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Resource library

Here you will find useful 'how to' guides and other information to help develop your ideas or to get you off the ground in taking that first action towards becoming a Wilder Community.  Enjoy the journey!


Creating space for nature

Three people standing around a small container which is being filled with water and aquatic plants in an urban community for wildlife

Penny Dixie

Here you will find useful links to help you make more space for wildlife in your community:

How to make a bee hotel
How to build a bat box 

How to build a hedgehog home 

How to build a nesting box for birds 
How to build a swift box
How to build a pond
Managing roadside verges for wildlife

Managing hedgerows for wildlife
Managing a woodland for wildlife
Free trees for schools and communities
Creating a wildflower meadow
Community orchards

Gardening for wildlife

A wildlife friendly cottage garden

Wildlife friendly garden. Photo, Tom Marshall

Here you will find useful links to help you garden for wildlife in your community:

Wildlife Gardening page
How to start a wildlife garden from scratch
How to set up a community garden
Wild About Gardens
Wildlife Garden Award
Other ideas for gardening for wildlife

Go pesticide free

Buff-tailed bumblebee

Buff-tailed bumblebee © Vaughn Matthews 

Here you will find useful links to help you to go pesticide free in your community:

Gardening without chemicals 
Use companion planting instead of chemicals
Gardening without pesticides (PAN UK)
Highly hazardous pesticides and alternatives (PAN UK)

Reducing pollution

A man and a woman holding litter picks and bin bags in a countryside location with trees in the background

Jon Hawkins - Surrey Hills Photography

Here you will find useful links to help you to reduce pollution in your community:

How to organise a litter pick
River water quality monitoring
Guidance for Local Authorities
More coming soon!

Building better for nature

Man riding bike down path by a river with houses in background.

Photo, Ben Hall/2020VISION

Here you will find useful links to help you to respond to planning applications and encourage local authorities to build better for nature:

Community involvement in neighbourhood planning
Wildlife, planning and development
Housing principles - building for nature and people 
Devon Nature Recovery Network

Find out more

community image by Paul Harris 2020VISION
Resources

Nextdoor Nature Hub

If you are looking for more practical tips about how you can help nature, head to the Nextdoor Nature hub!

Become a member and support our work

The vital work we do for nature depends on the support of people who care about the future of Devon's wildlife and wild places

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