Bracknell's Blooming Biodiversity
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Biodiversity and provision for wildlife are very important to our entry into the Thames & Chilterns in Bloom competition. To find out more about biodiversity in Bracknell visit our Biodiversity pages.
Blooming Biodiversity Walking Tour
As part of Bracknell in Bloom 2008 the committee put together a "Blooming Biodiversity" walking tour for residents to enjoy the wildflowers and insects that live here. The tour is marked with giant pink and orange butterflies and a map of the tour is available as a download on the right-hand side of this page.
Once a year at the end of the summer after the wildflowers have finished flowering and set seed ready for next year, the Landscape Services team cut the long meadow grass on these sites. The long grass is collected and taken away to be composted. This helps to keep the soil nutrient levels as low as possible as it encourages wildflowers. Please note that when the grass is short we remove the butterfly signs but they do re-emerge during the late spring.
Bracknell's Bus Station Bank
Volunteers from Bracknell Forest Garden Club, Bracknell Urban Wildlife Group and Bracknell Forest Natural History Society joined the council's Landscape Services staff to plant 3000 crocus bulbs and wildflower seeds on the steep bank adjacent to the bus station in Bracknell town centre. We hope that this floral facelift will brighten up one of Bracknell's major gateways bringing enjoyment to residents and visitors alike whilst providing a welcome source of nectar and habitat to the boroughs insects.
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