Sustainable Warwickshire

The South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation Trust has been awarded £22,980 in funding from the Green Shoots Climate Change fund to create a wildflower corridor at the back of Warwick Hospital. This space will be the first wildflower habitat at the hospital, proving much-need green space to staff, patients and visitors.

By developing this green space, it will bring:

• increased plant diversity, which in turn will support biodiversity, attracting insects and other invertebrates (including butterflies, bees, spiders and millipedes), and birds
• a changing palate of colour to the urban environment of the hospital throughout the seasons
• increased carbon and harmful particulate capture in an area of the town of Warwick that is heavily developed, with limited access to green spaces
• opportunities for the local community to get involved, through volunteering to manage the green space
• opportunities for local businesses to get involved through corporate volunteering days
• benefits to the mental and physical health of staff and an improved patient hospital experience, promoting active recovery.