Planned work sites and tasks until the end of the quarter are shown here. The programme is renewed before the beginning of the next quarter and offers a variety of tasks, over several different sites.
Please be at the meeting point by 10.0 am ‘booted and suited’ for the task and the weather
AUGUST
Tuesday 3 – Owlbeech Wood. Red route, boardwalk repairs and Bracken pulling.
Thursday 5 – Ben’s Acre, Horsham. Preparing site for small bridge on Riverside Walk and dealing with skunk cabbage and HB.
Tuesday 10 – Leechpool Wood. Ditches and Dams.
Thursday 12 – Chesworth Farm. Various jobs around the farm.
Tuesday 17 – Chesworth Farm. Ditch digging and grass path pothole repairs
Thursday 19 – Cedar Drive, Southwater. Footpath tidying both sides of road and woodland path maintenance
Tuesday 24 – Chesworth Farm. Ditch digging and grass path pothole repairs
Thursday 26 – Top Common, Byfleets Lane, Broadbridge Heath. Path clearance
Tuesday 31 – Monkmead Wood, West Chiltington. Path, fence, rhodis
SEPTEMBER
Thursday 2 – Motte & Bailey (aka Chennels Brook Castle), Lemmington Way, Scrub bashing, fence removal and Bracken pulling. (End of Summer hols!)
Tuesday 7 – Owlbeech Wood. Turf stripping and directional arrow post digging.
Thursday 9 – Owlbeech Wood. Turf stripping and directional arrow post digging.
Tuesday 14 – Owlbeech Wood. Pond digging.
Thursday 16 – Chesworth Farm. Volunteer Centre pond creation and TLC.
Tuesday 21– Southwater CP. Repairs and TLC after the summer holiday rush.
Thursday 23 – Warnham LNR. Reedbed raking and/or pond digging.
Tuesday 28 – Butterfly Reserve, Tilletts Lane, Warnham. Butterfly Fields scrub bashing, pond work
Thursday 30 – Warnham LNR. Reedbed raking and trimming back paths.
OCTOBER
Tuesday 5 – Owlbeech Wood. Birch pulling on the heathland
Thursday 7– Owlbeech Wood. Birch pulling
Note:
# Before joining a HGG task for the first time, it is essential that our Emergency Contact form is completed and an invitation received.
# We leave the meeting point at 10 am – and aim to finish work by 1.0 pm
# It is always a good idea to check the website before leaving home as work sites may be changed due to poor weather or work requirements.
Please check emails for future volunteering dates
For MEETING PLACES ON OUR USUAL SITES, click the ‘Regular Sites’ link below
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