If nature friendly you have to hurry if you want to enter this year’s Wild about Garden’s Awards as applications must be received by Saturday 31 May.

By entering the awards, you will receive an information pack filled with handy hints and tips on improving their garden’s nature friendly characteristics as well as an individual garden assessment by a representative from Kent Wildlife trust.

All applicants to the scheme, organised by Kent Wildlife Trust, receive a bronze, silver or gold award. Gold award winners are given a plaque for their garden and automatically be entered into the ‘Best Wildlife Garden in Kent Award’, with the chance to win £100 of gardening vouchers.

Entries to the scheme are free and open to private gardens, schools, community groups and businesses. Entries must include a photograph of the wildlife area.

• To enter or to get a free information pack, visit www.dartford.gov.uk/wildlife or call 01322 343056.

Tenants living in any of Dartford Council’s fourteen supported housing schemes now have a choice of two bigger and better forums to attend to discuss the service they receive.

The aim of the forums is to allow residents to keep up to date with any changes, discuss key issues, make suggestions or simply to have a chat about the service they receive from the Council’s supported housing team.

The Council previously ran meetings for each individual supported housing scheme but the wider forums will allow residents to have a choice of dates and the ability to discuss relevant issues with a larger group. Residents will also be able to hear what those in other schemes have to say for the first time.

The first two meetings will be held on Thursday 22 May at Acacia Hall and Tuesday 3 June at Stone community hall. Supported housing tenants are welcome to attend either meeting.

• Find out more about supported housing

Green fingered residents of Greenhithe are celebrating after receiving an £1800 council grant towards communal compost bins for a local community market garden.

The Greenhithe Market Garden Project applied for the funding to construct 6 sealed compost bins for local residents to use for garden waste which can then be used as soil improver and sterilised and processed to use for potting and seedlings.

The project aims to create a garden for the residents of Greenhithe, growing a range of high quality vegetables, herbs and flowers without the use of chemical fertilisers, pesticides or herbicides.

The Greenhithe Market Garden Project is located at Knockhall Primary School, Eynsford Road.

Voluntary and community groups in Dartford can apply for up to £3000 through the Voluntary Sector Grants towards new projects or any events that can benefit Dartford.

• For more information, visit www.dartford.gov.uk/grants