Collings Park - Keeping it Wild!

 

A large part of our site is being left in a state of ‘natural re-colonisation’, in other words minimizing human interference and letting nature take its course - otherwise known as ‘rewilding’.  This will increase biodiversity and provide opportunities for the local community to benefit from a small bit of wilderness within the city, all in line with our charitable objectives.

 

We’ve created a path through the rewilding area and this will allow people to experience the flora and fauna; it will also provide access to about 140 metres of bramble-edge, which will be ideal when the blackberries are ripe and ready for picking each year!

 

We have also added a small pond and bog-garden in the north-east corner of the rewilding area.  The presence of water will attract an even wider range of wildlife to the site.