Volunteering

Improving woodland paths not only makes it better for walkers but also helps protect and improve the ecology.

Six volunteers enjoyed the sunshine whilst gardening in Jackwood House Garden today.

What a beautiful morning for our Saturday Woodland Conservation Session in Oxleas Wood (SHWWP) with 16 people clocking up 48 hours. Activities involved coppicing, tree laying, removal of invasive saplings, pond digging, creating a stag beetle pyramid and building another hibernaculum.

4th April 2025 As the weather warms we are filled with joy to watch the newly planted Jackwood House Garden come back to life. Whilst we...

Friday 28th March 2025 Seventeen volunteers joined our activities today, all planned to avoid disruption to birds seeking nesting sites....

22nd March 2025 Our Saturday Litter-Picking Session coincided perfectly with the Great British Spring Clean. What a wonderful day it was...

18th March 2025 Another beautiful day for our Shepherdleas Wood session. It’s bird-nesting season so activities are now concentrating on...

15th March 2025 With the installation of our interpretation board the replanting of Jackwood House Garden as a wildlife friendly garden...

14th March 2025 Bird nesting season has now begun (March-July inclusive) which means our activities have moved from the centre of the...

8th March 2025 Joint Ponding Digging Event with Froglife What a fabulous turn-out we had for our Joint Pond-Digging Event with members of...

7th March 2025 Our annual pruning day for the Castle Wood roses. Nine volunteers gave their time, and completed the entire garden with...

28th February 2025 Spring is coming! The sun shone upon our 16 volunteers as we carried out another 45 hours of sustained work restoring...

22nd February 2025 A beautiful morning and a wonderful turn-out too - 19 people, clocking up 38 hours clearing the woodland edges of...

18th February 2025 Shepherdleas' Bluebell Slope What a beautiful sunny day for today’s session. A fantastic sixteen volunteers - our...

16th February 2025 Jackwood House Garden The sun shone for our 9 volunteers working at Jackwood Terrace today. Our main task was cutting...

14th February 2025 Jack Wood Another excellent turn-out of 20 volunteers for Friday’s session, clocking up another 58 hours clearing...

8th February 2025 Oxleas Woods 16 of our dedicated volunteers improved the water flow from the source of the Wickham Valley Watercourse....

7th February 2025 Jackwood House Garden Our intrepid volunteers faced cloud bursts of hail on Friday as they continued with the winter...

31st January 2025 Jack Wood Rain, rain go away! Well, it didn’t completely go but, still, 19 volunteers turned up today and worked their...

25th January 2025 A hoola-hoop, a chair base, 2 used cans of paint, gas canisters and the usual couple of roadwork signs were just some...