Since April this year our Horticulture Apprentice, Lucy, has started a project to record and identify the moth species on our grounds; this involves setting […]
Tag: biodiversity
Big Butterfly Count 2023
One of our Gardeners, Adam, took part in the Butterfly Conservation’s Big Butterfly Count on Friday 4th August in the Lower Hoopern Valley at Streatham […]
Green Flag Award 2023-24 Winner!
We are delighted to announce that the University of Exeter’s Streatham Campus has been officially recognised as one of the country’s best parks and green […]
Hedgehog Awareness Week
It’s Hedgehog Awareness Week – hedgehogs in the UK are at risk of extinction due to habitat loss, development, roads and litter with populations declining […]
Clearing Works Project – Higher Hoopern Valley
The Grounds Mitigation Team’s latest project has been to clear the Streatham Campus Higher Hoopern Valley woodlands and watercourse system of invasive plants. This area […]
Bug Hotels Expert Input – BBC Bitesize Article
We are very proud that one of our Gardeners, Colin Brown, has shared his expert knowledge of bug hotels with the BBC which has been […]
M-arb-ellous Upcycled Bench
We have a strong sustainable and biodiversity ethos within the University and the Grounds Team arboristrists practise this as much a possible by regularly creating […]
Seed Collection Event – Wednesday 9th November 2022
Would you like to be involved in growing the next generation of trees on our grounds and learn about our wide variety of tree species? […]
Green Flag Award 2022-23 Winner!
We are delighted to announce that we have again achieved the prestigious Green Flag Award for both our Streatham Campus and our St Luke’s Campus! […]
Big Climate Fightback! Tree Planting Event
We are all increasingly aware of just how important trees are to our environment; from absorbing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere to protecting nature and […]