St Wulstans Biodiversity Transformation
We are so proud of our bold and beautiful transformation of our 0.6-acre site into a thriving hub for native wildlife and community connection. In partnership with Nature Nexus Ltd, we have turned our grounds into a living mosaic of habitats — rooted in care, collaboration, and creation.
Led by Cary and the TEABAG team and with other volunteers and local partners, we achieved so much:
- Engaged the church community through presentations and shared vision 🌱
- Worked alongside church volunteers in monthly hands-on biodiversity days 🤝
- Created a 225m² wildflower hay meadow to support pollinators and native flora 🌼
- Installed a low wooden fence to protect the meadow while maintaining access 🪵
- Cleared scrub in the south-east corner to open up space for habitat diversity 🌿
- Put up a 6ft privacy fence separating the vicarage from the wildlife zone 🚧
- Replanted with native shrubs and wildflowers including blackthorn, guelder rose, and bluebells 🌸
- Created a rustic seating area for quiet reflection and connection with nature 🪑
- Installed three compost bays using reclaimed wood for sustainable waste use ♻️
- Laid a woodchip base with weed membrane and repositioned paving for clear access 🌾
- Installed wildlife habitat products: bird boxes, bat boxes, and a bug hotel 🐦🦇🐞
- Created log piles and stumperies to support fungi, amphibians, and hedgehogs 🪵🦔
- Removed waste materials responsibly, reusing and recycling wherever possible ♻️
- Installed an oak lectern stand with an information panel to educate and inspire 📘
This once-ordinary patch of churchland is now a vibrant, biodiverse sanctuary — a place where pollinators thrive, people gather, and the sacred work of creation care continues to grow.
Bees are vital pollinators that help plants grow, flowers bloom, and ecosystems thrive. By visiting a wide range of plants, they play a key role in supporting biodiversity and food production. Our church grounds provide a safe and welcoming habitat for these essential insects.
The bat life cycle begins when a bat pup is born. Mother bats usually have only one pup at a time. In the early days, pups stay together in a nursery while their mothers go out hunting. As they grow, the pups cling to their mother while she flies to roost, since they are unable to fly on their own until they are about 2 to 3 months old. A bat reaches adulthood at around one year of age.
The Bat Conservation Trust has wonderful resources
and this kids friendly activities page is amazing!
Worcester City Council – Small Community Grants
Lisa Smith – Community Engagement Officer
Worcester Environmental Group
WEG works on a wide range of projects across Worcester — from restoring wildflower meadows and planting edible hedges to running nature walks, managing orchards, and collaborating on tree care, play spaces, and biodiversity initiatives with local partners.
Caring for God’s acre
National initiative about the care of churchyards
THIS IS THE ARCHIVE OF OUR 2020 THANKS TRACK PROJECT
Welcome to our Thanks Track project. We are so excited about our community and we want everyone to know it!
This is a map of Warndon with 26 special locations marked all over it.
On this map of Warndon, there is no set route to follow just 26 special locations to find.
There are lots of ways of knowing you are in a Thank Track hotspot. You should be able to spot one of these red cards.
The Google map above will help you navigate. There are also What3Words co-ordinates listed. The paper version of this map can be downloaded here:
Some places are awarded AONB status. These areas of outstanding natural beauty are marked as special because of their landscapes and heritage. Warndon needs to be awarded AOCB status. It is an Area of Outstanding Community Beauty! As you travel around the locations on this special gratitude trial, you will see why.
