Improving Biodiversity in Carisbrooke Road

Improving Biodiversity on community an amenity greenspace adjacent and leading to Mayfield Primary School off Carisbrooke Road. This space is an established community green space for socialising and play since the estate was first established in the 1960s and covers an area of approximately 2,200sqm. There is an opportunity to improve biodiversity through a number of measures and this may include invertebrate and wildflower banks, with the banks creating a wildflower seed bank, bee-mounds, wildflower swathes under the trees and in the central greenspace areas, import and other biodviersity/landscaping improvements appropriate. This would improve biodiversity and the environment at a local level in this established community, making increasing use of their green assets to address the climate emergency and help increase public support for measures to reduce climate impacts and improve biodiversity. This project provides a chance for a local response and a balance between ease of maintenance and biodiversity improvements. Being in close proximity to the school these biodiversity improvements would showcase both to the community and new generations of school children a positive project, making biodiversity improvements and undertaking real local solutions ensuring these are integral to how we address the climate emergency at a local level. Though the land status is bona vacantia the Council has maintained the land since the early 1990s and has a direct interest in its upkeep/maintenance for public amenity use of residents. This project has support from Local Ward Councillors and HRARA.