In 2019, North Somerset Council introduced rewilding across the area. This resulted in the creation of 36 hectares of long grass habitat and the planting of 30,000 trees.
This has boosted biodiversity as well as increasing awareness of the council’s mitigation against the climate emergency.
We started the next phase of tree planting in 2023. We're aiming to increase canopy cover, create shade, improve open spaces and increase public access to trees.
We're planting more large trees, known as standards, in open spaces across North Somerset. Standards allow for spaces to remain open and require less maintenance once established.