04/03/2019

  The RHS Flower Show Cardiff supported by wealth manager Brewin Dolphin will return to the Welsh capital with a celebration of spring from 12 – 14 April. The show will champion health and wellbeing and celebrate Visit Wales’ Year of Discovery theme for 2019 as it explores some of the finest in Welsh horticulture. Teaming up with Perennial, presenter of the Sodshow Gardening Podcast, Peter Donegan will create a small private garden offering a relaxing space to enjoy and…

11/02/2019

Three small islands off the coast of Pembrokeshire are flying high this month, as the latest seabird census results indicate that they are now home to more than 50 per cent of the world’s entire Manx shearwater population. It’s estimated that nearly a million breeding Manx shearwater adults reside on Skomer, Skokholm and Middleholm; based on the monitoring work by The Wildlife Trust of South and West Wales (WTSWW), the National Trust and the University of Oxford and University of…

12/03/2018

Congratulations to The Wildlife Trust of South and West Wales and project partners Island Friends on winning the Visit Wales Innovation Award for their unique virtual reality (VR) project; Wild Wales. The award was presented to the Wild Wales team at the prestigious National Tourism Awards (NTA) on the 8th March at the Celtic Manor Golf Club, Newport. The NTA evening was hosted by TV Presenter Sian Lloyd and celebrated the very best of Wales’ tourism industry and showcased many…

11/12/2017

My Wild Garden Year 2017 saw the start of a new mission for wildlife in Cardiff as The Wildlife Trust of South and West Wales launched their ‘My Wild Cardiff’ project. With the help of some lovely locals we have created 12 new bug hotels in Canton, built Cardiff’s first ever pop-up wildlife garden in Bute Park, gave 3 wildlife gardening talks, taught 15 learning providers about bringing nature into schools and had 3 schools visit to our nature reserves!…