Wild Roots - identifying, caring for and celebrating our environment
Within South Gloucestershire lie many hidden treasures that have helped shape the landscape as we know it today. Natural, industrial and cultural forces have played a part in making up the local environment that we live and work in.
Wild Roots is an innovative project that is focusing on six sites that are of nature conservation interest and heritage importance. The project is looking for volunteers to help record their heritage and improve the condition of the sites and to develop exciting projects that will engage a wide sector of our diverse community.
The focus of Wild Roots are six important heritage sites at Bradley Stoke, Emersons Green, Hanham, Warmley, Wick and Willsbridge and the network of historic transport routes and commons that link them.
A grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund has meant a dedicated Wild Roots officer has been employed to work with local communities until April 2009. The officer - John Morris, is working with local residents to research, record and interpret their heritage and help manage and conserve the sites.
The project was launched at Conham River Park on 7th April 2006 and has already delivered a wide range of projects and public events.