Christmas Tree Planting 2025
'Tis the season to give back to nature! It's that time of the year when we ask you to bring your old Christmas trees to the Fylde coast & reuse them to help stabilise our dunes!
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How to do companion planting
Grow plants that help each other! Maximise your garden for you and for wildlife using this planting technique.
Peat-free planting trial
We know that we need to go peat-free in our gardens to help save our precious peatlands, but just how good are peat-free composts?
How to plant a tree
It might surprise you, but even the smallest of gardens can accommodate a tree!
Planning applications
We believe in positive planning for nature's recovery. Here's how we tackle planning issues in our region and how you can help.
Planning policy
Find out more about how the planning system works in Lancashire, Greater Manchester and North Merseyside.
Greater plantain
Pushing its way up through the cracks in pavements, the straw-coloured flower spikes of greater plantain or 'broadleaf plantain' are a familiar sight. This 'weed' also pops up…
Memory Tree
We can help you celebrate a special occasion or the life of a loved one by placing an engraved leaf on our Memory Tree, so you can leave a memory for a Wilder Future
Ribwort plantain
The brown, oval flower heads of ribwort plantain balance on top of thin, wiry stems; the resulting seed heads provide food for birds in winter. Look for this 'weed' in lawns, fields and…
Tree sparrow
A scarce and declining bird, the tree sparrow can be spotted on farmland and in woodlands; it is not an urban bird in the UK. It has a brown cap and black cheek-spots, unlike the similar house…
Tree bumblebee
The tree bumblebee is a new arrival to the UK. First recorded here in 2001, it is slowly spreading north. It prefers open woodland and garden habitats and can be found nesting in bird boxes and…
Tree lungwort
Look out for this large, leafy lichen on trees in ancient woodlands in the west of the UK.