Credit: Philip Precey
Enouraging New Species to Kitchen Lane
Credit: @WTBBC
Kitchen Lane Open Space lies in the Ashmore Park area of Wolverhampton. The grassland and birch-dominated plantation woodland lies on the site of a capped landfill.
As part of the Nature Improvement Area (NIA) priorities we enhanced plantations and created grasslands to encourage new species to the area
Credit: @WTBBC
Over 3.5 acres of woodland were thinned and stumps were treated to prevent regrowth. A field-layer of Bluebell, Red Campion, Primrose and Foxglove - taken from the NIA's ‘Growing Local Flora’ project - was sown into the space.
The following summer, 1.5 acres of species-poor amenity grassland was enhanced with the creation of new meadowland by strewing arisings, hand harvested by volunteers, from an adjoining area of species-rich grassland.
Members' Virtual Annual General Meeting 2025
All members are welcome to join us for our digital Annual General Meeting on Saturday 18th October 2025.
Nature ID Talk and Walk at Pelsall Common & Turner's Wood
An engaging indoor talk followed by an exploration of the wild areas of Pelsall Common and Turners Wood.
Turner's Wood Volunteer Taster Day
Join us at Turner's Wood to discover our new monthly volunteer sessions! Come and meet the team, take part in some practical…
