Ecology

Our progress

We’ve completed a biodiversity baseline for the borough, telling us about the state of our biodiversity and guiding our conservation efforts.
We established resident-led commissions on biodiversity, parks, and the climate and ecological emergency. These have allowed us to do things with residents, not to them, while bringing nature back to our borough.
Our grounds maintenance contract now includes an ecology officer, biodiversity mapping, and ecology-focused maintenance practices.

We planted the first Tiny Forest in London, with 3 now in place and plans for 2 more by 2024.
20 parks have achieved Green Flag status, acknowledging our dedication to maintaining healthy and biodiverse green spaces.
The Wormwood Scrubs masterplan has been agreed, ensuring a sustainable approach to managing this important natural habitat.
We’re de-paving highways and converting grey spaces, such as verges and bin sheds, into green and biodiverse areas.

The No Mow May campaign, launched in 2021, has become an annual event, encouraging residents to reduce lawn mowing to support local wildlife.
We’ve given away 470 free trees, 273 bulbs and free seeds to residents to plant in their gardens.
The "Rewilding Raves" gardening campaign, launched in 2022, has further engaged the community in creating thriving and diverse green spaces.

Local families regularly join us in planting, such as the Wendell Picnic Project in Wendell Park.
The Mudlarks project has been helping children and families learn about plastic waste pollution in our waterways.
The Ecology Festival held in Wormholt Park in summer 2022 brought together local residents, businesses and campaigners with activities, stalls and talks.
River Litter Detectives: all our residents can join Thames21 as a citizen scientist to monitor plastic pollution in the Thames!