School: Wheatfield Primary
Name: Wheatfield Primary
Category: Schools
Area: South Gloucestershire, BS32
What makes your garden wildlife friendly?
We have have created homes for hedgehogs and solitary bees, and provided food and shelter for pollinating insects in our wildflower meadow strips. We have recently planted orchard trees which will provide food for insects and birds. We have a rain garden to slow the flow of water after storms and this provides water and food for insects and birds. We don't use pesticides on our allotment. We have laid our hedgerows to provide safe passage for wildlife and put up bird and bat boxes in our grounds. We have also started making holes in our boundary fences so that hedgehogs to roam freely in search for food. This ties in with a local campaign run by the Town Council to encourage hedgehog highways.