Lexden Gathering Grounds Nature Reserve
Why not visit this beautiful wooded reserve filled with spring flowers, butterflies and foraging mammals
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Grounds development
We work with pupils and staff to assess your site for wildlife and work with children and staff to plan, design and plant up areas. We can also come in to rejuvenate existing areas. Planting may include living willow structures, orchards, ponds, invertebrate habitats, hedgerows, wildflower meadows, a sensory garden, wildlife borders, bug hotels, habitat logs, stag beetle pyramids and a nectar border. We will leave you with a management plan to enable you to look after it.
Local group events
Local group events
60th Anniversary Events
To celebrate the Trust 60th Anniversary we organising a selection of one special events.
Events at Warley Place
Experience the Spring Bulb Spectacular at Warley Place, where daffodils, crocuses, snowdrops, and bluebells burst into bloom.
Violet ground beetle
Violet ground beetles are active predators, coming out at night to hunt slugs and other invertebrates in gardens, woodlands and meadows.
Groundsel
Groundsel is a 'weed' of cultivated and disturbed ground like field edges, roadside verges and waste ground. It has clusters of yellow flowers that turn fluffy and white as the plant…
Evening Business Networking Event
An evening business networking event for connection, collaboration and conversation.
Event booking terms and conditions
Terms and conditions for event bookings, refunds and transfers.
Free event sessions
We are offering a limited number of free places for families in receipt of universal credit.
Volunteer Week 2023
Essex Wildlife Trust gives thanks to the dedicated team of volunteers that help conservation happen.
Volunteer stories - championing inclusion
This Volunteers' Week, we're shinning a spotlight on the incredible story of June Lambert - an inspiring volunteer whose passion, persistence, and positivity have helped make Essex…