Medway Green Grid

- Many of Medway’s green spaces already support important habitats such as orchid rich grassland or ancient woodlands carpeted with bluebells and wood anemone. The project made sure such habitats are kept healthy and that they can even expand, providing local people with access to wildlife ontheir doorstep. Joining habitat increased its value for wildlife. For instance, green grid helped promote the idea of connecting fragmented SSSI woodland on the Hoo Peninsula and, through improved management and grazing, it connected existing chalk grassland in the Capstone and Horsted Valleys. Planting native trees along key green grid roads encouraged wildlife, as well as improving the local environment street scene and green grid encouraged urban residents to garden with wildlife in mind (ref. 1)
- It made sure green spaces designed for nature conservation and recreation double up as areas for water retention and flood alleviation and encouraged extensive native planting (ref. 1)
- It provided quality green spaces for schools and hospitals away from traffic noise (ref. 1)
- Increased the levels of sustainable woodland management and woodland connectivity by extensive new woodland
planting, actively managed linear habitats such as hedges and grass verges, continued a programme of landscape / habitat management targeted at enhancing chalk grassland habitats (ref. 1)