Climate friendly gardening
There are plenty of ways you can take action against climate change in your own backyard or local greenspace.
There are plenty of ways you can take action against climate change in your own backyard or local greenspace.
Buy local produce, eat more plant-based foods and reduce your food miles to shrink your environmental footprint.
Reduce your travel emissions
Energy used in buildings accounted for around 20% of total UK emissions in 2022. Reducing your household energy use by switching to a renewable energy supplier or purchasing a heat pump will help…
A Brockholes conference or wellbeing day can help keep your business green.
Crassula helmsii, known as swamp stonecrop or New Zealand pigmyweed, is an aquatic or semiterrestrial species of succulent plant in the family Crassulaceae. Originally found in Australia and New…
These wild, open landscapes stretch over large areas and are most often found in uplands. Although slow to awaken in spring, by late summer heathland can be an eye-catching purple haze of heather…
September has been a month of notable change at Brockholes Nature Reserve as summer has slowly transformed into autumn. With this seasonal transformation the reserve has undergone a dramatic…
With brighter days and lighter nights, the month of March marks the beginning of spring, and this welcome seasonal change has seen Brockholes burst into life. From fascinating plant life to…
Nudibranchs, also known as sea slugs, are much like their land-based relatives that you may spot in your garden. But, unlike your regular garden slug, the nudibranch can incorporate the stinging…
Despite its nickname, cuckoo spit doesn’t come from cuckoos. So what exactly is cuckoo spit, and where does it come from?
What a month January has been! The weather has thrown everything imaginable at the reserve, including snow, rain and ice. In spite of these testing conditions, the presence of a diverse selection…