Wildlife garden - Katie Wilkinson
Wildlife-friendly Space Awards
#TakeAction for nature and create a wildlife-friendly space!
UK gardens cover nearly half a million hectares, which is around 700,000 football pitches! If these were all wildlife-friendly spaces, we’d create an amazing opportunity to help wildlife. Whether you have a garden, shared green space, balcony or a few pots - get your local green space buzzing with wildlife and be part of the patchwork of wildlife-friendly areas linking towns and the countryside.
Let us know about your Wildlife-Friendly Space and you could be part of our growing community of Dorset Wildlife Trust plaque holders!
Find out more about how to help wildlife into your garden.
How do I make my garden a haven for wildlife?
From planting plants that pollinators love to making a hedgehog doorway in your garden fence, there are lots of small ways you can make your garden wildlife-friendly. So whether you live in a flat or a mansion, you can make a home for wildlife! Find out more below and then apply for a plaque.
Check here to see if you have at least six of these wildlife-friendly features in your garden to qualify for a plaque!
If you have six or more wildlife features from the list below then you could qualify for our free plaque and certificate! All you need to do is fill out the online form below and then send us photographic evidence of each feature.
| Native hedge. | Water available at different heights. | Nectar and pollen-rich flowers. | Trees and shrubs that flower and fruit. |
| Bee home or insect home. | Climbing plants. | Wildflower meadow or long grass area. | Pond or bucket pond, or bog garden. |
| Upcycle and reuse materials rather than buy new. | No chemicals including using no slug pellets. | Using only peat-free compost. | Log piles, tree stump or stone piles. |
| Homes for wildlife, including: a bat box, bird box or hedgehog house. | Compost heap, wormery or homemade liquid fertilizer. | You've promoted wildlife-friendly gardening within your community. | Saving water - water butts and reducing mains water use. |
Join our growing community of wildlife-friendly gardeners and growers
Please complete the form below. Your information will be kept securely on our database and we will not give your details to any third parties.
Let us know about your wildlife-friendly space and we will send you this super plaque as a ‘thank you’ for helping wildlife. We will be in touch soon.
When you complete the form below, your wildlife-friendly space will display on our interactive map. This allows us to visualize the range of wonderful wildlife-friendly spaces that our amazing supporters have created across Dorset.
Please note that once submitted it can take up to an hour for your pin to populate the map.
