There’s a noticeable shift in how we think about our gardens. Instead of striving for perfectly edged lawns and highly controlled planting schemes, more people are embracing wilder outdoor spaces that are both beautiful and full of life. Gardens aren’t just spaces for people; they can provide valuable habitats for wildlife too.

Charlotte Denne

Charlotte Denne and her husband Fred run Kent Seeds, a seed merchant and processing business where she spends as much time out among the meadows of the North Downs as she does at her desk. She writes about seed, soil, and the slow work of growing something worth waiting for.

| 08 Sep 2026

Gardening is a great pastime that provides light physical exercise and relief from stress. It helps to keep you healthy in body and mind. It can also be a source of fresh vegetables, fruit and herbs all of which can add to its health benefits.

Paul Hetherington

Paul Hetherington is Director of Fundraising & Communications at Buglife and is a driving force behind the b-lines initiative, a beautiful solution to better connect pollinators across fragmented habitats. B-lines are now a nationwide movement, engaging communities, local authorities and businesses in the collective effort to protect pollinators. Paul has previously worked for other charities including The Woodland Trust and WaterAid. If you have supported wildflower pathways in the UK, you will have heard Paul’s impressive knowledge on all things insects.

| 06 Jan 2026

GreenTheUK has seen an incredible rise in the number of companies choosing to give up their time to help local wildlife habitats. Across 20 days in 2024, 226 employees dedicated an accumulative 1,150 hours to volunteering with GreenTheUK and our charity partners.

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| 13 Mar 2025

Environmental education is something we care deeply about at GreenTheUK and we work with our partners around the country to deliver impactful and educational projects in schools every year.

Ellen Bradley

Ellen is manager at Curlew Action, a charity working to reverse the decline of the Curlew and campaigning for more natural history education. In addition to this role, Ellen is a wildlife artist and co-director of UK Youth for Nature, the UK's leading youth movement calling on the government to act on the nature crisis.

| 12 Sep 2024

It is almost impossible to get through a day as a human without trees. For as long as humans have been using tools, trees have given us food, fuel and shelter. A world without trees is a world without apples, wooden tables, cardboard boxes and log fires.

Jen Turner

Jen is an advocate for great woodland management and has spent the last 11 years working in the nature conservation and ecology sectors. Before joining the Royal Forestry Society (RFS), Jen was a Fundraising Manager at the RSPB, and previous to that, she worked as an Ecological Consultant and Project Manager. Jen holds a BSc (Hons) in Marine Biology and an MSc in Environmental Management.

| 16 Jun 2023