Enhancing biodiversity at Barby Woodland Meadow
Several of our teams from across the business have been supporting a local community-led project to restore former farming pastures into a Woodland Meadow for multi-use within the local community.
The 27-acre site has so far seen 7,000 trees being planted, alongside the introduction of a wildflower meadow and forest school with plans to create wetlands to further increase biodiversity across the site.
As well as supporting the forest school activities through donations, our teams have lent a hand planting trees, creating benches for the forest school and putting in signs that provide information about the different types of plants and species that inhabit the area.
Building New Habitats at Forest of Hearts
Our employees have been helping to enhance biodiversity at Forest of Hearts’ Nature Reserve near Stratford-Upon-Avon, building habitats for small mammals and insects, supporting with site maintenance through weeding, mowing, cutting back brambles and upcycling wooden structures and furniture across the site.
Our teams also helped preserve wood for a new BBQ cabin, which will be used by a local Parkinson’s disease support group as a talking therapy space. They also created ramps for their outside toilets to make them more accessible for wheelchair users.
Habitat Management at Colne Valley
Colne Valley is a Regional Park located on the outskirts of London. It contains 19 nature reserves, 5 country parks, and over 200km of waterways, including lakes, rivers and canal paths.
Cemex are proud partners of the Colne Valley Regional Park and our employees have been supporting the park through habitat management and the removal of invasive species of plants from the Colne Brook riverbank. This work enables the restoration of biodiversity and regrowth of native plant species.
Building Concrete Beds in Salford
A team from our Salford Plant helped to remove five wooden garden beds at Salford Fire Station’s community garden, replacing them with five concrete beds which the team helped to construct. By doing this, members of the local communities are now able to use the new beds in the community gardens to grow fresh produce from the gardens.
Helping wild plants grow in South Wales
Members of our Southwest Materials team and South Wales operations gave a helping hand at Cosmeston Lakes and Country Park in the Vale of Glamorgan. They helped park wardens clear grass, allowing wild plants to grow across the reserve supporting with the park’s efforts to enhance biodiversity at the site.
