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How to do companion planting
Grow plants that help each other! Maximise your garden for you and for wildlife using this planting technique.
Enhancing the Birmingham Mainline Canal for Wildlife to Thrive
In November 2012 the Canal and Rivers Trust, with support from the Birmingham & Black Country Nature Improvement Area, started work on a project to improve linkage between the Dudley and Birmingham canal networks.
The 'Main Line Canal Wildlife Enhancement' project linked the Netherton Branch Canal, Gower Branch Canal and Sheepwash Urban Park Wildlife Sites to the heart of Birmingham via the canal network.
Road to Wellbeing is a Wild Life in Birmingham
The statistics around health are stark. Physical inactivity causes 18 million sick days every year. One in four adults will suffer from a mental health issue every year. Poor mental health costs…
Local Nature Partnership - Birmingham and Black Country
The LNP Board comprises high level decision-makers representing business and the private sector, local authorities, the DEFRA agencies, Natural England, partnerships that benefit the natural environment, the health and well-being sector and the voluntary sector. The LNP is chaired by Georgia Stokes, CEO of The Wildlife Trust for Birmingham and the Black Country. The Trust also provides a secretariat function.
City Nature Challenge: Bioblitz at the Birmingham Botanical Gardens
Join us for a Bioblitz at the Birmingham Botanical Gardens as part of the City Nature Challenge 2024! We'll be pond dipping, bug hunting, finding wildflowers and spotting birds! Please note…
Save Our Local Wildlife Sites
Birmingham and Black Country's 586 Local Wildlife Sites covering 4778ha are at risk of future development. #ActSwiftly to save our local wildlife.
Greater plantain
Pushing its way up through the cracks in pavements, the straw-coloured flower spikes of greater plantain or 'broadleaf plantain' are a familiar sight. This 'weed' also pops up…
Birmingham crowned winner of the UK’s first ‘plastic fishing’ competition
Wildlife Trust for Birmingham and the Black Country awarded with its own plastic fishing boat to help tackle plastic pollution in local canal and river network
Birmingham Young Environmental Activist Awarded Fifer Award
Rosa Day from King Edward VI Camp Hill Girls School beat off the competition to be awarded the Fifer Award for Young Environmental Activists, plus £400 project budget and expert mentoring to bring…
The Wilder Side of Birmingham and the Black Country Can you catch it on camera?
The Birmingham and Black Country Wildlife Trust is running a year long photography competition in association with Wex Photo Video, with £1,000 in prizes up for grabs.
Standing up for Wildlife, Planning and Advice
The natural environment is a vital employment sector in itself, but also plays an essential role in improving air quality, managing flood water, creating community, attracting tourists to boost the economy, and enabling our population to live active, happy lives.
We work hard to make sure nature has a voice in planning and policy decisions across Birmingham and the Black Country.
Our recent work includes:
• Responding to budget proposals from local authorities highlighting the long term contribution of the natural environment to the health and happiness of everyone who lives in Birmingham and the Black Country.