It seems a long time ago now but in 2019 we had a visit from Ivan Randall from the Living Churchyards project in Wiltshire. We were able to show him the efforts we have been making to encourage wildlife into the Meeting House garden especially on the canal bank. We received a certificate to welcome us to the project and in 2020 a second one for ongoing work.

One of the things we would like to do is to increase the number of perennial flowers we have in the garden that attract pollinators. We need plants for nectar for as long a season as possible to support early and late flying insects. Various people have popped plants in over the past couple of years but we could do with more.

We have been in touch with Ivan in the meantime and finally received both certificates recently.  We have participated in the Living Churchyards scheme as part of our Eco church challenge. Having achieved the Eco church silver award we now need to go for gold.