Calne Community Nature Reserve

17/04/2026

𝗖𝗮𝗹𝗻𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝗕𝗹𝗼𝗼𝗺 𝗚𝗮𝗿𝗱𝗲𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗔𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘁𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗲𝘁𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲

We’re excited to be launching this year’s Competition TODAY on National Gardening Day, celebrating creativity, sustainability, and a love for gardening! 🎉

How to Enter & Win Big!
Entries open: Until 7 June 2026
Open to local allotment plots and private gardens—big or small and allotment plots!
Also welcoming community/education projects and groups along with businesses

What the Judges Are Looking For:
🌸 Impact of colour and design
🌿 Variety & creative use of plants
♻️ Sustainability & eco-friendly practices
✨ Originality & effort
🧹 Use of space & tidiness

𝗜𝘁'𝘀 𝗲𝗮𝘀𝘆 𝘁𝗼 𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗰𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗸 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗿𝘆 𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺 𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗸 𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲:
https://form.jotform.com/250923822587363

𝗖𝗮𝗹𝗻𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝗕𝗹𝗼𝗼𝗺 𝗚𝗮𝗿𝗱𝗲𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗔𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘁𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗲𝘁𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲

We’re excited to be launching this year’s Competition TODAY on National Gardening Day, celebrating creativity, sustainability, and a love for gardening! 🎉

How to Enter & Win Big!
Entries open: Until 7 June 2026

Open to local allotment plots and private gardens—big or small and allotment plots!

Also welcoming community/education projects and groups along with businesses

What the Judges Are Looking For:
🌸 Impact of colour and design
🌿 Variety & creative use of plants
♻️ Sustainability & eco-friendly practices
✨ Originality & effort
🧹 Use of space & tidiness

𝗜𝘁'𝘀 𝗲𝗮𝘀𝘆 𝘁𝗼 𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗰𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗸 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗿𝘆 𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺 𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗸 𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲:
https://form.jotform.com/250923822587363

14/02/2026

Happy Valentine's Day!

16/01/2026

fans check out this new project for Calne:

https://www.facebook.com/share/1cRj6WQzrE/

13/01/2026

Lovely to see this common buzzard (Buteo buteo) along Abberd Brook having a snack this morning.

River Warriors Calne
River Marden: Interactive

11/01/2026

𝐒𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐓𝐢𝐩𝐬 🌱✨

1. Choose native, non-invasive plants
Native plants tend to require less control, less watering, and don’t take over their environment. In turn lowering the maintenance required to care for your garden - and reducing or removing the need for pesticide usage.

2. Think perennial
Where possible, choose perennial over annual. Annual plants require the digging of soil each year, which damages the soil structure and releases CO2 and other greenhouse gases.

3. Pollinator-friendly
Open, single flowers offer the most accessible nectar and pollen for many pollinators. Night-scented flowers and white flowers, will attract night-flying moths.

4. Plant a tree
Planting the right tree in the right place can provide a long-term, low maintenance habitat for many species, food for others, and welcome shade for all. Trees help reduce summer temperature with leaves acting as a parasol and Evapotranspiration.

Find out more about Evapotranspiration with this short video: https://youtu.be/WGXGXUf0v1c

What makes your planting sustainable? Let us know in the comments!

Join the fantastic folks in the project and pledge your wildlife-friendly space by completing our short form: https://bit.ly/JoinCCNR

Wiltshire Climate Alliance Sustainable Calne

14/08/2025

Every garden, no matter how small, can nurture wildlife. Plant with purpose, and help nature thrive.

We are a wildlife-friendly gardening project, aiming to create a community nature reserve from the mosaic of spaces pledged by the people in our community.

Pledge your space here: https://bit.ly/36t6YpR

22/07/2025

Another fantastic mural. Great job Calne Clean Up Crew and their wonderful volunteers.

01/06/2025

The wildflower beds at Hillcroft are looking great at the moment.

A good showing including oxeye dais and, poppy among others.

Sustainable Calne

12/05/2025

𝐖𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧

Conserving water in your garden has multiple advantages. It helps combat climate change, saves energy, and promotes healthy soil. Efficient watering techniques, drought-tolerant plant choices, and financial savings are key. Remember, every drop counts! 🌱💧

Here are five ways to implement change in your garden:

I. Plant Selection
Choose drought-tolerant rather than water-intensive plants where possible

2. Capture Rainwater
Rainwater is a free and natural source of water that you can use for your garden. You can install a rain barrel or a water butt to collect rainwater from your roof or other surfaces.

3. Improve Soil Structure
Compacted layers in the soil should be eliminated, with good soil structure maintained. This will allow plant roots to explore the maximum amount of soil and extract the most water for their requirements.

4. Mulch your Soil
Cover the soil surface with organic materials such as straw, bark, compost, or grass clippings, to minimise evaporation.

5. Water Wisely
The best time to water your plants is early in the morning or late in the evening, when the temperature is cooler, and the evaporation rate is lower.

Sustainable Calne

22/04/2025

Happy Earth Day 2025!

If you'd like to do just one small thing this Earth Day, pledge a space for wildlife and let us know. You can even contact me to get a free wooden plaque* made by Calne Men's Shed to display your support for nature.

Thanks to over 100 people, businesses, and community groups that have pledged their spaces towards the project.

Join the fantastic folks in the project and pledge your wildlife-friendly space by completing our short form: https://bit.ly/CCNRPledge

*While stocks last.