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  • Big Green Weekend
  • Green Gym
  • Practical conservation activity
  • I Dig Trees: Tree Planting
  • Health walk
  • Children's activity
  • Training or workshop
  • Food growing activity
  • Community event or activity
  • Wildlife surveying activity
  • Wednesday 13th August 2025

    Hastings Centre Green Gym - healthy horticulture

    With Conquest Green Gym

    At The Hastings Centre garden

    Activity description

    We will be creating a productive, wildlife friendly vegetable and flower garden based at the Hastings Centre, in partnership with the Kings Church. Activities will include all aspects of vegetable growing, seed sowing, hedge cutting, propagating, soil improvement, planting seedlings, creating new habitats for wildlife such as bird boxes, feeders, and insect hotels, and managing the small meadow area for wildlife by sowing some areas of wild flowers.

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  • Wednesday 13th August 2025

    Practical Conservation Activity - Nursling, Nr Southampton

    With Nursling Volunteers

    At Nursling Sub-Station

    Activity description

    Tasks might include Coppicing, bramble clearing, path clearing, boarding, clearing scrub to improve habitat

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  • Wednesday 13th August 2025

    Ashdown Forest Health Walk

    With ESHW Ashdown Forest Health Walk

    At ESHW Ashdown Forest Health Walk

    Activity description

    Meeting at a different car park each week, this is our largest walking group with 30-40 people each week enjoying a one hour guided walk into the stunning countryside of Ashdown Forest.

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  • Wednesday 13th August 2025

    Plant Microscopy

    With Greenwich Peninsula Ecology Park Events

    At Greenwich Peninsula Ecology Park

    Activity description

    This is your chance to look at plants very closely: what their leaves are hiding, parts of the flower, and all sorts of curiosities.... Discover the fascinating world of plants in our microscopy session! Sessions run on a drop-in basis; they are free and no booking is required. These sessions will take place indoors, in our classroom, from 11am-12pm and 2-3pm. Ask at the gatehouse for directions. Stick around in the park and complete the quiz or younger children's trails to learn more about nature up close and win a prize.

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  • Wednesday 13th August 2025

    Chalkhill Orchard maintenance

    With Biodiversity Action Team (North London)

    At Chalkhill Orchard

    Activity description

    Join us as we carry out some maintenance on our fruit trees

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  • Wednesday 13th August 2025

    Practical Conservation @ the Paddock

    With The Paddock Volunteers

    At The Paddock Community Nature Park

    Activity description

    We invite you to join us at the Paddock for our conservation activities in 2025! Beginners and experienced gardeners always welcome. Tasks vary by season, and may include: meadow and woodland maintenance, path clearance, pond work, woodwork and more.

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  • Wednesday 13th August 2025

    Habitat Creation in The Vale School!

    With Haringey Conservation Volunteers

    At Vale School

    Activity description

    Join us at Vale School in Tottenham. The school have received a grant to green up their playground. We will build a raised bed with integrated seating, a habitat wall for minibeasts and other wildlife to enjoy, a pond for students to explore and some bird boxes to attract our flying friends. We will also do a general tidy up to make the garden more accessible and enjoyable for everyone!

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  • Wednesday 13th August 2025

    Weekly food growing volunteer sessions (Green Gym)

    With Meridian One Community Garden Green Gym

    At Meridian One Community Garden (Enfield)

    Activity description

    Food growing and gardening tasks. Each week will vary depending on what needs doing, but can include seed sowing, planting out, watering, composting, weeding, construction of raised beds and garden signs. Tasks are suitable for all abilities. We take a break at around 12.30pm with hot drinks, biscuits and fruit provided.

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  • Wednesday 13th August 2025

    Woodham Environmental Group

    With Bedfordshire Environmental Action Team

    At Aylesbury National Grid Compressor

    Activity description

    We have a long term project on this site to improve biodiversity, so each week we'll be doing a range of tasks to increase the habitats - meadow management, woodland work, hedgerow management and lots more.

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  • Wednesday 13th August 2025

    Chatham Place Community Garden

    With Chatham Place Green Gym

    At Chatham Place

    Activity description

    Join us every FIRST and THIRD Wednesday of the month at our Chatham Place Green Gym in Northfield. We are a friendly and welcoming group who love to grow our own food in a relaxed environment, whilst enjoying our time in the communal garden, and making new friends. No previous experience is required and all tools are provided. Chatham Place and the communal garden is fully accessible, and has on site accessible toilets. There is also space for indoor activities, which we use during bad weather to ensure we can all enjoy gardening and growing our own food all year round!

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