Creating Stepping Stones for Nature Recovery across the Shropshire Hills AONB Partnership and Wider – Conference
Creating Stepping Stones for Nature Recovery across the Shropshire Hills AONB Partnership and Wider – Conference
Friday 12th May 2023, Norbury Village Hall, Bishops Castle, Shropshire
Come and join us to find out more about Nature Recovery plans in the Shropshire Hills AONB and beyond.
Find out more about opportunities for community groups and individuals with gardens, small plots of land/fields, small woodland interested in improving their plot for wildlife and nature recovery.
There will also be information for Parish and Town councils on the Environment Act and opportunities available to help prepare local Nature Recovery strategies and how to develop local plans to reverse the decline in species abundance.
Conference Resources
The MMCLT 2023 programme of events can be found here.
A pdf report on the Conference can be downloaded here (includes links).
Below are links to the presentations given on the day (links open as pdfs).
- Alex Carson-Taylor, Chair, Shropshire Hills AONB Partnership
Overview, Shropshire Hills AONB Partnership - Rachel Glover, Natural Environment Officer, Shropshire Hills AONB Partnership
Nature Recovery in the Shropshire Hills – Introduction & Context - Dougald Purce, Ancient Woodland Restoration Officer, Shropshire Hills AONB Partnership
Ancient Woodland Restoration project - Nick Rowles, Trees Outside Woodland project officer, Shropshire Council
Thinking outside the Woods – An Introduction to Agroforestry - Kat Hinton, Senior Projects Officer, Land and Water Team
Shropshire Wildlife Trust – Shropshire Pond Creation Scheme - Richard Small, Marches Meadows Group
Meadow Creation - Suzanne Wykes, Specialist Practitioner Ecology, Shropshire Council
The Environment Act and opportunities to help achieve nature recovery - Nancy Lowe, RHS qualified organic gardener, ecological garden designer & permaculturalist
Gardening with Wildflowers - Harriet Carty, Charity Director, Caring for Gods Acre
Opening the Ark (no upload) - Richard Keymer, MMCLT Chair
The Middle Marches Community Land Trust & Nature Recovery
Other resources:
Click on the links below for:
Address
Enterprise House, Station Street, Bishops Castle, SY9 5AQ
Email us
info@middlemarchescommunitylandtrust.org.uk
Telephone
01743 891492 (Dr Richard Keymer)