In August 2025, LHS set up a Wildlife Gardening Group. This was in response to members’ and supporters’ interest and suggestions. The WGG is co-ordinated by Czech Conroy.
The WGG has an educational role, supporting WGG members (and LHS members more generally) in benefitting wildlife and increasing biodiversity in their gardening.
We currently undertake three activities:
- organising visits by WGG members to establishments in and near Lambeth that have wildlife gardening expertise, such as: London Wildlife Trust’s Centre for Wildlife Gardening; South London Botanical Institute; Roots and Shoots.
- visits by WGG members to each other’s gardens to learn from each other and exchange ideas and experiences; and
- The Moths Project: Recording moths found in 4 WGG members’ gardens, over the course of a year, through the use of a moth trap (non-lethal), to find out how many moth species the gardens support. (The numbers of moth species and numbers of moths recorded in a garden provide one valuable indication of the garden’s wildlife and biodiversity value.)
Resources
Plants for Pollinators as recommended by the Royal Horticultural Society