The green spaces in, or near to, our towns and cities can also provide a different and truly free NHS, a Natural Health Service, because they can offer so many health benefits, from keeping physically fit through opportunities to exercise, to boosting our feelings of happiness by experiencing the outdoors, fresh air and intrinsic beauty of open spaces.

However, large areas of our urban green spaces are disappearing under concrete. It’s not just developers that are responsible for this phenomenon but all of us. Many garden owners are concreting and paving over their gardens either to create parking spaces or for easy maintenance.

Gardens offer refuges for many species in the city and put together form a significant area of habitat for bees, butterflies, birds, amphibians and mammals. Local Nature Reserves and some brownfield sites are also great for wildlife and some old industrial sites can be home to very rare and unusual species. Many of these spaces offer opportunities for people to get outside and explore their local environment and keep fit at the same time.

We can advise your community on how to improve green spaces for wildlife, how to get to know the wildlife in your area & make use of your local nature reserves.  Click here to find out more...

Did you know?

Many linear features such as roadside verges and railway tracks can provide corridors for species to move between sites. These features are especially good for connecting urban wildlife with their rural relatives!