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Activities near LE25JJ

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  • Big Green Weekend
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  • Community event or activity
  • Wildlife surveying activity
  • Thursday 25th April 2024

    Footpath and step refurbishment work.

    With TCV Leicester Volunteers

    About 23.2 miles away from your postcode

    At Midway Fish Ponds

    Activity description

    We are taking part in a shared practical conservation task with TCV National Forest group. Much of the work will focus on installing new timber path edging along this site's network of paths.

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  • Thursday 25th April 2024

    Milebrook Hall Community Garden

    With Milebrook Hall Food Growing

    About 40.1 miles away from your postcode

    At Milebrook Hall

    Activity description

    Join us in the garden at Milebrrok Hall for a couple of hours of relaxed conversation and food growing. We have a greenhouse here to enable us to start the growing season off early. There are also a couple of raised beds which are readily accessible and easy to manage. This session coincides with the coffee morning too, so a warm brew is never far away. All tools and gloves etc are provided for you.

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  • Friday 26th April 2024

    Rowheath Pavilion Community Food Growing

    With Rowheath Pavilion Green Gym

    About 37.8 miles away from your postcode

    At Rowheath Pavillion

    Activity description

    Join us every Friday as we live the Good Life by sowing, growing, and harvesting our own food. Feel the thrill of uncovering tasty potatoes, parsnips, and carrots. Enjoy the taste of freshly picked peas and savour those fabulous strawberries. It doesn't get better than this. We have a growing space with accessible raised beds right next to the pavilion building. All tools and equipment are provided. We also go for a nature walk around Rowheath Park whilst we immerse ourselves in the sights and sounds that this valuable green space has to offer. Bird ID walks are also undertaken along with traditional conservation activities.

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  • Friday 26th April 2024

    Bird Song Walk

    With Rowheath Pavilion Green Gym

    About 37.8 miles away from your postcode

    At Rowheath Pavillion

    Activity description

    May the force (of nature) be with you. Amaze your friends and family by being able to identify birds by their call alone. Become a local hero as you gain confidence and expand your knowledge. Join us for a relaxed circuit of Rowheath Park whilst we ID birds by song and sight. The site has meadows, mature hedgerow, and a large pool with a diverse variety of birds and other wildlife. The walking route is wheelchair and pushchair friendly. Look out for our dawn chorus walks in April and May!

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  • Friday 26th April 2024

    Grass cutting and raking

    With Weekday Conservation Team

    About 41.3 miles away from your postcode

    At Great Stukeley Sssi

    Activity description

    This site is a brilliant Site of Special Scientific Interest, bursting with wildflowers and all manner of wildlife. To keep it in excellent condition for wildflowers we need to cut the grass once a year to keep soil nutrient levels low. Every Friday EXCEPT the first Friday of the month.

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  • Monday 29th April 2024

    Ley Hill Community Garden

    With Ley Hill Green Gym

    About 39.4 miles away from your postcode

    At Ley Hill Green Gym

    Activity description

    Grow your own food and make new friends at our lovely garden opposite Holloway Hall Community Centre. We meet at Ley Hill every Monday to do some gentle gardening work and sow, grow, and enjoy tasty fresh produce. There are numerous fruit shrubs here which leads to some tasty jams and deserts in the late summer. Our sites have raised beds which are accessible and manageable. We also have a number of benches within the garden where you can enjoy your brew and listen to bird song.

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  • Tuesday 30th April 2024

    Path Clearance at Midway Ponds

    With National Forest Volunteers

    About 23.2 miles away from your postcode

    At Midway Fish Ponds

    Activity description

    Come along and join in with our friendly volunteer group and help us to improve this local green space. We will be widening the existing paths around the ponds to improve access and enjoyment of our local nature area for the benefit of people and wildlife.

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  • Tuesday 30th April 2024

    West Heath Community Gardens

    With West Heath Green Gym

    About 39.1 miles away from your postcode

    At West Heath Community Centre

    Activity description

    Join us and get outdoors in 2024! We meet at West Heath every Tuesday to do some gentle gardening work at the Community Garden here. No gardening experience is necessary as we will tell you everything you need to know. We provide tools and gloves. Please wear suitable clothes and shoes - we work outdoors for three hours in all weather conditions. This site is wheelchair accessible and consists of raised beds at various heights.

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  • Tuesday 30th April 2024

    Bartley Green and Go! Walking Group

    With Bartley Green and Go!

    About 39.7 miles away from your postcode

    At Bartley Green Library

    Activity description

    Make new friends, get active and get growing!. Bartley Green and Go! is a community focused project at Bartley Green Library. Meeting at the library at 10am, we go for a gentle walk along local green spaces. In addition to having a chat, we will identify any birds that we see along the way. At 11am, it's back to the library for a brew and a biscuit followed by some gardening and food growing in the library garden. We will also learn about traditional conservation activities and discover how to make our gardens more wildlife friendly.

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  • Tuesday 30th April 2024

    Bartley Green and Go! Gardening Group

    With Bartley Green and Go!

    About 39.7 miles away from your postcode

    At Bartley Green Library

    Activity description

    Make new friends, get active and get growing!. Bartley Green and Go! is a community focused project based at Bartley Green Library. Join us for some fun and friendly gardening and food growing in the library garden. Together, we will create a community food growing area complete with raised beds and a greenhouse. In addition, we will also create a vibrant, wildlife friendly garden. We will also learn about traditional conservation activities and undertake various wildlife surveys.

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