Wildlife Gardening - Habitat Creation & Rewilding - Feel Good Gardens - Adult Learning

Feel Good Gardens, King's Clipstone

Date	27 March 2025
Time	9:30am - 4:30pm
Venue	Feel Good Gardens, King's Clipstone View venue details View on Google Maps
For ages	19+
Group size	5 - 12
Cost	FREE - £22.75

About this course

We are currently experiencing a devastating loss in global biodiversity. This course aims to highlight why biodiversity is at such a loss and looks at ways in which we can minimize our impact on the natural world.

The course will offer solutions, which aim to improve biodiversity at a local level, both in our own gardens and in surrounding greenspaces. We also explore how our choices could help improve biodiversity on a global scale.

We will look at what is meant by the term rewilding, understanding its origins and perceived benefits and how it differs from modern conservation techniques.

This course is programmed as part of the Greenwood Community Forest Project.

This course will introduce the learner to the biological diversity that surrounds us and look at the many ways in which we can encourage wildlife into our gardens and open spaces.

We will look specifically at the following;

Gardening for Birds, Gardening for Butterflies, Creating a wildlife pond, Gardening for invertebrates.

We will also look at creating habitats, such as woodland, hedgerow and meadow, for larger areas of land.

We will offer a variety of different techniques and approaches that enhance the wildlife potential of your sites.

By the end of this course, you will be able to identify;

• 3 Habitat types suitable for including in the garden.

• 3 different plant and animal groups that frequent our gardens, how to encourage them and have an understanding of why gardens are important to wildlife.

• 3 different management techniques that help us to encourage wildlife.

• The variety of wildlife that can be encouraged into our own gardens and why gardens are important spaces.

Resources required by attendees:

Please wear clothing and footwear suitable for outdoors and possible inclement weather.

This course involves undertaking practical tasks associated with gardening, so a waterproof coat is advisable and sturdy shoes or boots are Please meet at Feel Good Gardens, Forestry Holdings, Kings Clipstone, NG21 9JL. Forestry Holdings is a private road off the B6030. If using a Sat Nav, it will take you to Sherwood Pines. Forestry Holdings is the next turning, between Sherwood Pines and the Dog and Duck Pub, on the same side of the road, please drive slowly; car park turning is after the portacabin.

Booking your place and fee information

If you are in receipt of certain benefits you will be offered the course for free, however if you have a financial barrier which may prevent you from enrolling on the course, please visit our webpage for further information https://www.inspireculture.org.uk/skills-learning/funding-your-courses/

To secure your place on the course BOTH the following must be done:

Complete the EVENTBRITE BOOKING.
Complete our INSPIRE ONLINE ENROLMENT FORM for each person attending the course.

You should be redirected to the Inspire Online Enrolment Form after completing the Eventbrite booking. If you are not redirected, please use the link supplied in the Eventbrite booking confirmation email.

To book and enrol on one of our courses, you must have been living in England and have been resident in the UK for the past 3 years.

Some exceptions may apply if you are living in England with evidence of the right to remain and are from an EEU/EEAU country (completion of a questionnaire will be required).

As we no longer receive funding for our ESFA-funded courses for learners living in the devolved areas listed below, full cost fees would apply to these courses if you live in these areas: