Rewilding & biodiversity

Rewild your outdoor spaces for the benefit of increasing biodiversity, clean air, and student well-being. This could include, depending on available space, a forest garden, an orchard, a wildlife meadow, a hedgerow, a vegetable plot, or even a simple window box. Every little bit of school space matters

Actions you could take:

• Join the Camden Beeline project. You will get free advice on how to rewild your school, no matter how little outside space you have, plus tree seeds/plants
• Increase trees, shrubs and other plants around the school perimeter – for example, what could you plant to screen the school grounds from roads or parked cars, or on unused space on the edges of playgrounds
• Support your local wildlife by installing birdbaths, feeders, bird houses, bat houses, hedgehog homes, mini ponds, amongst others
• Create an Edible Playground to inspire hands-on learning and get pupils excited about growing and eating healthy food
• Rewild the school’s grounds by planting wildflower meadows or patches and introducing bee-friendly plants.

Resources:

Camden BeeLine
Edible playgrounds – Trees for Cities
Camden Forest
Foodscape – urban farms