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Connecting people and green spaces
Activities
Found 885 activities
Activity key
- Big Green Weekend
- Green Gym
- Practical conservation activity
- Tree Planting event
- Health walk
- Children's activity
- Training or workshop
- Food growing activity
- Community event or activity
- Wildlife surveying activity
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Wednesday 27th May 2026
Forth Valley Biodiversity Action Team
With Forth Valley BAT
At Carsebridge Cultural Campus
Activity description
The Forth Valley Biodiversity Action Team undertake various practical conservation tasks and improve green spaces across Falkirk and Stirling. Activities include woodland management, pond clearance, maintaining paths and sowing wildflower seeds. We are dedicated to enhancing biodiversity through a range of activities from woodland management, creating habitats, eradicating invasive species, sowing wildflower seeds and community garden work. Volunteering is a great way to gain new skills and an opportunity to meet new people from a range of backgrounds. Come and join us to help care for the environment, meet new people and spend some time in the great outdoors!
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Thursday 28th May 2026
Variety of Conservation activities
With Action for Croydon's Environment
At South Norwood Country Park
Activity description
Tasks over the Spring/Summer will include: 1. Aftercare around young trees and laid hedge (with possible bulb planting depending on timings). 2. Fencing, dead hedging and signage to protect sensitive habitats. 3. Replacing dilapidated benches. 4. Cutting back soft and overhanging woody vegetation from footpaths. 5. Log walls. 6. Stream clearance (with possible marginal planting depending on timings). 7. Himalayan balsam removal.
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Thursday 28th May 2026
Hatherop Park - Pathway & scrub clearance
With Biodiversity Action Team (West London)
At Hatherop Park
Activity description
We will be working in Hatherop Park Conservation Area to manage the meadows and pathways. The site is managed for biodiversity by LBRuT. We will look to maintain pathways and push back bramble suckering off meadow edges to maintain the grassland space. Please wear long-sleeves to this event as we will be clearing prickly seedlings (bramble, hawthorn, blackthorn) so let's reduce scratch risk!
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Thursday 28th May 2026
Fluttery butterflies
With Greenwich Peninsula Ecology Park Events
At Greenwich Peninsula Ecology Park
Activity description
Join us for a craft activity in which you can decorate your own paper butterfly and learn a simple mechanism to make its wings flap. After the session, why not take your butterfly on our children's trail or quiz to learn more about these amazing insects? Sessions are free, no booking required; they run on drop-in basis from 11 am to 12 pm and 2 to 3 pm. Children must be accompanied by adults at all times; younger children may require more support from their adults.
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Thursday 28th May 2026
Leyton Jubilee Green Gym
With Leyton Jubilee Park Green Gym
At Leyton Jubilee Park
Activity description
Come and join The Conservation Volunteers as we work to protect and enhance biodiversity and nature in Leyton Jubilee Park all whilst enjoying proven benefits to your physical and mental wellbeing! Activities include planting and maintaining wildflower meadows, wildlife survey work and citizen science, creating stag beetle loggeries, building bee banks, constructing both living and dead hedges and much more!
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Thursday 28th May 2026
Headstone Manor Park planting
With Biodiversity Action Team (North London)
At Headstone Manor
Activity description
Join us at this historic site as we carry out some planting
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Thursday 28th May 2026
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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Thursday 28th May 2026
Improving grassland: removing self seeded trees at Lower lodge Farm
With North Essex Biodiversity Action Team (Midweek)
At Lower Lodge Farm, Wivenhoe
Activity description
We will be improving the grassland meadow as a habitat for many botanical and invertebrate species by removing self seeded trees as part of a 3-year rotation strategy. An important maintenance task which stops the woodland creep and maintains the grassland habitat.
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Thursday 28th May 2026
Wymondley NG environmental group
With Bedfordshire Environmental Action Team
At Wymondley National Grid
Activity description
This is a long term project to improve biodiversity on the site. Each week we'll be doing different activities according to the season to increase and improve habitats for wildlife - it could be tree planting, wildflower surveys, seed collection, litter picking, scrub clearance and more.
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Thursday 28th May 2026
Kitwell National Grid Conservation Session
With Kitwell National Grid
At Kitwell Substation
Activity description
Come and spend a rewarding day outdoors learning practical conservation skills. Together we'll be creating meadows, building habitats, managing woodland areas and getting hands on with some mini construction- all while helping nature thrive at Kitwell Substation. This is a great opportunity to: - Learn new green skills and gain experience in conservation. - Reconnect with nature and enjoy time in fresh air. - Meet like-minded people and be a part of a supportive, friendly group. No prior experience needed- just bring your enthusiasm, sturdy footwear and a love of the outdoors!