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Nine amazing volunteers gave 2 hours each to get the garden ready for Sunday’s celebration! We weeded, tidied and enjoyed the blooms.

31st May 2025 The Rochester & Welling Ways - Woodland and Meadow edges The weather was ideal for our monthly litter-pick along the...

30th May 2025 Castle Wood Meadow A beautiful day, 21 friendly volunteers, and another 63 hours of volunteering on and around Castle Wood...

Woodland plants need sunlight and water to grow well and spread.

Hopefully, the meadow will begin to grow more wildflowers and other ground plants after clearing the light-blocking shrubs/saplings.

Great morning in Castle Wood Rose Garden with the Friends of Oxleas Woodlands on Sat 17 May

Saturday, 10th May 2025 What could be better for the soul than to be in the woods on a beautiful sunny day with like-minded individuals...

The growth of the plants has been unbelievable this month.

Houses in the Woods guided walk on Sunday 8th June 2025, 6:30pm

April 2025 Jack Wood Stage 1 Woodland Condition Self-Assessment Completed!   What a fabulous start we’ve made to assessing the condition...

There's always something unusual that has been dumped in our beautiful woodlands!

Woodland Conservation session in Jack Wood on Friday 25th April 2025.

Spring Birds guided walk on Saturday 17th May

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

Tuesday 25th March 2025 The Friends of Oxleas Woodlands 2025 AGM opened with a warm welcome from Chair John Spencer. The minutes from...

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.

Here is the report from the April Steering Group Meeting

April is Citizen Science Month. Our volunteers have been walking very slowly around an area, peering closely at the canopy, then peering even more closely at the woodland floor. This is Citizen Science in action with the start of our Woodland Condition Self-Assessment programme!

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...