Natural England

The Forum for Gardening with Wildlife in Mind, of which Natural England is a member, has produced a document called 'Let our gardens live! A manifesto for gardens, people and nature'.

The Forum brings together a wide variety of organisations including Government agencies, horticultural and scientific bodies, nature conservation NGOs and commercial companies, all with some interest in gardens and gardening, though from very different perspectives.

The manifesto was launched on 18 July 2007 at Roots and Shoots in the London Borough of Lambeth.

The manifesto has several aims:

• It draws public attention to the importance of gardens for wildlife, for people and for the urban environment generally and to the threats that gardens currently face, especially from paving and development.
• It sets out an agreed agenda for future action.
• It acts as a rallying flag under which many different and disparate organisations can gather.

Download 'Let our gardens live! A manifesto for gardens, people and nature' (pdf 442kb).

So far 48 organisations have signed the manifesto and in so doing pledged their support for what it seeks to achieve.

If you'd like to find out more about what you can do as an individual, have a look at our Nature in the Garden page, which includes tips for nature-friendly gardening.

Find out more about the Breathing Places campaign.

The following organisations have pledged their support:

Amateur Entomologists’ Society
Baines Environmental Ltd
Beechcroft Developments
British Dragonfly Society
British Trust for Ornithology
Buglife
Bumblebee Conservation Trust
Butterfly Conservation
Chester Zoological Gardens
CJ WildBird Foods Limited
Cottage Garden Society
Countryside Council for Wales
Cultivations
David's Country Store
Department of Animal and Plant Sciences, University of Sheffield
Educational Centres Association
Environment Agency
Environment and Heritage Service
Federation of City Farms and Community Gardens
Field Studies Council
Froglife
Garden Organic
Landlife
Living Roofs
National Federation of Women's Institutes
National Society for Allotment and Leisure Gardeners
National Trust
Natural England
Natural History Museum
Notcutts Garden Centres Ltd
People’s Trust for Endangered Species
Plantlife
Pond Conservation
Royal Entomological Society
Royal Horticultural Society
RSPB
Snowdonia Wildlife Gardening Partnership
The Herpetological Conservation Trust
The Mammal Society
Turfgrass Growers Association
University of Leeds, Faculty of Biological Sciences and School of Earth and Environment
Wildforms - Gardening for Wildlife
The Wildlife Trusts
Wiggly Wigglers
Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust
Woking Local Agenda 21
Woodland Trust
Zoological Society of London