TWiG – South Petherton Tree and Wildlife Group – Plant & Eco Fair on Saturday 16th May 2026 from 2.00pm
The TWiG group are holding a Plant and Eco Fair on 16th May from 2.00pm in St Peter & St Paul’s Church, South Petherton. They will be joined by Natalie Barnett of Somerset Wildlife Trust who will be on hand to talk about the Act to Adapt Climate Adaptation Plan, Barbara Lakin of Somerset Council will have information about the Somerset Local Nature Recovery Strategy, Bumblebee Conservation, and Reimagining the Levels who kindly provided us with plants for the hedgerows which they also came along to help us plant. The Community Shed will be bringing lots of goodies and Knole Pit Meadow will have a wonderful deadhedge to display. And of special note will be the Junior School with their Lost Words artworks, and we’ll be running activities for the children and their families. Keeping fingers crossed for a lovely sunny day!
Somerset’s Local Nature Recovery Strategy Report
TWiG – South Petherton Tree and Wildlife Group
The parish of South Petherton benefits from having a wonderful group of volunteers who want to make the parish a better environment for the benefit of wildlife and people. Their mission is to increase biodiversity within the village, help to reduce the effects of climate change and get the community involved in their projects.
Their first project was tree planting at the junior school playing field and future projects include further tree planting and the re-wilding of some verges for the benefit of pollinators and passers-by.
Further tree planting has taken place since then.
If you’d like to get involved or find out more about TWiG contact them via this email address twigsouthpetherton@gmail.com or on their Website https://twigsouthpetherton.org.uk/ and Facebook Page https://www.facebook.com/people/TWiG/100082876270716/?ref=py_c
2 members of TWiG Kath Jones and Trish Harper are officially Environment Champions for South Petherton.
Whitfield Meadow
The Parish Council own the Whitfield meadow, an area near the allotments designated as a wild meadow. This is for everyone to enjoy.
It is a permanent native perennial grass and flower meadowland which will take several years to establish. After the correct mowing regime it will start to thicken up as the flowers and grasses get established. It is not to be confused with an annual flower meadow which will produce a beautiful show for the first year but is not permanent meadow grass land so will need resowing every couple of years.
This permanent meadow flower grassland will provide shelter and food for a wide variety of wildlife including insects, bees and birds.
South Somerset Community Biodiversity Toolkit
Community Biodiversity Toolkit_Overarching Guidance