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Local Training Directory
- Vale Training – Plant, machinery, health & safety, etc., training
- Invenio Training – First aid training for outdoor and workplace
- The Joy of Scything – Scythe training, mowing services and advice
- Nigel Adams Countryside Management – Hedgerow management training
- The Old Farmyard – Hedgelaying and Austrian scything training in Berks, Bucks, Oxon and beyond
- Field Studies Council (Amersham) – Nature and geography field studies
- Bucks, Berks & Oxon Wildlife Trust, Chilterns National Landscape and Chiltern Society sometimes also have training courses that can be accessed by members of the public.
Online advice
- How to grow a wildflower meadow – Plantlife
- How to manage a meadow – Plantlife
- Planning and designing an orchard – The Orchard Project
- Orchard planting and management – Orchard Link
- How to plant and maintain hedges – Woodland Trust
- How to plant trees – Woodland Trust
- Create a pond – Freshwater Habitats Trust
- How to make a bug hotel – DIY Bug Hotel Ideas
- Putting up a nest box – BTO.
Explore projects near you
If you live in the parishes around Aylesbury, Tring or Wendover, explore our interactive map to see nature recovery projects in your area — and add your own ideas.
The Community WildBelt project is made possible by The National Lottery Heritage Fund.
Please cite this resource as: Chiltern Society Community WildBelt Toolkit (2025) by the Chiltern Society, supported by The National Lottery Heritage Fund, licensed under CC BY 4.0
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Be a WildBelt volunteer
No experience necessary, and tools and training will be provided.
You’ll be working with different parish councils, community groups and private land owners. You may be involved in planting a new orchard, improving the biodiversity of chalk streams, tree planting, creating a wildflower meadow or recording wildlife.
Join us
Chiltern Society membership is a very simple way to do something practical to help protect and maintain the Chilterns’ landscape and way of life..
