start to work on your pond try to work out the main causes of its problems. This can be quite complicated – get advice if necessary.....