Herefordshire Wildlife Trust, of which Don is a patron, will be joining the volunteers at the city’s Green Dragon Hotel on October 24, at 7pm.
Having served as the patron for just shy of a decade, they say the BBC star has ensured his love of wildlife is “integral” to his gardening style, with a dedicated wildlife garden at his Longmeadow home.
Don will be available to answer questions from the audience on the evening, and will appear alongside the event’s host, Alison Mclean OBE, chair of Herefordshire Wildlife Trust.
Tickets are available for £25, with all profits contributing to the Nature Recovery Fund, which aims to raise £1million to restore the county’s wildlife.
Although the presenter is a patron of the charity, which was founded in 1962, the current president is Edward Harley OBE, the Lord Lieutenant for Herefordshire.
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He was previously a vice-president of the trust since the early 2000s, but took over the role after the departure of the Dowager Countess of Darnley CVO.
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Alongside his work with the trust, Don is also a patron of the Veterans Outdoors charity, Jock Tamson’s Gairden, a community space in Edinburgh, the Society of Botanical Arts, Bees for Development, an organisation which promotes “sustainable beekeeping to combat poverty”, and the Pope’s Grotto Preservation Trust, which works to preserve the last remaining part of Alexander Pope’s villa.
The Yorkshire Post reports that Don previously opened up about his affinity with nature in his book, My Garden World , where he wrote that creatures such as sparrowhawks, ladybirds, and beetles, had become a “rich part” of his gardening experience.
“That also proved to be very true in lockdown,” he said.
“One of the things we’ve noticed on Gardeners’ World is that more and more people are showing an interest in the wildlife in their garden, not necessarily rare wildlife. It’s just as fascinating seeing a robin as it is seeing a peregrine falcon, in its own way.”
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