Tag: National Trust

No shrinking violets! Conservation charity aims to create purple patch with mass planting of 20,000 violets to satisfy particular tastes of rare butterfly

Stuart Mitchell

Across the Shropshire Hills this spring, the National Trust and many dedicated volunteers will start the mass planting of 20,000 marsh violets, the largest planting of its kind in the UK. These delicate little plants are the favourite food of caterpillars of small pearl-bordered fritillary butterflies, and by planting more, it’s hoped to attract many more of these rare butterflies. Led by the National Trust, and funded by the Natural England Species Recovery Programme, this ambitious planting is part of the Stepping Stones Project to restore habitat connectivity across the…

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Partnership project to restore rivers in the Lake District wins 2024 UK River Prize

Stuart Mitchell

The Ullswater Catchment Management partnership, which is spearheaded by the National Trust and Ullswater Catchment Management Community Interest Company (UCMCIC) and works to restore and improve rivers in the Ullswater catchment in the Lake District, has won the prestigious 2024 UK River Prize’s Catchment Award. The partnership, shortlisted against three other finalists for the prize, has delivered over 280 restoration initiatives across the catchment since its inception in 2015, including the successful ‘re-wiggling’ of Goldrill Beck. In total, it has to date restored 843 hectares (2083 acres) of key habitats,…

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Wildlife and climate campaigners unite in what could be the biggest ever march for nature

Stuart Mitchell

Environment campaigners are urging anyone who cares for nature to unite and march through London to Parliament Square on Saturday 22 June, with a simple demand to all political parties: Restore Nature Now.  This legal demonstration aims to be the biggest gathering of people for nature and climate that the UK has seen and is both a celebration of UK nature and a protest for urgent political action on the nature and climate emergencies.   The Restore Nature Now march is a peaceful, inclusive and family-friendly event. It is supported by…

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Nature’s Confetti – Londoners invited to enjoy the spectacle of blossom in the heart of the capital at Outernet London

Stuart Mitchell

A new blossom experience – Nature’s Confetti – is blooming at the London’s Outernet as the National Trust aims to bring the beauty of this special moment in nature’s calendar to more Londoners, commuters and visitors to the capital. Outernet London – the most visited cultural attraction in the UK – is an immersive entertainment space housing giant floor to ceiling wraparound screens – the most advanced of their kind in the world. As part of the charity’s annual Blossom campaign, visitors to the space will be able to enjoy…

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National Trust joins push for temperate rainforest revival in North Devon with new 100,000-strong tree planting project

Stuart Mitchell

A large-scale project to create a wilder, woodier and wetter landscape is underway in north Devon with the National Trust planting over 100,000 trees this winter to re-establish approximately 50 hectares (123 acres) of temperate rainforest, one of the UK’s most endangered habitats, and other wooded habitats. The planting will take place across three sites, with 50,000 trees to be planted at Arlington Court, 38,000 on Exmoor and 20,000 at Woolacombe/Hartland, with more planting to follow in the coming years. Temperate rainforests, also known as Atlantic or Celtic rainforests, are…

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