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Find a home for your fruit gkuts with Transition Town West Kirby

THE wet weather may have left your container plants straggly and your borders forlorn, but the miserable summer may lead to a glorious autumn full of fruit and vegetables, Ness Gardens award-winning garden designer Chris Beardshaw predicts.Read

Jade Wright: What to do in the organic garden this week

What to do in the organic garden this week:Read

Join the fitness revolution in the great outdoors

WIRRAL conservationists are being offered a workout with a difference next month – wearing wellies in a gym that’s in the great outdoors.Read

Wirral nature lovers welcome historic garden’s re-opening

ENVIRONMENTALISTS have been celebrating the reopening of a hidden Wirral gem, which has now been reopened for the benefit of community groups and residents.Read

Rhino keeper named as Green Traveller of the Year

A RHINO keeper has been named as Chester Zoo’s Green Traveller of the Year.Read

Great green days out in Wirral

WIRRAL Environmental Network is setting up a network of all groups involved in growing local fruit and veg – this includes ones already up and running and people who want to get started and need a bit of help.Read

Wirral cyclists cut their carbon footprint

WIRRAL environmentalists are getting on their bike to save money, get fit and cut their carbon footprints.Read

Help birds to find a nest box in time for spring

LOOKING for a new home for the new year? You’re not alone.Read

See Hilbre Island’s wildlife close up

SEE Brent Geese, Purple Sandpipers, divers and grebes close up at Wirral's Coastal Calendar Hilbre Island Winter Specials.Read

Walk for health in the great outdoors

FLOURISHING local Walking for Health scheme Wirral Health Walks is expanding with a new weekly walk being introduced early next year.Read

Tip tips for a greener new year

ENVIRONMENTALLY-MINDED bosses at the World Wildlife Fund have come up with an alternative list of New Year resolutions to help save the planet.Read

Merseyside farmers help wild birds in pioneering new scheme

MERSEYSIDE farmers have stepped up for nature by getting involved in a conservation project aimed at helping a struggling bird that has suffered huge declines in recent years.Read

Learn the traditional art of hedge laying

LEARN the traditional art of hedgelaying in a special class at Greasby Library tomorrow.Read

Ladies, get on your bike and pedal into the new year

WIRRAL Council is supporting a brand new initiative in 2012 to get more local women back onto their bikes for fun and fitness.Read

A year of unseasonal weather takes its toll on Wirral wildlife

WIRRAL wildlife has had to cope with a year of unusual weather that saw “two springs and no summer” but many species have fared well, the National Trust has said.Read

Recycle your Christmas tree

THE festive season may be over, but there’s still chance to recycle your tree and cards after you take them down on Twelfth Night.Read

Public forests move a step closer to being saved

THE Independent Forestry Panel, chaired by The Right Reverend James Jones Bishop of Liverpool, has recognised that there should be a “continuing role” for the nation’s woodlands – a view welcomed by Wirral conservationists.Read

Cut waste and enjoy a tasty and eco-friendly Christmas

WIRRAL food shoppers will be urged to shop smart and waste less this Christmas and New Year as a Merseyside-wide campaign gets under way this week.Read

Wirral allotment keepers honoured

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Put some welly in for Wirral eco scheme

THE Welly Road Gets the Boot in project is looking for your old boots to recycle into eco-friendly planters.Read