Conservation Care

Think!

1 Do you have a conservation area in your school grounds?                       

2 Is it well managed?      

3 Would you like advice or help with practical management?  

4 Would you like to create a conservation area?                      

5 Would you like to extend, improve or make more use of your conservation area?

Act now

Contact the Environmental Education team on 01279 620270.  Ask for advice on the phone or arrange for a member of our staff to visit your school, do a site inspection and discuss your needs. 

Once a habitat is created in the grounds of a school it needs management to ensure it stays in good condition.

The Environmental Education team offer a practical conservation maintenance service and management advice to ensure your conservation area flourishes to benefit staff, pupils and wildlife. e.g.

All trees and hedge plants grow best if kept weed free in the first few years of their lives. 

Hedge plants may die if smothered by coarse grasses and weeds. 

Trees, especially fruit trees, may need to be pruned, have dead wood removed and stakes and ties checked to maintain healthy growth as well as the required size and shape. 

Willows are fast growing trees.  Producing a tunnel, dome or sculpture requires weaving, tying in, shaping or pruning at least once a year. 

A wildflower area left unmanaged will revert to coarse grasses and dominant invasive plants resulting in a loss of more attractive and beneficial species

Essex Outdoors is a professional member of 'Learning Through Landscapes' (www.ltl.org.uk).

See also School Grounds