A large grass-dominated site at King George V Playing Fields is being rejuvenated into a permanent, nectar-rich wildflower meadow as part of the Aspley People’s Forest, with funding from E.ON UK and delivery support from Green Hustle and Nottingham City Council.
The project partners set out to convert 6,750 m2 into a permanent meadow with over 3.3 million blooms, building on wider community-led nature work at the site, including substantial tree planting earlier in 2025.
The project is framed around habitat creation and resilience: improved soil structure, carbon storage in the ground, and water-holding capacity, alongside clear targets for pollinators, butterflies, and bird food chains.
Planned management is low-intervention mowing once a year after the meadow has set seed. My Square Metre plants and maintains the site for the first two years, with Nottingham City Council’s Parks and Open Spaces team continuing longer-term care.
Before meadow rejuvenation, Green Hustle reports that volunteer-led work had already led to visible increases in birds and insects and reduced litter on the site. A Nottingham City Council Urban Forest Masterplan document explicitly maps an existing wildflower area at King George V and calls for regeneration to encourage its survival.
