Terraverde were delighted to support the WWT Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust Dragonfly Festival with a £5,000 gift, helping to bring this vibrant, family-focused celebration to life across all ten WWT sites in the UK.
The Dragonfly Festival ran from June to September and showcased the dynamic nature of wetlands, highlighting their importance for wildlife, people and communities. As the UK’s leading wetland conservation charity, WWT protects vital ecosystems, restores endangered species and empowers communities through meaningful engagement with nature. The charity manages 6,000 hectares of wetland reserves, welcoming around 800,000 visitors each year and delivering initiatives designed to reach marginalised and underserved groups.
One such initiative is Generation Wild, which offers free access to WWT sites and provides engaging, nature-based programmes for children in underserved schools. To date, it has reached more than 45,000 children and their families, helping to inspire a lifelong connection with the natural world.
Building on this commitment to inclusion and creativity, WWT worked with the local community at the London Wetland Centre to create a new mosaic mural as part of the festival, where it will be seen by around 200,000 visitors each year. The project invited people to come together, contribute their ideas and quite literally leave their mark on the reserve.
How Terraverde Got Involved
2025 marked Terraverde’s first full year as a charity, a year defined by new partnerships and our ongoing commitment to a fairer, healthier green transition. Guided by our founding values of hope, collaboration and education, we continued to invest in organisations like WWT, who deliver fantastic nature-based solutions.
Thanks to Terraverde’s support and a partnership with community arts centre Art4Space, the mural was brought to life during two open drop-in sessions. Visitors of all ages were invited to design and craft their own ceramic and mosaic pieces, which now form part of a vibrant new artwork in the main courtyard of the reserve.
Participants created original ceramic tiles using clay and paint, before assembling large, colourful motifs, such as dragonflies, flowers, butterflies and beetles that now take pride of place in the mural.
"At Terraverde, we believe that supporting projects which bring communities together and connect people is incredibly important. We are proud to support the Dragonfly Festival and see the creativity and joy it has inspired at London Wetland Centre." - COO Matt Higgins at Terraverde.
For Terraverde, supporting the Dragonfly Festival and this collaborative artwork reflects a shared belief in the power of community. The festival itself helped increase visitation to the centre by 14.1% compared with the previous year. We are proud to have played a small part in a project that brings people together, celebrates wetlands and leaves a lasting legacy for visitors to enjoy.
Alexia Hollinshead, General Manager at WWT London Wetland Centre, said, “This is a special opportunity for people to become part of our history and have fun collaborating with others to create something that promises to stun visitors to WWT London Wetland Centre for years to come.”
