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Wilder Portsmouth is a partnership project between the Southern Co-op and Hampshire & Isle of Wight Wildlife Trust. The focus of this jointly-funded initiative is to encourage people to take action to create and enhance wild spaces where they live.

We want to see more wildlife friendly areas and small outdoor spaces across the city of Portsmouth that are created and supported by the community.

The number of actions, projects and people helping create a Wilder Portsmouth:

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Portsmouth is the second most densely populated city outside of London. Its green urban spaces are few and far between, but there is potential to create a network of wilder spaces - stepping-stones that allow species to move about and wildlife populations to connect. Below you will find our most recent projects taking action for both people and nature.

Man leaning over raised beds to plant wildflowers while two volunteers look on. Beach huts on the Eastney Coast are in the background.

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Wilder Eastney

Four local residents came together to look at their local greenspaces and figure out how they could bring wildlife back to their community.

Wilder Portsmouth Free Plant Giveaway

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Francis Avenue

Portsmouth's first wild street. From green roofed bin shelters, to nature exchange stations, find out more about Francis Avenue.

Team Wilder girls at Frances Annie Place

Frances Annie Place

A group of local school girls, and winners of our Wilder Futures Competition turned a neglected piece of land into a wildlife haven.

Wildflower meadow

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Tamworth park

Local residents joined Team Wilder in an effort to boost community engagement and to foster their relationships to nature.

Two girls crossing a wooden bridge holding hands

Portsmouth Play and Youth centres

Portsmouth City Council’s Adventure Playgrounds and Youth Centres connect more of the city’s children to the nature on their doorsteps.

Volunteers standing in area of raised beds next to high street doing some gardening

Brightening up Derby Road, North End

Wilder Portsmouth project in partnership with Southern Co-op have joined forces with Portsmouth Friends of the Earth (PFoE) volunteers.

Six young pupils holding watering cans and gardening tools getting ready to do some planting

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Heyward and Fawcett Road

Pupils from Brambles Infant School & Nursery have planted wildflowers in abandoned planters to cheer up their local streets and wildlife.

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Southsea artist paints mural to highlight ecological crisis

September 2020, we worked with Portsmouth Carers Centre and My Dog Sighs to display a new mural on the centre’s end wall on Francis Avenue.

display garden with examples of wildlife friendly planting, wildlife boxes and links to many more ideas for your garden.

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Waterfront Garden Centre

Wilder Portsmouth has teamed up with Waterfront Garden Centre to create a wildlife display garden.

Man leaning over raised beds to plant wildflowers while two volunteers look on. Beach huts on the Eastney Coast are in the background.

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We’ve reached a point where our natural world is in critical condition and needs our help to put it into recovery. It’s not too late to bring our wildlife back, but we must act now.

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