Research with nature and the outdoors
Academic staff and research students can use our gardens and grounds for your research projects and activity with nature and the outdoors.
Research resources
Our gardens offer a wide variety of environments and habitats that you can use for research. These include:
- woodland
- grassland
- farmland
- water, including ponds, canals and swale
- hedges and hedgerows
- trees
- plants and different plant species
- different climatic zones
- green roofs
- soil.
These environments host a range of wildlife, birds, small mammals and insects.
Fenswood Farm
Located in Long Ashton, Fenswood is a working arable farm which you can also use for your research.
It has just under 100 hectares of expansive agricultural land and associated facilities including:
- mixed woodland
- glass houses
- laboratory space
- controlled environmental units
- grass ley for livestock grazing.
Research topics
Our gardens have been used for several research projects, including:
- pollinator monitoring
- bird ringing
- small mammal tracking
- bat monitoring
- people counting
- water and soil sampling.
These projects are from a range of subject disciplines including archaeology, biological sciences, chemistry, engineering, geography and geology.
Use our gardens for your research
If you are interested in using one of our gardens for your research, contact us.
If you are planning to or have used our gardens for your research, tell us about your project.