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  • Friday 29th August 2025

    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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  • Monday 1st September 2025

    Abbey Pumping Station Gardening Group

    With Leicester Food Growing

    About 3.2 miles away from your postcode

    At Abbey Pumping Station Museum Grounds

    Activity description

    Come and join this friendly regular group, which meets weekly to do gardening at the beautiful Abbey Pumping Station. Our group grows it's own vegetables on our allotment (plenty of raised beds for those with mobility issues) and also flowers for the on site sensory "Forget-Me-Not Garden". Tea, biscuits and your chosen level of social interaction are part of our regular time each week :)

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  • Monday 1st September 2025

    Holloway Hall Community Garden

    With Ley Hill Green Gym

    About 40.6 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 2nd September 2025

    Swadlincote Woods

    With National Forest Volunteers

    About 22.3 miles away from your postcode

    At Swadlincote Woods

    Activity description

    Join our friendly team at this urban woodland and park. Our team will be working on outdoor practical conservation activities to improve the site for both wildlife and local people. Tasks on the day will vary, but there will be something for everyone, no matter what your level of fitness. The day runs 10-3 with breaks for tea and for lunch! We are always pleased to welcome new volunteers (under 18s welcome by prior arrangement only).

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  • Tuesday 2nd September 2025

    West Heath Community Gardens

    With West Heath Green Gym

    About 40.4 miles away from your postcode

    At West Heath Community Centre

    Activity description

    Join us and get outdoors in 2025! 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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  • Wednesday 3rd September 2025

    Chatham Place Community Garden

    With Chatham Place Green Gym

    About 40.1 miles away from your postcode

    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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  • Thursday 4th September 2025

    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 5th September 2025

    Rowheath Pavilion Community Garden

    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 5th September 2025

    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 5th September 2025

    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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