Land management and biodiversity are climate issues
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about climate change?
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We bring together people in Hope Valley who want to take practical action to address climate change and biodiversity loss.
We want to understand the current status of carbon sequestration in our largely agricultural landscape and find the most cost-effective ways to improve it.
We focus on three major habitats: hedges and trees, peatland, and grassland.
Fundamental to our approach is partnerships with organisations that can help us deliver work on the ground including the Peak District National Park Authority (PDNPA), Moors for the Future, the Hope Valley Farmer cluster and the Derbyshire Wildlife Trust.
Our Events
Hope Valley Open Wild Gardens 2026
Wild gardens are for people as well as nature! Nine gardens are open this year and offer an endless variety of creative ideas to engage our minds and give delight. HVCA Wild Gardening has been going since 2020 and Open Wild Gardens have been running since 2022.
This year, gardens are open in Bradwell, Bamford and Hathersage on the limestone and gritstone. Nine gardens, small and large with diverse topography from level sites with rich soils to steeply graded hill sides. Habitats include, flower beds, lawns with wild flower patches and meadows, bird baths, ponds and boggy areas, stone walls, brash hedges and woodland.
We were able to share our experience and learn new things about how nature responds to the way we garden. Biodiversity loss and climate change are linked and it is more important than ever that we garden with nature in mind. Full details will soon be availableilable on our website.
Land projects and campaigns
A tree for every villager
Village groups and volunteers have already planted a tree for everyone living in Hope Valley and aim to plant more
Hathersage rewilding
A pilot project in partnership with Hathersage PC to rewild road verges in the parish
A hedge for every fence
Planting 2400 metres of new hedge this winter ie. before the end of February 2023
Open wild gardens 2025
Visits in June to gardens that are wildlife friendly
Curlew recovery
Working with primary schools in Hope Valley to introduce children to the magic of curlews
Thornhill rewilding
Recording a base-line of birds, trees, wild flowers, invertebrates and mammals
How to get involved
We’d love to hear from you
- … if you’re interested in land or nature and want to know more
- … if you’ve ‘rewilded’ your land or garden and want to share your experience
- … if you’d just like to come along to one of our events or meetings
Just drop us a line at info@hopevalleyclimateaction.org.uk
