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Victoria Park
  • Home
  • About
    • Visiting Us
    • FAQs
    • Victoria Park Project
    • Ecology
    • Heritage
    • The Sensory Garden
    • The Woodland Walk
    • The Meadow
    • Privacy Policy
  • What's On
  • Get Involved
    • Volunteering
    • Friends of Victoria Park
  • Resources
    • Victoria Park Sketchbook
    • Arts and Crafts
    • Victoria Park YouTube
    • Art Gallery
    • Photo Gallery
  • Contact us

Events and Activities

Before joining us as a volunteer (on any of the volunteer sessions) you will need to complete the form on our website (if you haven't done so already - it only needs to be completed once). 

Volunteers must also be aged 18 or over.

Volunteer form

20 November - Woodland Clearance

20 November - Woodland Clearance

20 November - Woodland Clearance

Volunteer Session

  

For this day we’ll be opening up some of the woodland down in Watercress Fields to improve sightlines and clear a little of the undergrowth that is taking over.


If you would like to attend you should wear long trousers and long sleeves. Gloves are provided but you may prefer to bring your own. You should also bring a drink as well as lunch if you are staying the whole day.


9.30am to 3pm

Meet at the volunteer compound.


Activity level: moderate to heavy.

18 December - Wildlife Scrapes

20 November - Woodland Clearance

20 November - Woodland Clearance

Volunteer Session

    

For this session we will create wildlife scrapes in several locations in the park. Scrapes are shallow ponds, less than 1m in depth, that hold rain or flood water for periods during the year. These pools support a variety of species, including insects (such as dragonflies, hoverflies and water beetles), amphibians (frogs, toads and newts), birds and mammals.


We’ll dig out shallow depressions with gentle sloping sides (crucial for providing a range of marginal conditions as the water rises and falls). The excavated soil will then be used to build mounds nearby as additional habitat for creatures such as butterflies and lizards, who can bask on their sunny sides, or nesting solitary bees.


If you would like to attend you should wear long trousers and long sleeves. Gloves are provided but you may prefer to bring your own. You should also bring a drink as well as lunch if you are staying the whole day.


9.30am to 3pm

Meet at the volunteer compound.


Activity level: moderate to heavy.

24 January - Wassail

20 November - Woodland Clearance

24 January - Wassail

Free Event

  

Our wonderful Wassail celebration returns in January withs lots of entertainment, activities and festive fun.


More details, coming soon...

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