Sustainability & Biodiversity Policy
Every garden can do more for nature: soak up rain, build healthy soil, feed bees and give wildlife somewhere to live. We'll help you make yours one of them.
Our position
At Wallace Collective we work alongside you to create an outdoor space that suits the way you want to live in it and gives something back to nature. Any building work uses materials and changes the ground, so we talk those choices through with you, cut out waste where we can and leave space for wildlife to come back.
This policy guides the ideas and options we bring to the table on design, materials and planting. Not every idea will suit every garden, and the final say is always yours. What we promise is honest advice and practical choices made together.
19%
The average drop in numbers of the UK species studied since 1970.
1 in 6
Species assessed in Great Britain are now at risk of dying out.
Source: State of Nature 2023, based on millions of wildlife records gathered across the UK.
Our commitments
Wildlife can't be added at the end like a finishing touch. It starts with the layout, so we'll talk with you early about what to keep, where the water goes and what to plant.
A garden can be beautiful and good for wildlife at the same time. We'll suggest layers of trees, hedges, climbers, shrubs, perennials and ground cover that fit your vision, giving wildlife places to feed and shelter, with water added where you'd like it. Plants are chosen with you, to suit the site and the landscape around it.
Together we'll aim for flowers, fruit, seeds and cover right through the year. We'll recommend native plants where they're the right fit, alongside hardy, non-invasive plants that keep wildlife fed for longer.
Good soil is alive, so we'll only dig what your design needs. Where we can, we'll keep and improve the soil that's already there.
We'll recommend materials that last and build them properly, so your garden lasts longer.
At design stage we'll go through what's realistic for your project with you: more wildlife, more variety in the planting, better drainage, less waste. We'll keep updating this policy as we learn more.
Planting with purpose
No single product makes a garden good for wildlife. It comes from variety, planting that links up, and time. Layered planting gives wildlife far more places to live than one type of plant on its own, and having something in flower all year means bees aren't left short. These are the ideas we'll bring to your project:
How we put it into practice
We begin by listening to how you want to use and enjoy your garden, then look together at what's already there: wildlife, soil, drainage, exposure and the surrounding landscape.
We'll share the wildlife, water, material and planting ideas that could work, and you decide which ones fit your project and how much looking after you'd like it to need.
The design lists the plants, materials and wildlife features we've agreed, so nothing gets lost when it's ordered and built.
New planting needs good soil, water and care. We'll explain what's needed and support you while your garden grows in.
You bring the vision, we bring the know-how. Then give nature time to do the rest.
Discuss your outdoor spacePolicy published September 2026 · Reviewed every year
