Our new sign: Welcome to our community garden!
See how our new garden sign was put together, backed by our volunteer group, and designed and made by Millery Design…
Restore Nature Now – join the march for nature on 22 June 2024
On 22 June UK citizens will be taking part in a family-friendly, legal march behind one simple message – Restore Nature Now – in a call for all political parties to take urgent action to restore nature and tackle climate change in the UK.
Sign the “Pesticide Free Milton Keynes” Petition
Safe and sustainable alternatives for weed control are available, where necessary. Help to stop the use of pesticides in Milton Keynes…
Map of Plants
View Dominic Walliman’s “Map of Plants” or take a tour through his video to visualise the complex diversity and evolution of plants…
Planting Up Features in the 2024 Vital Signs MK Report
What an amazing event that our local grant-making heroes at Milton Keynes Community Foundation held last Friday (26 January)! We had a couple of reps there, proud to be representing Planting Up among the diverse crowd of over 200 guests in the Unity Place auditorium as MK Community Foundation launched their 11th Vital Signs MK©…
Positive News: England’s temperate rainforests can breathe easier
Positive news for nature enthusiasts… England’s rainforests are getting a well-deserved boost, thanks to the power of community action!
A Beginner’s Guide to Permaculture Gardening & Permaculture Principles
Permaculture is a powerful way to live in a more sympathetic way with the earth but the principles don’t just apply to the garden… In this post, we dig in (pun intended) to this topic and explain what permaculture gardening is, and how you can get started with your own garden.
No Mow May
Take part in Plantlife‘s No Mow May to allow wild flowers to bloom in your grass and help pollinators like bees, butterflies, and beetles.
Thank You Olivia
We absolutely love feedback, and especially when it’s constructive, and we can see people engaging with what we’re doing at Planting Up. So when one of the Teaching Volunteers at Ed-leadership reached out to us to tell us about how informative their students had found our resources, and that one of their students, Olivia, had something…
Can British agriculture & farmers achieve Zero Carbon by 2040?
How food can be produced in ways that work closely with environmental concerns for agriculture to help provide solutions to climate change…