The Council should aim to end the indiscriminate use of pesticidal sprays at the kerbside and other sites. 3.31 The Council should develop open areas on estates which are managed in sustainable ways. 3.32 The Council and other environmental groups should create and develop more Nature Reserves and nature conservation areas within the borough, including Wenlock Basin, as proposed in the Nature Conservation Strategy. Identify more potential sites for development as Nature Conservation Areas. Aim to have the periphery of Hackney Marshes designated as a nature conservation area.
Planting is fairly easy work and so can involve local people.
Run a competition for the best suggestion and offer sponsorship for plants as the prize. St Olfage's Woodberry Down. This was the very first nature conservation strategy to be published by a London borough for a London borough. Under the new parks services contract, a Conservation Gardeners Team has been set up at the marshes. Their job is to be involved in and develop nature conservation areas.