At Lower Blakemere Farm we’ve had Piggy Bank and Hedge Fund – now it’s time for Pond Tipping. Not about chucking rubbish in, but tipping the balance back in favour of life.
We’ve got an old farm pond that’s lost its sparkle. Over the next three years, with your support, we’re going to turn it into a multi-purpose wildlife haven – buzzing with dragonflies, croaking with frogs, splashing with ducks, humming with bees, swooping with bats, alive with fish, and safe for cattle to drink without wrecking the banks.
This isn’t a commercial farm job – there’s no way the farm could justify the £15,000 it will take. Instead, Team Wiggly will fund it together, and the farm team will roll up their sleeves to do the planting, building, stocking, and caring.
The Three-Year Plan 📅
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Year 1 – Tip the Scales: Winter groundwork, water tests, planting marginals, meadow reseeding, habitat piles, and training cattle with GPS collars.
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Year 2 – Tip in Life: Build a reed bed for clean inflow, add more trees and marginals, stock native fish, and watch frogs, dragonflies, and wildflowers flourish.
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Year 3 – Tip into Balance: Final touches – fishing pegs, duck raft, seating spots – and a Pond Tipping Picnic to celebrate.
How You Can Join In
💚 Add a tip at checkout
Just want to throw in a few pennies or pounds? Tick the tip box at checkout – every little helps.
🌱 Sponsor a tip-in
If you’d like to take action and follow the story as it unfolds, choose one of the options below – a tree, a fish, a clump of marginals, even a duck raft.
👉 We’ll do the planting, stocking, or building for you at the right time, and share updates as your tip comes to life.
Why It Matters 🌍
Healthy ponds are biodiversity powerhouses. With your help, Pond Tipping will deliver:
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Wildlife explosions – frogs, dragonflies, bats, birds, ducks, hedgehogs, bees.
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Cleaner water – filtered by marginals and reed beds.
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Stronger farming – cattle with managed access, wildflowers thriving under grazing.
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Carbon storage & resilience – water and trees buffering drought and floods.
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Community joy – fishing, picnics, school visits, and a living classroom for nature.
All contributions go straight into the Pond Tipping project fund. This is a voluntary sponsorship scheme, not a product purchase
