Scores of people enjoyed a stroll around the village seeing how the community is helping nature
There were eight venues to savour on the 2025 Renaturing Trail with a mix of inspiring gardens and public open spaces showing how everyone can help to cater for wildlife.
Lawns, hedges, ponds, flower beds and vegetable patches were all featured on this annual Trail. Whilst everything was managed by humans (not just left to go wild), the owners aims were to share their gardens with a wide range of living things, bringing added joy and delight to relaxation.
Some parts of people’s lawns were being left unmown from spring to autumn showing that a wide variety of colourful grasses and wild plants could thrive, including primroses, orchids and knapweeds.
This variety was clearly attracting a wide variety of insects including many butterflies and bees – and often the mown parts of the lawns were done on a slightly higher setting to allow clover to flower profusely, which the bees were thoroughly appreciating.
There were highlights on the Trail too to learn how best to help hedgehogs and birds.
It’s hoped that the event will inspire others to join the village’s campaign to support nature and more information can be obtained by emailing buritonbea@gmail.com as well as by visiting the ‘Helping Nature’ parts of the community website: Helping nature help us | Buriton Community Website
