We’ve had a WhatsApp group for a long time, but we had to learn Zoom. We are now communicating with the wider public by print and zoom – so do let us know if any group you are involved with would like a Gardening for Wildlife column in your newsletter or a zoom session.
Then there’s training and discussion amongst ourselves, often with great speakers. We had Dave Goulson (founder of Bumblebee Conservation Trust) and now we are looking forward to debating with Richard Moyse (formerly of Plantlife) this month.
Several of us have given talks in the past and we are encouraging groups we know to have a Zoom call with us talking about our favourite topic - Gardening for a Wilder Kent. We have found that working in small teams, has given us all new skills and most of all the confidence that this horrible time has eroded!
We have been thoroughly stimulated by the Wildlife Trusts’ YouTube sessions and we shared the petition about neonicotinoids. We have plans for opening gardens when we can and look forward with confidence that we have more knowledge, skills and tools than we did when Lockdown first started. You couldn’t want much more than that from life, could you!
We have had the driest spring since 1956, with river and stream flow already well below average for the time of year, a worry for everyone. Area Manager Ian Rickards reports that “this crazy weather has been beneficial for some insects, but the vegetation…
Volunteer, Margery Thomas, explores winter on Hothfield Heathlands - one of Kent's last four valley bogs and one of its few remaining fragments of open heath.
At Kent Wildlife Trust, our volunteers are one of our most precious resources in the journey to create a #WilderKent. Without their passion, dedication, and tireless efforts, so much of what we achieve wouldn’t be possible.
