The Science

Two national projects have been carried out to investigate the biodiversity of urban gardens.

BUGS (1)

The original BUGS project was a detailed investigation of the biodiversity and habitats in gardens in a single city (Sheffield), funded by the Natural Environment Research Council. This project finished at the end of 2002, but the web site is still available, giving information about the project, outlines of the results and details of the published output.

Go to the BUGS 1 web pages

Go straight to the BUGS 1 results

BUGS (2)

The second project builds on the methods and findings of the first study, but involves work across five cities in the UK. This project ran from 2004-2007, and was funded by English Nature (now Natural England), the Countryside Council for Wales, Environment and Heritage Service (Northern Ireland), Scotland and Northern Ireland Forum for Environmental Research (SNIFFER) and the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.

Go to the BUGS 2 web pages

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