The team at Woodworks Garden Centre has hailed the recently held North Wales Wildlife Trust (NWWT) “Sustainability Day” a great success. The event focused on the rare species of North Wales as well as talking about the reintroduction of beavers, potting up rare local trees and what can be done to control invasive alien species.

The North Wales Wildlife Trust manages 35 nature reserves in North Wales. It also works with other organisations and landowners to protect and connect wildlife sites across the counties and inspire local communities and young people to care for wildlife where they live.

Commenting after the event, Mark Roberts from the North Wales Wildlife Trust said:

“The Woodworks was a perfect location to host our “Sustainability Day” – we spent a lot of time talking to customers of the Garden Centre about invasive species, nature, and showed customers how to build bug hotels in their gardens with a few pallets, bamboo sticks and straw. We are looking forward to hosting more events at the Garden Centre in the future.”

Iwan Gwyn, Manager of The Woodworks Garden Centre said:

“It was a great day out for the whole family and individuals with a passion for nature. The North Wales Wildlife Trust hosted some very interesting pop-up talks, gardening activities and games, with various members of the Trust covering a wide variety of sustainability and nature based topics. We can’t wait to welcome the NWWT and the community back to our Garden Centre for more events.”

The North Wales Wildlife Trust’s gazebo was set up with a wide range of information and literature including a sample of the invasive American signal crayfish – which are in local rivers. Members of the team also gave an illustrated talk on the rare wildlife of North Wales and held an interactive invasive species hunt.

This is not the first time that the Woodworks Garden Centre has teamed up with the North Wales Wildlife Trust as it currently sells native hedgings grown at Aberduna Nature Reserve. In addition, the P&A Group, of which The Woodworks is part, work closely with the Trust assisting on replanting projects on wetlands at the Plas ym Mhowys Farm in Leeswood.

For more information about the North Wales Wildlife Trust, please visit the North Wales Wildlife Trust website.