Our natural environment is something we often take for granted and only when it is too late do we mourn its loss. We depend on nature in so many ways from the insects that pollinate our fruit and veg to the microbes that nurture the soil that our crops depend on. It’s so important that we protect this precious resource and as a group we’ve been thinking up ways that we can all help.

What can you do?

• Join the wonderful Nailsworth In Bloom team to help keep the town beautiful

• Keep a Bee Friendly garden and get recognition for doing so

• Grow some fruit and veg, either yourself or as part of a community scheme. Find inspiration from our Virtual Edible Gardens

• Support the locally grown fruit and veg available in Nailsworth’s wonderful markets

• Keep an area of your garden wild with a stack of logs, nettles, rocks, meadow flowers or a small pond.

• Work with neighbours to ensure safe passage for the creatures we love like hedgehogs and toads

• Enjoy the green spaces and woodlands around us responsibly