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Green Hylands: supporting biodiversity through grass meadows and haymaking

The Parks team at Hylands Estate has been busy making hay from the estate’s grass meadows in recent weeks.

Planning talking points: can our homes be good for nature?

In its emerging new Local Plan, Chelmsford is setting clear rules for new developments, which should leave the environment better off.

Newlands Spring Primary School pupils embrace wildflower planting project

Students from Newlands Spring Primary School helped to plant over 20 species of wildflowers at Copperfield Road Play Area.

Chelmsford’s wildlife corridors give space to thrive

We’ve been giving many of the areas we manage some space to thrive. Last year we changed how we maintain around 1,700 acres of our grassland