Earth Trust’s pioneering Biodiversity Offsetting Scheme receives recognition

Earth Trust and partners, Environment Bank and Taylor Wimpey, are proud to have been awarded the CIEEM Award for 'Best Practice - Small Scale Mitigation' for our biodiversity offsetting project at Bushey Bank.

Blooming marvellous meadows

The floodplains of Riverside Meadows are now a spectacle to behold as we can all enjoy the results of our wildflower seeding project.

Make your own seed bombs

Sowing wildflowers in a flower pot or bare patch of garden provides vital resources for pollinators and other insects (it's also lots of fun to do!).

Statement on the Government’s National Food Strategy

Earth Trust statement in response to the government's long-awaited food strategy which has been developed in response to the Henry Dimbleby National Food Strategy Report last year. 

A guide to our volunteer tour guide!

Andy Heelas joined Earth Trust as a volunteer in February 2020 and leads guided tours of Earth Trust's green spaces.

An ecological study of the new wetland inhabitants

We’ll soon be able to find out exactly what wildlife has been enjoying our new wetland habitat with an ecological study into returning species, their numbers and habits, to better understand the impact of the changes in biodiversity and ‘re-wilding’ of features.

Volunteer Profile: Steve Nixon

Earth Trust’s land management volunteers share their time and passion to help care for our natural green spaces for everyone to enjoy. Steve is a butterfly counter and Volunteer Warden at Wallingford Castle Meadows.

You’ve goat to have a dream..!

Norton and Yarrow, the artisan goat's cheese company, is an award-winning success story of Earth Trust's Farm Step Scheme. Co-founder, Rachel, shares with us her story of how it all began...

Making a feature of rain…

At Earth Trust Centre, our Earth lab building has been ingeniously designed to use water recovered from the landscape, via our wildflower meadow roof, to flush the toilets.

Pollinators: our struggling superheroes!

There are more than 1,500 different insect species pollinating plants in the UK. Bumblebees, wasps, butterflies, moths and beetles all contribute to this vitally important process.

Highlights from the Building Nature In event

Can we design, build and live in places where people and nature thrive in balance? More than 100 representatives from local authorities, advisory bodies, planning, construction & development, social enterprise and environmental groups met to discuss ‘Building Nature In’ to the places where people live, work and play.

New land acquisition for Earth Trust

We are thrilled to announce the acquisition of a new area of land, presenting an exciting opportunity to enhance Earth Trust’s ability to demonstrate how farming and land management at scale can contribute to health & wellbeing, nature recovery, and climate change mitigation.