Save Bristol Gardens Alliance

01/05/2026

Let's talk about....accountability.

Planning Department is not long out of , imposed by UK Government because of abject failings and poor performance.

No lessons, it seems, have been learned.

During the 5 week shrub clearance and tree felling spree at our reports and complaints were ignored and met with indifference.

It seems that unless you have the determination, time or money to challenge the Planners they remain a law unto themselves.

This is undemocratic and plain wrong.

So we are supporting this petition - and hope you will sign and share too.

https://you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/restore-confidence-in-bristol-s-planning-system

22/04/2026

"Our Power, Our Planet"

Let's redouble our efforts to save our precious green spaces for future generations.

If we don't, no one else will.

21/04/2026

DYK the engineering genius Isambard Kingdom Brunel (Clifton Suspension Bridge, SS Great Britain) was one of the first shareholder investors in ?
A Victorian visionary.
The world famous Gardens have been supported and cherished by and Bristolians for nearly 200 years.

21/04/2026

An Indian Bean Tree!! (Catalpa bignoniodes)🌳💚
There's a glorious 8m high specimen at , covered with masses of 🐝friendly flowers in June...
BUT...it will be felled and chipped (along with 159 other🌳)so this can be covered in REALLY ugly flats by Acorn Property Group.
INSANITY.
Join us.

15/04/2026

15/04/2026

Not yet sold, but already a taste of the destruction ahead...one of the first of 160 trees to go. Most of the trees TPOd by Bristol Tree Forum will be felled - almost half the trees at the Gardens including County Champions. Time to build houses where people want and need them - not on precious green spaces which people also want and need. Join us. It's not too late.

13/04/2026

So many supporters have asked what else they can do.... Please like, share, or print out and send this flyer to your friends and neighbours! And JOIN US: Acorn HQ, 50 Clifton Down Road BS8 4AH - every Wednesday at 12:30.
Thank you! 🌲🌳🪻🐝🦋💚

08/04/2026

Probably unlawful clearance works at the Zoo Gardens. Deafening. Nesting birds vanished. Acorn Property Group

08/04/2026

Join us. It's not too late. We can stop the sale and destruction of

08/04/2026

It isn't over.

The Judicial Review did not succeed, but the Zoo Gardens have not yet been sold.

Bristol Zoological Society exchanged contracts with controversial developers Acorn Property Group last year, but the sale has not yet gone through.

We were contacted by Councillors in Frome who warned us against Acorn. They saw off Acorn from a major development site in the town.

Our due diligence raises serious concerns about the reputation, probity, track record and finances of Acorn. We believe they are absolutely the wrong choice for this unique and high profile site.

Worse, we know that Bristol Zoological Society delegated the due diligence it should have done on Acorn to Savills (who also act for Acorn). Now, EVEN THOUGH we have written an Open Letter to BZS trustees and two private letters putting them on notice of our concerns, they refuse to listen.

Meanwhile the chainsaws are on site clearing and felling trees even though the nesting season has just started.

Bristol City Council Planners are doing....NOTHING.

Please join our weekly protests (Wednesdays, 12:30, Acorn HQ in Clifton) to stop this sale.