Wildlife gardening is a tree-mendous way to help nature near you thrive. Avon Wildlife Trust were dill-lighted to run the Team Wilder wildlife gardening competition this year to celery-brate blossoming balconies, small urban nature havens, sprawling back gardens, community patches, nature-friendly allotments, school outdoor spaces and everything in between. To enter, green-fingered gardeners shared their actions for nature, wildlife sightings, the absolute joy they experience and a picture to showcase their beloved green spaces.
Avon Wildlife Trust judges marked the 100 entries according to their connection to nature, understanding of the green space and creativity within the space to benefit nature and people. It was a tough call and huge achievement to get selected! An outstanding award went to the entry with the highest marks and finalists were then put to public vote.
We wanted to showcase and champion real, relatable, local outdoor spaces to inspire and scale up actions for nature. And that’s what we got!