Wildlife activities are a great way to emphasise the wildlife in parks, to involve young people and adults and to educate people about the environment so they appreciate and respect it.
Events & Activities
Plants For Encouraging Butterflies
How to help butterflies to survive and thrive in your park.
Top pollinator-friendly plants for your park
A listing of the best plants to grow and encourage that will feed butterflies and birds.
Trees for different locations
Trees can be farmed annually – timber, fruits, mistletoe, holly, dried bay leaves, bundles of twigs, bags of logs and sawdust, staking poles, fencing, bedding, food for animals.
What Does A Tree Warden Do?
Tree Wardens are people who volunteer and appointed to gather information and to encourage practical projects relating to trees in the community.
A successful cricket fun day raises the profile of Hackney Downs and its user group (HUG)
Hackney Downs User (HUG) group faces a lack of awareness in the local community of who we are and what we do. the successful solution is to run a cricket fun day!
A list of inspiring events Friends Groups can put on!
An A-Z of possibilities for events.
Running an event in your park? What are your legal obligations?
Permissions, insurance, licensing; there are several things you must take into account when planning your event.
Ensuring your event is accessible
Access and accessibility issues should play a part in the development of any park event.
Protecting Bats : what can you do?
There are many myths concerning bats but the truth is they are fascinating creatures that are harmless and cause no damage.