For a thriving countryside that benefits everyone

Happy #BogDay!

According to @ONS, peatlands are ‘high natural capital’, supplying around 25% of our drinking water and are crucial for carbon storage.

Make sure you always buy peat-free compost for your plants.🌱🌱🌱

#peatfree #BucksGardens

https://www.ons.gov.uk/economy/environmentalaccounts/bulletins/uknaturalcapitalforpeatlands/naturalcapitalaccounts

According to our recent poll, having a say on planning is the issue of most concern for our supporters. @CPRE have collaborated with other organisations to outline six tests planning rules must pass to benefit both people and nature. https://www.cpre.org.uk/news/six-tests-that-campaigners-are-using-to-assess-new-planning-bill/

What concerns you most at the moment?

What a relief! Plans we objected to for housing developments on Green Belt in Ashley Green have been refused.
https://www.bucksfreepress.co.uk/news/19423404.ashley-green-outline-plans-33-affordable-homes-green-belt-land-thrown/

The flourishing of rural communities includes the development of affordable housing. Yet local plans for expansion, such as #MK2050 by @mkcouncil will be detrimental to farming and the countryside. The focus must shift to developing existing brownfield land.

#RuralHousingWeek

Have you considered joining us as a member?

Not only does this help us to promote and protect the countryside, but includes great perks such as 2-for-1 tickets to attractions like @MiltonsCottage and @ChinnorRailway

#Buckinghamshire

https://donate.cpre.org.uk/page/51439/donate/1

Hurrah, it’s officially the first day of summer! Happy #SummerSolstice!

It’s great that the longer summer evenings coincide with #NationalPicnicWeek, though we hope you had your waterproofs if you were dining outdoors today!

It's almost the end of @KeepBritainTidy's #GBSpringClean, but let's work together to keep litter off the streets and out of the wild everyday! #keepBuckstidy #Litterheroes

We are so pleased that during his visit to Chesham yesterday, @BorisJohnson expressed support for the campaign by our late President, Dame Cheryl Gillan, to promote the Chilterns from AONB status to being a National Park. @ChilternsAONB you might need a new Twitter handle!

“Chalk streams are some of the planet’s rarest habitats and 85% of them are found in England”, one of which is our wonderful River Chess. It is crucial that we protect this precious stream from the threat of water contamination by @HS2ltd works!
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/jun/06/the-battle-to-save-englands-chalk-streams-one-of-the-planets-rarest-habitats

As well as providing natural boundaries, hedgerows are vitally important for species in decline, such as the yellowhammer. Take a moment to listen out for birdsong next time you’re near a hedgerow.
#NationalHedgerowWeek #Bucksbirds

Thanks to that delightful Bank Holiday sunshine, the wildflower seeds we sent to every member earlier this Spring are starting to spring up!

Here’s a glimpse from one of our trustees’ gardens: