2023 David Bellamy "Home Sweet Home" Challenge Update

After taking on the David Bellamy Blooming Marvellous "Home Sweet Home" Challenge this year, we have been very busy around the park maintaining existing habitats; installing throughout the park bird boxes; bat boxes; more bug and bee hotels; feeding stations for birds, squirrels, etc; hedgehog houses; and insect stacks all to help as many animals across our park thrive and provide an area of shelter.

Throughout this season so far we have:

• Limited the cutting of long grass areas to maintain and encourage grassland habitats and bee nesting.
• Greenspaces have been managed in an environmentally friendly way with no fertiliser being used.
• New planter tubs and hanging baskets have been installed on the front and around our Reception building to encourage pollination.
• Bird and bat boxes have been installed around the park.
• Bug and bee hotels have been installed around the park.
• Hedgehog houses have been installed in the park.
• Bird feeding stations have been installed around the park.
• Customers on our park have created their own insect stacks, bird feeding stations, and bug hotels.
• Our wildflower rockery has been reseeded and replanted for this year.
• Our buddleia bank at the side of Reception will be left to flower naturally for as long as possible this year to increase the pollination time.
• We have planted 60 new trees throughout the park.