Working together for a Wilder Somerset.

Tea, cake and WILDER Open Gardens to raise funds for Somerset Wildlife Trust.
Is your garden full of wildlife? Have you done anything special to give wildlife a helping hand?
Find out how to host a Wilder Open Garden.
Get your pack today.

We need your help to get to that magic moment and tip the balance in nature's favour. We need you to join Team Wilder - a team of people taking action for nature and wildlife across the county that they care about; doers, movers, shakers, ambassadors, campaigners and changemakers.  Because only together can we bring about the change that nature needs.

All across Somerset people are coming together in their schools, churches, work places and communities to do what they can to help nature recover.

Wilder Spaces

Join the Wilder Future campaign and help write a better future for wildlife.

Tea, cake and WILDER Open Gardens to raise funds for Somerset Wildlife Trust.
Is your garden full of wildlife? Have you done anything special to give wildlife a helping hand?
Find out how to host a Wilder Open Garden.
Get your pack today.

With an estimated 124,500 gardens in Somerset, covering 19 square kilometres of the county, these spaces have huge potential for nature. If we all gave a little bit more space for wildlife within our gardens, just image how much habitat we would create overall for nature. Gardens can also help us buffer the impacts of surface flooding, pollution run off, create cooler climates around our homes and are fantastic for our health and well being!

We're on a mission to help everyone in Somerset who looks after a garden to give more space to wildlife, here you'll find tips and downloads and ways to connect with others.

Whether you're a teacher, run a youth club, are part of the Guiding or Scouting movement, or just want to find some fun nature activities to do with your kids or grandkids, you've come to the right place! 

Discover how the next generation can learn about and engage with wildlife.

Despite the amazing diversity of habitats and wildlife along Somerset’s fifty miles of coastline, it often doesn’t get the attention it deserves. This vibrant piece of coastline includes sand dunes, rocky shores, cliffs, salt marsh, tidal estuaries, mud flats and coastal deciduous woodland, with 80% having environmental protection.

Development should not come at the expense of our natural environment. All development, be it housing, commercial or infrastructure must be designed and delivered in a way that contributes to nature’s recovery, not its decline.