TCV
Connecting people and green spaces
Activities near LE56DE
Found 122 activities
Activity key
- 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
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Tuesday 22nd October 2024
Bartley Green and Go! Walking Group
With Bartley Green and Go!
About 40.8 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 22nd October 2024
Grass cutting and raking
With Weekday Conservation Team
About 41.6 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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Tuesday 22nd October 2024
Community Food Growing!
With Kingsbrook and Cauldwell Community Food Growing
About 43.6 miles away from your postcode
At Bunyan Sports and Fitness Centre
Activity description
Join our new community food growing project! Learn new skills, meet new people, grow your own food! All tools and instruction will be provided and no previous experience is required to take part. Our first session will be on Tuesday 13th February 2024 and sessions will then run every Tuesday throughout the year from 10.45am until 1.30pm. Please do wear suitable outdoor clothing and sturdy enclosed footwear. Do bring your own gardening gloves if you have some. We meet at 10.45am in front of the Bunyan Sports Centre on Mile Road, Bedford. For further information call Jen on 07740 899633 or email Jennifer.zwetsloot@tcv.org.uk
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Wednesday 23rd October 2024
Coppicing Hazel at Bagworth Heath
With National Forest Volunteers
About 10.7 miles away from your postcode
At Bagworth Heath Woods
Activity description
we'll be coppicing hazels in the woods
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Wednesday 23rd October 2024
Queen Elizabeth Community Gardens
With Queen Elizabeth Hospital Green Gym
About 38.1 miles away from your postcode
At Queen Elizabeth Hospital
Activity description
Join us every Wednesday morning at out Queen Elizabeth Community Gardens based in the grounds of the Queen Elizabeth Hospital. We are a friendly and welcoming group who love to grow our food, and help provide a space where our local wildlife can thrive. We have a variety of different species on site, including a large variety of butterflies in the spring and summer and different birds from woodpeckers to blue tits. No previous experience is required and all tools are provided.
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Wednesday 23rd October 2024
Nature and Wildlife Walks
With Queen Elizabeth Hospital Green Gym
About 38.1 miles away from your postcode
At Queen Elizabeth Hospital
Activity description
Join us every Wednesday morning for our weekly nature and wildlife trail around our site at the Queen Elizabeth Community Gardens. We often see a variety of different species, including many different types of birds. Summer is especially magical when the butterflies take flight, and autumn brings the fungi in all of their delight! Learn about all of our amazing wildlife and how to ID what you see!
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Thursday 24th October 2024
Milebrook Hall Community Garden
With Milebrook Hall Food Growing
About 41.2 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 25th October 2024
Rowheath Pavilion Community Food Growing
With Rowheath Pavilion Green Gym
About 39.0 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 25th October 2024
Bird Song Walk
With Rowheath Pavilion Green Gym
About 39.0 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 25th October 2024
Grass cutting and raking
With Weekday Conservation Team
About 41.6 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.
