Team Wilder wildlife gardening competition 2023

Wildlife gardening competition closed

Hannah Bunn

Wildlife gardening competition stories

Hannah Bunn

Wildlife gardening is a bloomin' great way to help nature near you thrive. That's why we launched this wildlife gardening competition!

With thanks to the Natural History Consortium and the Community Pollinator Fund from the West of England Combined Authority, we'll be celebrating the amazing green spaces across our region that are making a difference for wildlife. We want to see your blossoming balconies, small urban nature havens, sprawling back gardens, community patches, nature-friendly allotments, school outdoor spaces and everything in between.

This is all part of Team Wilder, a growing movement of people who notice and celebrate nature in their day-to-day lives, taking super-local actions to tackle the ecological and environmental crisis as a collective.

The competition is now closed, you can still share your actions for nature to inspire others on the Team Wilder map.

How the competition works

  1. Choose which category describes you and your garden best: Individual, Community, Education or Food Growing
     
  2. Submit your garden using this form by 16 July 2023, where you'll be asked a few questions and have the opportunity to upload photos or videos to show it off - which must have been taken in the last 12 months. 
     
  3. Receive your poster to show that you're taking action for nature, and display it to encourage others to take part!
     
  4. At the end of the summer, three finalists from each category will be selected by our panel of judges, who will receive a visit from the Team Wilder Ecologist to chat about their wildlife garden and get some expert advice. A professional photographer will also attend, to take pictures which will then be used for the final public vote.
     
  5. The professional photographs will be put to a public vote, and the winner announced in the early autumn.

For more details, see the wildlife gardening competition 2023 T&Cs

What you'll win

Wildlife Gardening Competition certificate

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Everyone who enters the competition will receive a poster they can display to show they’re taking part and get their neighbours involved.

All 12 finalists will be visited by a Team Wilder Ecologist, to talk about their wildlife garden and offer expert advice. A photographer will also attend to take the photos which will then be used for the final public vote.

There will be one winner from each category, who will go on to receive:

  • A wildlife camera, to capture the visitors to their garden
  • £75 voucher to spend at Grow Wilder
  • Prints of the photographs taken of their green space
  • A wildlife gardening book from the author, journalist and TV presenter Kate Bradbury
  • Ecological advice

    A little more on what we're looking for...

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    We are looking for places and spaces that wildlife love to visit. We're looking to see how you've used the space available to you to attract nature to your local patch - and why!

    Let's show what real wildlife gardens look like - beautiful garden spaces in all shapes and sizes, full of life! 

    Have you created a mini-meadow for pollinators? Do you have a pond that's buzzing with life? Are there safe spaces for wildlife to call home? You can do all this and more over the course of this spring and summer, and we have plenty of resource below to help you on your way.

    Three entries will be shortlisted from each category, and will be visited by a photographer and Team Wilder Ecologist in August or early September for educational entries, to capture what’s special about the space for a public vote to choose the final winners.

    Wildlife garden in BS4

    Stephanie Chadwick

    See the finalists and winners!

    Remember that all actions for wildlife, no matter how small, are important. 

    Please note voting is now closed

    See the finalists for gardens, community spaces and food growing 

     

    West of England Combined Authority and Natural History Consortium

    West of England Combined Authority and Natural History Consortium

    Resources

    An illustration of a community garden

    (C) Hannah Bunn

    Be part of Team Wilder

    All actions for nature collectively add up and creates life for people and wildlife.

    Sign up to Team Wilder

    Share your actions for nature, like Tom by sharing and tagging @avonwt on social media and

    Log your actions for nature on the map