Our management of our breathtaking landscape is changing. We are enhancing biodiversity and sequestering carbon by creating habitat banks, transitioning to regenerative farming, and restoring the botanical complexity of our parklands. Join us at our Natural Environment events to find out more.
Join us for a series of informal evening talks about nature and landscapes, every third Tuesday of the month in Castle Howard's Courtyard Cafe. Our Future Landscapes talks explore how we see, interact with and manage our unique local landscapes, with a presentation by a guest speaker followed by an open Q&A.
Doors open at 6.30pm.
Tuesday 18th March, 7pm - 8pm: Monitoring change at the Bog Hall Habitat Bank Rob Wregglesworth and Fleur Wilson, Environment Bank
Tuesday 15th April, 7pm - 8pm: Marvellous moths of Castle HowardAlastair Fitter
Tuesday 19th May, 7pm - 8pm: State of nature and nature recovery strategy Sharne McMahon, Yorkshire Wildlife Trust
Tuesday 17th June, 7pm - 8pm: Measuring environmental change using remote sensing Paul Brown, Fera Science
We are thrilled to announce a landmark nature restoration and rewilding project on our historic Estate – designed and delivered in collaboration with Environment Bank.
A 440-acre area of the Estate known as Bog Hall will go under a major project, to transform it from difficult to farm, low-yielding agricultural land into a thriving space for nature. The area, which is greater than the area inside the York City Walls, is a designated as a Site of Importance for Nature Conservation (SINC), within the Howardian Hills National Landscape, and has been carefully selected for its immense potential to enhance biodiversity. Working with Environment Bank ecologists, our goal is to almost triple the biodiversity over the next 30 years.
Find out more about the project and how to get involved