Local housebuilder David Wilson Homes has been awarded a silver accreditation by the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) for its wildlife friendly show home garden at its Dickens Gate development in Staplehurst, Kent.
David Wilson Homes has committed to providing a long-lasting home for nature at its developments as part of its ongoing partnership with the RSPB. The housebuilder aims to highlight the importance of catering to local wildlife, to ensure that wildlife can safely co-exist with new residents at its developments.
The RSPB, the UK’s largest nature conservation charity, recognises a development through a point score system for the wildlife-friendly features that are implemented in its show home garden. External birdboxes, hedgehog homes and highways so that hedgehogs can travel safely between gardens, and native hedgerows and wildflower turfs to create homes for local wildlife, are among some of the wildlife-friendly characteristics that have been integrated at Dickens Gate.
Natalie Perry, Sales Director for David Wilson Homes Kent, comments: “We have been working with the RSPB for six years now and are so proud of what we have been able to achieve in our mission to give wildlife a home at our developments – which we look forward to seeing bloom! We hope that our silver status, wildlife-friendly show home gardens inspire our new homeowners to get involved and take simple measure to create homes for local wildlife in their gardens.”
Nigel Symes, Head of Sector Advice for the RSPB, added: “David Wilson Homes’ commitment to making show home gardens wildlife-friendly is a great step forward. Nature needs us more than ever and creating gardens with wildlife in mind can help to provide much needed food, water and shelter for the nature around us.”
To find out how you can give nature a home in your garden, visit www.rspb.org.uk/get-involved/activities/give-nature-a-home-in-your-garden/
To find out more about the new homes available at Dickens Gate in Staplehurst, visit www.dwh.co.uk or call 0333 3558 503.