GREEN GARDENING IN KINGSBRIDGE SUSTAINABILITY IN ACTION
Kingsbridge in Bloom has a well-developed Environmental Policy
“Working in sympathy with nature, conserving valuable resources and enhancing the environment for people and wildlife alike.”
“Working in sympathy with nature, conserving valuable resources and enhancing the environment for people and wildlife alike.”
Key features:
PLANT MANAGEMENT
To Reduce our purchase of new plants:
We Re-use plants by:
WASTE MANAGEMENT
We Recycle by:
WATER USE
We Reduce our demand for treated water by:
CARING FOR WILDLIFE/WORKING WITH NATURE
Our planting is designed so that:
Remember - Plants/waste/water/wildlife – P.W.W.W
PLANT MANAGEMENT
To Reduce our purchase of new plants:
- We use perennials in our planting schemes and wild-flower areas, as far as possible
- We propagate - taking cuttings and growing them on.
- We only purchase and use good quality ‘peat free’ compost where necessary.
- We collect seed from year to year, germinate and grow on our own plants.
- We protect vulnerable plants over the winter in poly-tunnels and greenhouses
- Where possible we over-winter plants in situ to avoid unnecessary expense and labour
We Re-use plants by:
- Recycling bulbs and plants for re-use in different locations:
WASTE MANAGEMENT
We Recycle by:
- Composting appropriate waste material in the compost area in the recreation ground, and taking other waste to the local Recycling Centre
- Returning plant-pots and trays to the suppliers or the recycling centre.
- Using reconditioned compost either donated or bought locally; if we buy, we buy peat-free.
- Re-using spent compost as mulch.
- Using brown bins where available
WATER USE
We Reduce our demand for treated water by:
- Using water storage such as butts, which are located on the Town Square, at the Community Garden, Museum and elsewhere.
- planting drought-tolerant species, where possible
- using baskets and containers with reservoirs.
CARING FOR WILDLIFE/WORKING WITH NATURE
Our planting is designed so that:
- We encourage and attract all sorts of pollinating insects including bees
- We encourage wild-flower planting in public spaces and elsewhere
- We encourage all forms of wildlife, by providing appropriate homes and habitats.
- Chemicals, and limit our use of plastics and pollutants, to protect water courses, insects and wild-life which are essential to horticulture. Bees are particularly under threat from these and other modern agricultural practices.
Remember - Plants/waste/water/wildlife – P.W.W.W
