Centre for Wildlife Gardening

The Centre for Wildlife Gardening is a 0.22 hectare nature reserve in Peckham in the London Borough of Southwark. It is owned by Southwark Council and managed by the London Wildlife Trust. It is a Site of Borough Importance for Nature Conservation, Grade I.^[1]

Formerly a council depot, the centre has a wildlife garden with a range of habitats, a nursery for wild flowers and raised beds for community use. There are other habitats such as a chalk bank with wild flowers, meadows, a woodland copse, a bog garden and a roof garden. There are two ponds with frogs, newts and dragonflies.^[1]^[2]

There is access at limited times.^[2]

References

1 2 "Centre for Wildlife Gardening". Greenspace Information for Greater London. 2013. Retrieved 18 January 2016.
1 2 "Centre for Wildlife Gardening". London Wildlife Trust. Retrieved 18 January 2016.

List of London Wildlife Trust nature reserves

Barnet	Mill Hill Old Railway Oak Hill Wood Totteridge Fields

Bexley	Braeburn Park

Bromley	Saltbox Hill The Warren West Kent Golf Course

Camden	Camley Street Natural Park Greville Place

Croydon	Bramley Bank Hutchinson's Bank Riddlesdown

Ealing	Gunnersbury Triangle

Greenwich	Birdbrook Road Nature Reserve

Hackney	Woodberry Wetlands

Hillingdon	Crane Meadows Denham Lock Wood Dews Farm Sand Pits Frays Farm Meadows Gutteridge Wood and Meadows Ickenham Marsh Park Road Pond Ten Acre Wood Uxbridge College Pond Uxbridge Moor Yeading Brook Meadows

Hounslow	Gunnersbury Triangle Isleworth Ait

Lewisham	New Cross Gate Cutting

Merton	Fishpond Wood and Beverley Meads

Newham	Old Ford Island

Richmond	Crane Park Island

Southwark	Bellenden Road Nature Garden Centre for Wildlife Gardening Sydenham Hill Wood

Sutton	Spencer Road Wetlands Wilderness Island

Coordinates: 51°27′47″N 0°04′29″W / 51.46310°N 0.07460°W / 51.46310; -0.07460

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