ENVT-1105-M01-2025-26 Landscape Design 3: Territories, Exploration and Proposition (week 8)

Still got this really bad cold but we move on i was proposing a Natural Reserve for bats and other possible wildlife.

Gallions Reach Memorial Natural Reserve Poster and Manifesto

Explore Gallions Reach Memorial Natural Reserve, where wildlife thrives and history lingers. Discover scenic landscapes, diverse habitats, and peaceful walkways offering an escape from city life. Supported by environmental and heritage organizations, this reserve provides opportunities for new experiences amidst nature and memorials.

Gallions Reach Natural Reserve is envisioned as a living landscape of repair, coexistence, and renewal. A place once overlooked and neglected is reimagined as a sanctuary where nature is not displaced, but welcomed back quietly, confidently, and with purpose. Here, bats reclaim the night skies, birds nest and migrate freely, insects hum through layered vegetation, and small mammals find refuge within restored habitats. This is not conservation behind fences, but ecology woven into everyday life.

Lush green landscapes meet vibrant wildlife around a tranquil pond, embodying a harmonious vision of sustainable living and ecological balance.

At Gallions Reach, humans are not separate from nature, but part of it. Paths invite early-morning runners, evening walkers, families, and observers to move gently through the landscape. A pause may reveal a bat in flight at dusk, birdsong at dawn, or seasonal shifts that reconnect people with natural rhythms long forgotten. The reserve becomes a shared ground where ecological function and human experience coexist without dominance.

Taxonomic chart detailing the diverse wildlife and plant species of the Gallions Reach Memorial Woodland Reserve, featuring categories of mammals, birds, insects, amphibians, reptiles, and various flora.

This landscape is an act of healing. It restores biodiversity, improves environmental quality, and strengthens social connection. By allowing nature to lead while people follow respectfully, the reserve transforms land into legacy. Gallions Reach is not only a habitat, but a statement: that neglected spaces can be reborn, that urban life can coexist with wild systems, and that future cities must be shaped with care, humility, and hope at their core.