Foraging in Bristol
Late summer is rich with nuts and berries ripening on hedgerows and trees in the city as well as country. Gathering and eating wild food is a great experience. It helps you get up-close-and-…
Late summer is rich with nuts and berries ripening on hedgerows and trees in the city as well as country. Gathering and eating wild food is a great experience. It helps you get up-close-and-…
Avon Wildlife Trust recognises Bristol's Western Slopes as a vital wildlife corridor, and stands with those people calling it to be protected from development.
A project to reveal some of Bristol’s hidden spaces for wildlife gets underway this week led by Avon Wildlife Trust in partnership with Bristol City Council, with initial support* for National…
If you visited Avon Wildlife Trust’s six-acre site, Feed Bristol, and stayed for just an hour, you may interpret it as a huge urban food growing site. You wouldn’t be completely wrong. I did the…
The declaration of ecological emergency made jointly today by Bristol mayor, Marvin Rees and Avon Wildlife Trust Chief Executive, Ian Barrett, signals a pioneering approach to reversing the…
In February 2020, Bristol City Council made headlines across the country for being the first city to announce an ecological emergency. Equipped with a new One City Ecological Emergency Strategy…
One of the most intriguing stories behind the clean lines and urgent angles of Bristol’s modern skyline is its rich history of local food production. It takes a little ‘digging’ to find it because…
The My Wild City project in Bristol comes to an end but the legacy is just beginning!
With support from The National Lottery Heritage Fund, Avon Wildlife Trust has been working for over…
This year, the three year long ‘My Wild City’ project came to an end. This ambitious project aimed to enhance hidden wildlife havens across Bristol ranging from ancient woodlands, orchards, old…
Bristol is a city full of green-thumbed growers and gardeners who want to plant, dig, grow and harvest their own fresh food. With over 5,500 allotment plots managed by, or on behalf of, the…