Gardens & Greenspaces
Join the Weald to Waves – Gardens & Greenspaces network and help create vital stepping stones for wildlife across Sussex! If you are a gardener, manage a community greenspace, or belong to a group supporting nature recovery efforts in your local area, you can get involved.
Join us and join the dots.
1003 Members
and counting!
Why Your Garden or Greenspace Matters
Did you know that private gardens make up around 7% of the area of Sussex? When we add in our community greenspaces, our parks and playgrounds, orchards and allotments, churchyards and verges, this amounts to more land than Ashdown Forest!
The UK has made a global commitment to protect 30% of our national landscape for nature. By protecting less than a third of our gardens and greenspaces for wildlife, we can lead from the ground up and put that goal into action.
Who Can Join?
If you have a Sussex postcode, you can join the Gardens & Greenspaces community by pledging to take action in your outdoor spaces or by registering your community group with Weald to Waves.
Whatever the size of your garden or greenspace, join the corridor now!
Private gardens, window boxes, balconies and allotments
Community greenspaces, gardens and orchards
Parks, village greens and verges
Churchyards, cemeteries or places of worship
Schools and playgrounds
Woodlands
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What You'll Gain as a Member
Once you have signed up to Gardens & Greenspaces you will have the opportunity to register your outside space(s) and add your dot to the Weald to Waves map.
Our free membership gives our Sussex gardeners and communities plenty of opportunities to support nature recovery, including:
Access to the Members Area
Advice and practical tips from experts and the opportunity to track your ‘Actions for Nature’ in your pledged gardens or greenspaces
Data & Monitoring
Help to monitor progress in your garden and greenspaces and opportunities to take part in citizen science projects
Weald to Waves Map
Opportunity for your pledge to be included on the Weald to Waves project map
Events & Networking
Connect with other members, attend nature-focused events, and share experiences with the wider Weald to Waves community
Funding Opportunities
Support and advice to access funding opportunities for community projects
Community Champions
Become a Community Champion in your local area and support Weald to Waves through your actions for nature recovery
How to sign up to Gardens & Greenspaces
Click below to find out if you are in our project area and complete the simple sign-up process. On completion you will receive a welcome email and invitation to access the Weald to Waves members area.
It is free to join and everyone in Sussex can get involved!