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Wellbeing area showing seating and planters with gravel paths. Blue sky sunny day.

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Welsh Ambulance Service

Dobshill staff and nature wellbeing area

Biodiversity and wellbeing combined for Welsh Ambulance Service

We were commissioned, in 2021, by the Welsh Ambulance Service to create a biodiversity and wellbeing area at their Dobshill Ambulance Depot in Deeside, North Wales.  They wanted to provide a place for their staff to relax during breaks from their highly pressured work and also to ensure that the site benefited biodiversity, as part of their commitment to corporate social responsibility and ongoing mitigation for site biodiversity enhancement.

Wildflower meadow in summer. Low angle, Blue sky, fluffy white clouds.

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Wellbeing area showing seating and planters with gravel paths. Blue sky sunny day.

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Seating and planting in wellbeing area at Dobshill Ambulance Depot. Blue sky, sunny day.

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Bug hotel and small tree in wild area. Pale blue sky.

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Work carried out

Creation of a wellbeing area and nature trail for NHS staff to use  

Four acres of grassland managed for biodiversity with traditional grassland management methods  

Planting of over 2,000 trees on site  

Traditional woodland management techniques to manage on-site woodland and encourage the development of woodland flora 

Creation and management of orchard area  

Creation of wildlife pond and management of ponds for amphibians  

Creation of vertical rockeries for invertebrate populations   

Creation of bespoke biodiversity-enhancing social areas for NHS employees 

A quote in testimonial for the project
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Welsh Ambulance Service