Rewilding at The Gryphon School.
Regenerating hedgerows, creating wide grass margins and liberating wild flowers around the edges of the school sports pitches.
July 2019, the first summer of rewilding.
This bank which was previously mown all year round, is now full of wildflowers, including Pyramidal and Bee Orchids, all of which were in the seedbed, now liberated under the new management regime. The bank is alive with the humming of bees, and full of hover-flies, beetles, butterflies and other pollinators.
The bank under previous management. February 2019.
November 2021, wildflower meadow creation.
Preparing the ground along the edge of the sports pitch.
Perfoming the role of wild Boar and Aurochs!
Reconnecting with the land and the wildlife through creativity.
Preparing the wildflower seed for sowing.
Restoring wildflowers to the land.
The Gryphon Eco Council is powered by a group of young people who are passionate about rewilding and caring for wildlife.
Sowing the new meadow area, November 2020.
Reconnecting with nature.
Natural regeneration has been at the centre of the management plan for the The Gryphon School. The next phase is to create a wildflower meadow - 92% of wildflower meadows have disappeared in the UK.
