Wildlife gardening for beginners

About the Course

If you would like to attract bees and butterflies or simply love the diverse appearance of a wildlife garden, it is vital to understand how to create this space. Join Paul Ritchie for a day of education and practical work. He will discuss the principles of wildlife gardening and why it is so important for all of us to consider developing an area, big or small, to encourage native flora and fauna.

Paul is an active participant in the Surrey Wildlife Gardening programme and has won awards for his own garden. He is therefore the perfect tutor to discuss the principles of wildlife gardening. It is also vital to understand how to assess an existing garden, which he will describe using those at the Bay Pond Educational Nature Reserve.

After lunch you discuss how to plan your own garden to achieve your personal botanical goals.

To finish off the day, you will build a pre-cut bird box to take home and cherish in your newly designed wildlife garden.

Tutor Paul Ritchie

As a biologist with over 20 years of experience looking after nature reserves and commons Paul is well placed to teach courses in ecology, conservation and practical countryside skills. He had roles training employees and volunteers for the Metropolitan Police Service, City of London Corporation and Surrey Wildlife Trust. He helped establish a community woodland project at Ashtead Common NNR; trained and assessed apprentices; and worked closely with volunteer and community groups.

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Please help to protect our staff and other members by not attending any of these events if you or anyone in your household is feeling ill or have symptoms of Covid-19.

If you will be redeeming a CraftCourses gift voucher on this course, the voucher code must be provided at the point of booking.

What's included in the price?

You will build a pre-cut bird box to take home and cherish in your newly designed wildlife garden.

Contact

Adult learning team at Surrey Wildlife Trust