Biodiversity in Brent

Biodiversity is all the different kinds of life you’ll find in an area. From plants to animals and even smaller organisms like bacteria, all work together in ecosystems, to maintain balance and support life. Biodiversity supports everything in nature that we need to survive.

But as humans put increasing pressure on the planet, we risk upsetting the balance of ecosystems and losing biodiversity.

What are we doing on biodiversity?

To increase the amount of biodiversity in Brent, we are:

• changing the way our grassed areas are managed, creating 22 wildflower meadow making up Brent’s Bee Corridor 
• introducing wildflowers into our meadow areas
• trialling dog waste stations across Brent, which use biodegradable bags 
• installed smart solar-powered gates across Brent’s tennis courts

Find out more about our response to the climate emergency.

To increase biodiversity in Brent and help flora and fauna to thrive we have changed the way some of our grassed areas are managed, creating wildflower meadows.

Together, these 22 wildflower meadows make up Brent’s Bee Corridor.

Wildflowers add bursts of colour into our parks, as well as encouraging visits from butterflies, moths, dragonflies, bees and numerous other pollinating insects.

Meadows have their own life cycle over the course of a year. In the spring, we will rotate the ground and sow new seeds. Over the summer months the grasses and flowers will be allowed to grow long and lustrous, before being cut back in the autumn ready for the next year.

View the map to find your nearest meadow

Dog waste stations are being trialled across Brent and sponsored by eco-green communities (we pay for the bags only). 

The stations contain biodegradable bags for those rare occasions when a sensible owner leaves their bag at home. 

We hope that this will help with the dog waste we sometimes find around the parks.

Dog waste station locations

Smart solar-powered gates have been installed across Brent’s tennis courts.

Eight of Brent’s nine park tennis sites are now solar powered, with environmentally-friendly gates offering instant access to court users. Using the sun’s energy makes the operation zero carbon and reduces energy bills allowing us to dedicate that money to other park improvement initiatives.

Cllr Krupa Sheth, Lead Member for Environment, said: “We’re committed to reducing Brent’s carbon footprint and this is yet another example of using technology to reduce our impact on the environment whilst providing the best service to residents. Where it is safe to do so, I hope these tennis courts will help people to keep fit and active.”

Brent tennis courts are affordable and easy to book via ClubSpark.